I was in Seattle for 5 days. I went to visit my cousin, her newest baby girl and spend some quality time w/ her 3 year old son. I had such an amazing time. While it was so amazing meeting my newest niece, hanging out w/ that boy was the best thing ever. He is so full of personality and spirit, he just melted my heart to a great big puddle of goo.
The first 2 pics are at a beach by Puget Sound. There are tidepools here, but it was high tide so we enjoyed the scenery and walked along the shore a bit. The next 3 are at a Monastery along the shores of Lake Washington. Fall in Washington is an awesome experience! My cousin said it had already peaked a couple weeks before but it was more impressive than anything I've ever experienced. (Interesting how my hair matches the orange trees, isn't it?) The next 3 are my cute little nephew Turtle out trick or treating! So sweet. And the last photo is flying back home and a view of downtown San Jose where it was a warm 74 degrees when I arrived.
Knock on wood (LOL), this superstitious day as gone without a hitch, so far. I did have one frustrating phone conversation with the bank, but otherwise, it was a good day. I went to my weight watchers meeting and surprisingly yet happily was successful at the scales. I admit that I was concerned about my frivolous weekend in Seattle, but I also bumped up my activities and didn't give in to every single indulgence. (Note to self: don't wait to eat till your starving then go to Jack-in-the-Box). Continued the afternoon with my weekly walk at Stanford with my girlfriend Eve, the warm sun behind our backs. Now enjoying the evening, planning on quality tv time and crafting.
The above view of Seattle was taken from Beacon Hill.
Moi, enjoying the tulips.
Me and Jimmy at Tulip Town. Windblown but happy. :)
This is Pacific Medical Center, which sits atop Beacon Hill. Amazon.com's global headquarters is here.
Cherry Blossoms on Beacon Hill.
Celebrated a great Easter day in Skagit County enjoying the tulips with my cousin and her family. A beautiful day surrounded by oh so many colorful flowers! Forecasts predicted rain, but as you can see in the pic, we avoided it, hurray! It's raining now, but we're safely tucked in our room, relaxing for the rest of our evening.
Jimmy and I will be leaving for Washington for a much anticipated weekend with my dearest cousin. I haven't seen her in 8 months and it's going to be so much fun!
At the Woodland Park Zoo. It was a cold afternoon, never got above 65 degrees, so the butterflies in the exhibit were conserving their energy and heat by staying very still. The few that were close to the pathway gave us a great opportunity to take closeups of them without worry of them flying away, but most of them hunkered down far, far away from the path.
I never did read the next sign (click on image to enlarge) so I have no idea where.
It's good to be home and with my husband, but I wish we didn't live so far away from my cousin and her newest little one. The baby was so very precious and just giggled and giggled with me. Melted my heart and broke it at the same time.
Having a great time in Seattle, I'm here till Wednesday evening.
I'm off bright and early tomorrow morning to visit one of my favorite persons and family.
Native Rituals
Skagit County, Washington.
We visited two tulip farms, Tulip Town and Roozengaarde. They grow daffodils, too! So if you're there early in the month or maybe even late March, you'll see the daffodils, too.
