Life's a Stitch

These were taken in Sudden Valley, Bellingham, Washington, where we spent many happy summer days and nights while the kids were growing up. The only modifications to these photos are the yellow tone in the first and ever-so-slightly deepening of the exposure in the second. In other words it really is as beautiful as it looks. These two were taken at the community's little Lake Louise, as opposed to the large incredibly beautiful L.L located in Alberta.

C cooked his popular cedar planked salmon two ways: piri-piri and tandoori:

The leftovers made wonderful lunchtime sandwiches.

Finally, one of those paintings that wasn't thrilling me based on a reference photo of a tulip flanked by floaty forget-me-nots. It bugged me all day; I knew I wasn't going to like the background in the finished product. It reminded me of a black table cloth with blue flowers. Good thing I recently learned a painting saving technique: crop the heck out of it and use it mounted on a notecard or in an oversized asymmetrical mat. Not sure what I'll opt for, but I like the heavily cropped version much better:

Real estate update: we haven't yet found a house, it's early though. Both of the ones we had appointments to see were sold before we could cross the threshold. The market might be a tad too hot for us at the moment.