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Holiday Fun

On Christmas Eve we headed out to Zurbrugg Farms to get our tree.  We found a perfect one pretty fast and managed to get it cut down and hoisted on top of the truck to take home. We all think it’s the best and biggest tree we’ve ever had, but…

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Holiday Traditions

We're at our home in Portland for the holidays. Soon, our houseguests will arrive and the brief period of holiday traditions will begin. We are not a religious bunch, but we embrace it all and pick the parts we like best for our own traditions…like this naked headless Barbie wreath,…

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San Antonio to Portland, and the Woman’s Club of San Antonio

Kevin's mom is a member of the Woman's Club of San Antonio, and before we left she wanted to take us by to show us this interior of beautiful building. The Woman's Club has been here in the Woodward House since 1926.  This 2 1/2-story Neo-Classical revival home was designed…

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Quick Trip to Texas

We've been in San Antonio for a couple days visiting Kevin's mom. It's been a great trip so far. Lots of visiting, lots of exploring, and lots of eating. We had breakfast tacos at Taco Cabana for old times sake (because there's no Tacodeli in San Antonio, only in Austin,…

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Lummi Island (Willows Inn), Shaw Island, Etc.

This is going to be a mish mast post of the past two days…because, why not? We spent Kevin's official birthday moored at Spencer Spit. We had some champagne, snacks (duck rillette, cheese, crackers, caper berries) and then a dinner of linguine con le vongole (with the clams) that turned…

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Patos Island Aerial Video

Ta-da! Kevin's finished aerial video from around Patos Island (watch in HD if you can): Shot with an FPV Quadcopter. Filmed with GoPro Hero 3+ aboard a Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro quadcopter. Launched from a Nordic Tug 34 anchored in Active Cove at Patos Island Marine State Park, WA.…

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