A Visit from the North!

Our friends Roberto and Wynn, who live in BC,drove to the Grand Canyon and other points south to find some sun. On their way back home they stopped overnight at Curly and Suzie's so that we all could have a good visit.
(from the left-Russell,Kathe,Wynn,Suzie sitting,
Curly and Roberto!)




They saw these signs not far from the Grand Canyon!

Just like the old days!!!

What we did on our Spring Break!

What's a person to do if it's cold and snowy outside........

The baby quilt going to France is in the mail...........

You have played at the Children's Museum with your nephews.....

Well then, it's time to head out to two of the new brewpubs in Portland

First stop is HUB (Hopworks Urban Brewery) on

2944 SE Powell. ( http://www.hopworksbeer.com/ )

We taste samples of all their ales before settling on the delicious Organic IPA......

and tasty grilled cheeseburgers with real potato fries! You can also get house made potato chips....yummy

Then it's off to the Green Dragon on 928 SE 9th north of SE Hawthorne. ( http://pdxgreendragon.com/ )

Again we determine that we'll sample an IPA. Great way to round out our Spring Break week!

Looking down the long bar at the Green Dragon....
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Clever message seen in the ladies restroom at HUB's.

Easter Weekend with the Jones'

Randy and Sheryl came down from Washington
for Easter weekend-no better excuse for...
a potluck supper at Barbara's!
Here's Randy.....

Debbie and Jonathan...
now there is a boy with an appetite!

I made a plateful of gingerbread cookies
in the shape of carrots and only one is left...

Bob and Cadence-
Cadence is such a cutie!

It just wouldn't be a Jones'
gathering without the bunny ears shot!
Or another self-portrait taken by Russell..

Dr Jones had a great time-
we are so entertaining!

Jennifer at Rick and Debbie's

Jennifer, Cadence and Cameron

Duncan is looking for Easter Eggs....
...where are they????

Killdeer and their nests

Every year I am amazed at how Killdeer will locate their nests amid all the humanoid action that goes on in a community garden. Here is a shot of a nest next to my garden plot......it really does blends in as do the eggs.

Read attached URL for even more info on these interesting birds.

http://www.birdwatching.com/stories/killdeer.html

I've been around the Horn and now I'm back!

Russell and I just returned from an incredible trip. We went on our first ever cruise from Santiago, Chile to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. It took 16 days and we saw places we would never have seen had we not been on this trip.

We traveled with 13 friends and had a great time. Everyone got along and other than a few days of bad weather, the seas were calm and the sun was shining. Even in the Falklands the weather was unusually nice. Some of our group were disappointed as we rounded the Horn and the sea was like glass.

I am posting this photo only from our trip as we have a blog. This photo represents what I most wanted to see- the far reaches of the world in a surreal landscape....seeing the Chilean fiords and channels made our trip absolutely brilliant and stellar for me. I will never forget those days.

http://herewecomesa.blogspot.com/

and I also have a lot of photos posted on my flickr site

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katheworsley/

You can go to this blog and read all about our adventures. It truly was a trip of a lifetime.

Last posting on this blog for awhile!

packing,packing,unpacking repacking..............

We are going on a 3 week trip that will take us

through many different climates.

From steamy hot jungles to cold and possibly wet tundra.

From Santiago, Chile to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

From parrots to penguins.

Hence the packing issues.

I think ? I have finished this excercise

but we have 3 more days before we leave

if I want to repack ( nooooooooooo) one more time!

From here on out any blogging I will do will be on our

shared blog http://herewecomesa.blogspot.com/

We are taking a cruise with a great group of people-

There are 15 of us characters that will be writing and

posting photos on that blog-so it should be quite

entertaining for all of you.

Adios amigos!

Bufo and two friends

It's a beautiful off and on sunny day and

it's my mother's birthday. She would be 87 today.

I think she sent these bandtailed pigeons to sit

on Bufo just for me.

Thanks Mom.