Lavender Perfection

Tuesday, July 24, 2007


Today I'm grateful for...

Fantastic clam chowder over looking the harbor!!!!!!! Loved it!

Spontaneously deciding to hop the ferry to Anacortez to surprise Shannon!!! Running from the hotel to the ferry, michelle's hippy skirt billowing, girls giggling all the way!

The unexpected hour long conversation with Mike that jones and I had while on the ferry. Hearing his life story, being educated on his Native American history, a moving connection through grief. He looked into my soul, reminded me to stay focused, to continue loving, stay close to my family and friends, told me to be specific when praying and asking for what I want. His specific words for jones as well. The three of us cried together, and saw each other's souls. The honor I felt by just being allowed to be in this man's presence. His smile and his serious request for me to call him.

EYE CONTACT

Being barefoot on the ferry.

Surprising Shannon. What an amazing woman. Absolutely gorgeous inside and out. Feeling her compassion. Her fantastic giggles, her playfulness. oooohh Shannon bringin the sexy! Laughing at jones trying to give her instructions when the sexiness was already brought! Looking forward to many adventures with her.

The perfect moment and location to begin Michael's Incredible Brazenly Lucid Traveling Funeral. Two very special women sharing that moment with me, one of the happiest moments of my life. --Feels like freedom. (for more of the story, ask me about it) Oakley's and nagchampa.
Looking forward to where my travels will take me and who the universe chooses to include in this story. Love the way a friend so eloquently called it, "depositing love around the world". Utter perfection.

Finding out that MIBLTF will continue with dean and jones's TERT. Looking forward to stories and photos of that!

Being true to myself and doing things the way I need and want to do them.

So many signs on this trip.

Meeting Ken Balcomb and being welcomed at the research center. Meeting such lovely people who are doing what they can to save the whales and the environment. Sharing meals, conversations, margaritas, and sunsets with them--so special. Being hugged and asked to come back by Ken, unbelievable.

Embarassing jones by hinting about the possibility of our/her nudity in Friday Harbor/any given location at any given time. Ken catching her, hook-line-and sinker. --- I can niether confirm nor deny stories about said nudity. If I told you I'd have to kill you.

Moonlight on the water with the Olympics in the back ground, spectacular!

Seeing and hearing the seals on the rocks out in the straight. Confirming that jones's laugh does sound like a baby seal ;) luv ya, you know I made you laugh.

SEA GLASS!!!!!!!!! ROCKS!!!!!! WATER!!!!!!!! My favorite things!!! Hunting for sea glass with jones and Shannon, we loved every minute of it, couldn't get enough of it. Two other women who love rocks as much as I do!!! Fellow rock hounds ;) Some how the rocks are soothing to me.

Completing morning watch with jones and Shannon, spectacular, just breathtaking.

Suggesting that we check out the tide pools to look for critters and finding huge purple star fish!! Love Love Love

Our fox friend who joined us while we were hunting sea glass, she was a sort of novelty at first, meaning we took lots of photos while just watching her do her thing. Eventually our focus shifted back to sea glass hunting and she just wandered around us doing her thing while we did ours. We named her indigo, after the coveted rare indigo sea glass.

Being able to see Canada just across the straight, what a sight.

Having sooooooooo much time in the day to do what we wanted since we got up early for morning watch.

Sobe (Shannon) and I sharing a moped moment ;) with lots of giggles. She and I are alike in a lot of ways and I truly enjoyed her company.

Wine tasting where sobe pointed out the perfect name for michael's traveling funeral, how appropriate. jones reminding me of one of my last days with michael, a perfect trip to the oliver winery. We did the tour, tasted some wines, then bought some wine, cheese and crackers, and had a wonderful picnic by the pond enjoying our 2 or 3 bottles of wine. Feeling warm, full, relaxed, and sooooooo loved. Then finished the evening off by stopping and hangin with jones and craig in indy.

Rows and rows of purple at the lavender farm. Amazing, I couldn't resist laying in it, walking through it, smelling it, loved every minute of it. So lovely.

My much needed nap while jones and sobe hit the hot tub.

Winning both games at the bowling alley!!!! Yeah for me :) oooh and fantastic cider beer! Our rockstar names for the score board, I was Janice, Jones was Ani, Sobe was Fionna, Dave was Tommy Lee and had a score of 69--I have photographic proof. Dave, how sweet is he, so cute.

Karaoke at Herbs!!!!

Getting hit on at Herbs, Dustin being Bryan's wing man, totally foolin me!! Mr tall dark and somethin', beautiful man. How do I go all the way to the other side of the states and still get hit on by corn fed construction workers? He was awesome though, I must say.

Adam's out of this universe personality. LUV HIM!!!! He rocked the captain's hat and aviators during his karaoke song, Like a Prayer by Madonna, FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC!!! Wait til you see his t-shirt in the pictures. I totally did not get to spend enough time around this character.

Getting to watch two burly guys sing Air Supply and being reminded of Kevin once again!!! So very funny.

Walking down to the harbor with Adam, jones, and sobe, shootin the shit. We saw five raccoons down there on the water front scramblin across the rocks, so awesome.

So many outstanding moments in a single day.

All three of us piled on the bed looking back at all of our pictures, giggling and remembering special moments.

Smooth travels home, my exhaustion allowing me to sleep on the plane. Driving with the windows down, hair flying, music blasting all the way home. Coming home to my girls.

Good things are happening to the people I love.

you my little star fish, you.

Getting Popped

Monday, July 22, 2007

Today I'm grateful for ..........

Safe travels. .......The day was long, full of delays, stress, phone calls, all the fog in Seattle was causing chaos with my flights, but I made it.

Seeing Washington again for the first time in ten years.

Stepping outside the airport terminal in Friday Harbor and being over whelmed by the smell of the pines, and the quiet in the air. .... I forgot so much.

Water water every where!

The lady at the airport giving me a lift to the hotel, how sweet of her.

Catching up with jones, fantastic fish, and lots of wrong island ice teas. ra ra ra -ra ra-ra-ra

The bar called Herbs, pin ball, the fake fuzz, the real fuzz, laughing so hard over something that eludes me, that I ended up dropping to the sidewalk.

Pictures of intoxicated women, taken by intoxicated women.

The lusciousness of those beds, and sleeping all through the night.

Good things are happening to the people I love.

you my little wrong island, you.