November 7, 2013

Nate had his last High School water polo match for the season against Auburn Riverside. It was an unusual situation in which the Varsity played the first half of the match and the JV played the second half.  The parents made the call that the Varsity had a tough match and lost, but JV is classified as a win.  Long story and I'm not up to explaining.  Regardless, it was great to see both teams play a clean match. 

Auburn, Washington

November 6, 2013

My first batch of hard cider ready for consumption after settling in the bottles for two weeks.  It looks just like the stuff we'd buy in the store!
Fox Island, Washington

November 5, 2013

Extremely high tides today.  I've never seen our gangway from the walkway to the floating dock this horizontal before. Red sky at night.... hopefully it means I won't get rained on for my run tomorrow.

Fox Island, Washington 

November 4, 2013

It was a balmy 38°F this morning for my run.  That was at 9:00am.  If I hadn't set that appointment time I think I would have stayed in the house and been a slug all day.  Not very inspiring for those I work with.  But... I did get out in the cold weather and now I've decided it's time to start making all those warm soups I love.  Zuppa di pasta e ceci is a hearty warmer that is perfect for a Meatless Monday meal.  A couple of the boys though it needed a little something extra so they added sausage meatballs to theirs.  Kind of defeats the purpose.

Fox Island, Washington

November 3, 2013

This weekend we had the honor and privilege of having the Anacortes French foreign exchange student visit our home.  Mademoiselle Solene is living with our friends Sean and Diana while attending school at Anacortes High School for her senior year.  It was an absolute joy meeting her and getting to spend some time with her.  It was also a nice treat to get a great trail run in this morning with Diana.  Thank you Solene for helping us with our French.  We now have a(nother) reason to go back to France..... we haven't visited Aix-en Provence yet!

Fox Island, Washington

November 2, 2013

November is here and we're beginning to see frost on the ground in the mornings so I decided it was time to bring in any remaining vegetables from the garden.  This little pumpkin will make the perfect pumpkin pecan pie for our Thanksgiving celebration!  I also realized I'm going to need to get the soiled turned before the ground freezes into a solid rock.  Add another task to my to-do list for the week.

Fox Island, Washington

November 1, 2013

We welcomed November with cloudy skies.  At least the clouds were beautiful and the sun was breaking through!

Gig Harbor, Washington