First Day of School...

My yearly traditional first-day-of-school pic as we run out the door to First Grade! I did promt the thumbs-up but Miss B was "a little nervous, a lot excited" to be going back to all her buds.

Takhlakh Lake, Mt. Adams area...

The long Labor Day weekend included the last camping trip of the season at beautiful Takhlakh Lake near Mt. Adams. The route from the south was washed out so we had to go around north to Randle, WA. then south to the lake. Incredible weather, it was a great time to get away and recharge the creative batteries!
Also recently, got invited to a blogger meet-up sponsored by local TV station KATU at their studios. It was a very fun event of local bloggers, and amazing to meet some folks who have been blogging since the beginning (I'm such a newbie compared to them :-) Free food, microbrews and wine (yum!) and even got to be IN a group photo for a change! That's me, front right, third in.