Category: Glimpses of Life

Shredding.  How do we accumulate so much paper?

I bought a new shredder that works okay except it overheats.  Hmmm … maybe I needed a heavy duty one.

Problem is — once the majority of the shredding is done you don’t need a large one.

Can’t say I’m almost done.  I have 5 boxes to go through to prepare for a someday move.

The compost will love it.

Life as it is.

Caught up in every living, we sometimes forget that there are people who are hurting.

My sister goes in for bypass surgery today on her leg.  I didn’t even know one could have a bypass on their leg.

Her surgery will take 6 hours and if it doesn’t work, they will have to amputate her leg.

Pretty serious stuff.  But she’s been in pain for so many months …

Lemonade.  A tall glass of lemonade.

Strawberry?  Lemon?  Raspberry?

All sounds good to me on a hot day.

Very warm day in Seattle.  The temperature climbed to 96 yesterday.  Waiting to see what it does today.  They predict in the 90’s again with a “cooling” trend tomorrow in the high 80’s.

It can get uncomfortable because we’re not used to it but its very unlike the Midwest where the humidity soaks your clothes in sweat.

I hear that bodies adapt to where you live.  Huh … we’ll see.

Boardman Lake

My husband and I decided to go on a hike today to Boardman Lake near Verlot, Washington.

The hike is said to be “largely gentle” but we didn’t find it very gentle.

Perhaps because gravel and  a little mountain climbing aren’t considered gentle to us.

The trail starts gently enough with 2-3 boardwalks along the way.

But then, the trail throws a twist at you.

We soon found ourselves having to look down all the time as there were small to medium sized rocks that we were walking on.

Later we encountered more of what you see in the picture above — large tree roots across the trail.

Although the trail is less than a mile, you have to go up to get to the lake.

We did make it to the top but were glad that we brought water bottles with us as it made us huff and puff.

This is a huge mushroom that we found along the way up to the lake.

There were many people on this trail — going up and down.

When we finally reached the lake people were swimming in it.

Wish we had brought our bathing suits with us.

Logjam at Boardman Lake

Heading back, we had to climb some large rocks to make it back on the trail.

Overall it was a good hike.  Challenging yet doable.

And the lake is beautiful.  Next time we’ll pack our bathing suits, lunch and some folding chairs so we can stay awhile.

I’m working on a new website to help people find resources who are in abusive relationships.

If anyone knows of any resources they think I should check out, please feel free to post them for me.

Thanks for all your help.