Jack has a visitor!

She (?) came both last night and early this morning to visit with Jack through the glass door to the deck.  Jack was not happy.

She kind of looks like Hattie.

September 15: last hike of summer

Actually, also the first hike, and actually not really a hike.  More just sort of a wandering up from the lodge.  But it was beautiful!

First we had a hearty breakfast (eggs, ham and hashbrowns) at Longmire.  Then we drove up to Paradise for a very pleasant walk.  Click on the pictures to see them huge!

Mount Rainier looks like the moon!

Tatoosh from Paradise

Pearlies 

Paradise Inn

Meadow flowers nearly gone

The mountainside had a wonderful glow which the picture almost captures

Last monkeys of the year

Dress for the wedding

This is just a provisional photo.  Eventually I'll get around to taking a better one, but right now I'm suffering Post Project Collapse.  I'm calling the dress Mutton Dressed as Lamb, for obvious reasons.  Actually, I quite like it.

It's Bee Day today!

For the fifth year in a row!  This year's swarm gathered all over the general, and then retreated into the cypress shrub behind him.  Be sure to click on the pictures to see them up close.

I got a present!

Look what my friend Pam made for me!  I especially like the zebra behinds on the inside.  Bet you wish you had one!

Puyallup sewing expo 2014 -- the loot

Still one day to go, and I'm tired!  So I'm just going to throw these pictures up without comment.

From Louise Cutting:

From Marcy and Katherine Tilton:

 

 

Poly organza



Green and rust poly taffeta

Toasty brown linen
 

 

From Sewing Workshop:

 

 

My Seattle Gray -- finished!

Okay, another damn piece done, and only one more to go before the Puyallup Expo.  This is my version of Louise Cutting's Artist in Motion.  Over the weekend I'll make the vest.

 

The fabric is a rayon burnout I bought a few years ago in Portland.  The color is actually a soft gray.