Pre-Trip Notes
Before I left, I shot some pictures so I'd have something to show folks along the way if they were curious.
There's not much to say in this section. Immediately, below, are the pictures I shot of my home and pets and then, further down, are the pictures from the Bon Voyage party.
Our Nursery, home, neighbors and pets ...
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| Balcony of our house | Another of the balcony with my weight gear | Pythia and Kali - two of our cats in a box on my desk. | Panorama 1 of 4. Another of the track with the North Cascade mountains visible beyond. |
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| Panorama 2 of 4 | Panorama 3 of 4. | Panorama 4 of 4. | 'Patti-Cakes', our dog. |
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| Panorama 1 of 5. Balcony | Panorama 2 of 5. Outside cat enclosure. Cats can come and go at will into this structure. | Panorama 3 of 5. Another of our back yard. | Panorama 4 of 5. And another. Note the nursery green houses to the right. |
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| Panorama 5 of 5. Our house is immediately to the east of our nursery. | The office in our house. This is my work area. | Another of the office. This is Sharon's work area. | Our front yard. Japanese arch with koi pond beyond it. |
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| Part of the Japanese Garden in our front yard. | Our nursery office | Looking back from the office to the house and back yard. | Panorama 1 of 4. Looking into the nursery from the front gate. |
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| Panorama 2 of 4. | Panorama 3 of 4. | Panorama 4 of 4. | View down the main road of the nursery. Greenhouses 1 thru 17 are on the left. |
The Bon Voyage party (at which, a certain strange red wig made its rounds...).
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| Sharon, Alicia and Susan | Alicia .... dhar-ling. | Susan |
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| Your author (ain't he cute?) | Dennis loves Gene! | Alicia and Gene (perpetrators of all the 'wig' mayhem) |