Entries Tagged as 'outside'

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

what a great view!

In case you didn’t know, this here suburban island, Bainbridge Island, has a plethora of unsolicited advice givers rep.
“Rustic yet somehow surprisingly expensive charm with lovely winding roads bikers beware! and gardens unless you live perpetually in shade like me,” they sing from the visitor’s bureau site.
Yet, just the other day during the usual playdate [...]

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Sunday, June 20th, 2010

low tides and high voices

When you go to the beach at low tide with two 7-year-old girls, you should expect two things to happen.
1. There will be lots of pointing:

Not to mention, double pointing (oops, mentioned it):

2. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF SCREAMING, such as, HEY, LOOK AT THIS CRAB! or COME ‘ERE! HURRY! or MOMMY, I’M BLEEDING!
Yes, [...]

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Sunday, March 28th, 2010

just a warning, birds

It might be spring, and you might need a bath.

And you might even think you’re alone.

But you’d be wrong. And at our house, . . .

you have no right to privacy.

So if you have a certain, funny feeling, you’re probably right.

You are being watched.

Happy Spring Break to all you little birdies out there!

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

a day at the beach

You’ll be glad to know the Let the Dog in! family dashed to the beach this past weekend, and we got the pictures to prove it! And we had the “that’s boring!” grumblings of a 6 year old ahead of time, but that’s beside the point.
Who was happiest about this outing?
Her:

She was really diggin [...]

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

because more is always better…

Have I mentioned my other job? I took it because this job, writing here at Let the dog in! has turned out to be so incredibly lucrative that I thought, hey, why not take on another job like that? Then I could make double the dough!
Which turns out to be double of ZERO. [...]

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Saturday, August 8th, 2009

summer in the city

Seattle Center fountain
We have clouds and rain forecasted this week, but that just means we can reflect fondly on our sweltering, record-breaking hot days a week ago.
And love our clouds today.

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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

the fruits of summer: berry, berry good

This week was one of those weeks that reminds me why I love living in this Pacific Northwest area.
THE BERRIES ARE HERE!!

In one day, in one morning, really, here on our island the Kid and I picked pounds and pounds of raspberries and blueberries. Raspberries at the Suyematsu Farm, blueberries at Bainbridge [...]

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