Jeremy hikes into Chain Lakes Area at Mt Baker

Mt Shuksan shrouded in clouds

Died and went to Pasta Heaven

Boat Houses off Granville Island this week while visiting Vancouver BC

Rialto Beach slideshow

Early August 2008

Footprints in the sand

Still out with family...hope you enjoy Rialto with me, and us..

Rialto Beach haystacks, and other stuff of interest

A raccoon?

They should clean this beach up! It's littered with driftwood! Lol

Me at Railto Beach

Well look at this silly gold starfish...too!

Rialto Beach hikers

Some of these logs are amazingly large..

Rialto Beach

Haiku

silvery reflections

high tide acrobat

balancing on moon lit beams

Might be where I am now. I am posting these automatically since my daughter and Jeremy are here and we're probably out backpacking on this very beach right now.

So hi everyone, wish you were here is the sentiment.. Michelle, I know you'd love it with all the eagles and pelicans and so forth..

3 haiku's

Black as night

softly folded

my cat upon his pillow.

Cool opaque fog

hovers over water

like a lover

Many small blossoms

become food

for sustenance

S. Stewart (C) 2005/2006

This Haiku is from
Nobu

summer evening

a letter waiting

in the warmed box 

Salad, largely from my garden... Colorful Red Radish Salad

The large radishes inspired me...

Red leaf lettuce

Iceberg lettuce

English Cucumber

White radishes , red inside, grown large

Sprouts (clover and radish)

Yellow peppers

Carrots grated

Feta cheese

Tofu

 Kalamata Olives

 Red Grapes

A spicy ginger dressing

Yum!

For leftovers, stuff into a pita pocket lined with hummus, and add drizzled dressing...

Wow!

Pineapple Rice Cream

I grew up on this simple dessert, we called it glorified rice..I changed it's name

Blue Heron in North Cascades

I've been away, but here are a few heron shots, and I'll have more photos soon...

A two faced horse...

I see this horse in a pasture in Snohomish, I call him Blue because he looks blueblack.

He has a face on his side, can you see it?

An Aside

"Set aside the fraught question of when human life begins. The new debate: When does pregnancy begin?

The Bush Administration has ignited a furor with a proposed definition of pregnancy that has the effect of classifying some of the most widely used methods of contraception as abortion.


A draft regulation, still being revised and debated, treats most birth-control pills and intrauterine devices as abortion because they can work by preventing fertilized eggs from implanting in the uterus. The regulation considers that destroying "the life of a human being."

Many medical groups disagree. They hold that pregnancy isn't established until several days after conception, when the fertilized egg has grown to a cluster of several dozen cells and burrowed into the uterine wall. Anything that disrupts that process, in their view, is contraception.

The draft regulation, circulating within the Department of Health and Human Services, would have no immediate effect on the legality of the pill or the IUD if implemented because abortion is legal. But opponents fear it would undercut dozens of state laws designed to promote easy access to these methods of birth control, used by more than 12 million women a year...

In Colorado, voters this fall will weigh a state constitutional amendment that would confer full personhood on fertilized eggs, as well as embryos and fetuses. ....

Dozens of Congressional Democrats -- including presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama -- have signed letters of protest blistering the proposal. His Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, declined to comment."

Read more here:
weird, the link won't work here, google:

Treating the Pill as Abortion,
Draft Regulation Stirs Debate
By STEPHANIE SIMON


Still time to impeach if we all make it the most important goal of the year. We'll only be sorry once, from now on...if we fail in this undertaking.
Some don't realize that if he isn't taken out along with Cheney for their covert activities of over exercising executive privilege, these excesses of presidential power will become law that can't be changed in the future. We will live with this abuse, and any new administrations powers will not be checked by legislative process, but will be used to control in the future by any administration crazy about control. Our government is set up to check these balances of power, Bush has defeated these constitutionally provided mandates.

I have completed my own impeachment petition a year ago here:


Again it isn't showing up, go to: impeachforpeace dot org/impeachNow/html
Download the document, and send it out to the 7 judges stated. Send these documents and judges addresses to all your friends.
"Jefferson's Manual" is an interpretive guide to parliamentary procedure, and is included (along with the Constitution) in the bound volumes of the Rules of the House of Representatives. It is ratified by each congress (including the current one), and has been updated continuously through the history of our democracy. The section covering impeachment lists the acceptable vehicles for bringing impeachment motions to the floor of the House.
Humorous Video About the DIY Impeachment

Our trip to DC!Kucinich Speaking About Impeachment


Before the House Judiciary Committee can put together the Articles of Impeachment, someone must initiate the impeachment procedure. Most often, this occurs when members of the House pass a resolution. Another method outlined in the manual, however, is for individual citizens to submit a memorial for impeachment.
After learning this information, Minnesotan and
Impeach for Peace member (Jodin Morey) found precedent in an 1826 memorial by Luke Edward Lawless which had been successful in initiating the impeachment of Federal Judge James H. Peck. Impeach for Peace then used this as a template for their "Do-It-Yourself Impeachment." Now any citizen can download the DIY Impeachment Memorial and submit it, making it possible for Americans to do what our representatives have been unwilling to do. The idea is for so many people to submit the Memorial that it cannot be ignored.

So far 6,290 signatures to impeach Pelosi who is blocking the impeachment process.

Articles Of Impeachment:



Learn more about impeachment:
feed://washingtonforimpeachment.org/blog/atom.php

Why Impeach?
US House Resolution 1258 Impeaching Bush - synopsis, full text
US House Resolution 799 (was 333) Impeaching Cheney - synopsis, full text, and supporting documents
Bill Moyers discusses impeachment with Bruce Fein who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION
Naomi Wolf Talks About Her New Book, THE END OF AMERICA
American Bar Association on the Impeachment Process
Bruce Fein, Author of A Clinton Article of Impeachment Argues for Impeaching Cheney Immediately
PBS Frontline about Cheney's lifelong pursuit of a "Unitary Executive" Expanded Presidential Power
House rules 602, 603, 604
Washington State impeachment memorial SJM 8016
More resources on our Resources Page

States which have introduced resolutions to impeach:
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Organizations which have passed resolutions in support of impeachment:
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Garden Slideshow

My amazing garden, planted mid June, up in 2 weeks, and in a month was unbelievable...however, I have no blooms on my delicata squash, or zucchini, have 2 tomatoes only, and well,,hmm. My chamomile blooming, harvested lettuce, cilantro, basil, radish...but still in a month I need full grown squash! Etc. I have hardly watered this garden.
(Hope you enjoy the music). Relevant..
(...."Show me a garden that's bursting into life") Snow Patrol, Chasing Cars.

Brown Pelicans

Brown Pelicans Fishing at Rialto Beach

A rare 'previously endangered' species. 

The only Pelican that plunges from the air into the water to catch it's food.

 It is an amazing sight.

They skim the surface of the waves when hunting.

The wingspan is 79 inches, and they weigh about 11 lbs..and incubate their eggs by standing on them ( in a fashion).

You have to enlarge these photos to appreciate  seeing these birds.

The Pelicans seem come in each morning from that haystack in the distance, 

perhaps it is a stop over, I don't know.

 The birds go into a dive, and at the last moment, tuck their wings, 

and pierce the water coming  up with a fish.

Other small birds hang around trying to steal a bite.

The birds look dark and ominous as they fly in together in the morning, or from one part of the beach to another. 

The large beaks  make them look like giant mosquitos.

I have watched them for the better part of 'days' while at the beach.

Rialto is a ferry ride and about 2 hours from home in Mukilteo.

I know I said I was going to do flowers, but I guess I changed my mind...BUT...

in defense of flowers, which actually need no defending....

I think flowers are perfectly acceptable for City Photo blogs, flowers are 'not' the same world wide, or in anyone's garden either. 

Flowers are unique, beautiful, and appreciated the world over.

Flower quotes

Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ~Emma Goldman

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ~Walt Whitman

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. ~Tennessee Williams

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. ~Ikkyu Sojun

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. ~Heinrich Heine, The Hartz Journey

Space Needle, (Destination 30 minutes)

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Einstein

This was taken through my sunroof...in the middle of the street.

 I was stopped in traffic.

I think it's an interesting perspective of The Space Needle..

Seattle's  most famous Landmark.

Cafe' Monday

Espresso stand in the valley of Snohomish.

This photo was taken in the fall when they have the pumpkin patch going on.

 Hot fresh apple cider, corn on the cobb, hay bales to sit on. 

Daisy used to find a big pumpkin, and ask me to watch it while she looked for a bigger pumpkin. 

I was happy to.

I wish we could go back to her being a little girl and I could watch her pumpkins for her.

We had fun together, at least I had fun, and hope she did too.

 I'll add a few pictures of the 3 block long town to this post. 

This is where I lived on a 5 acres farm with Daisy when she was a little girl.

They were good times. The farm had a view of Mt. Rainier from the kitchen.

We lived through an earthquake at the farm , too.

It was quite an experience as walls were moving back and forth. Daisy was in the bathroom with her friend telling ghost stories when it hit,..then they were really spooked!

If you have a coffee related photo for Cafe' Monday, add it to your blog and post a comment here, maybe somebody will stumble upon it! lol

This is one latte stand in the area among thousands, on street corners around here. 

Reminds me of the vending machines you find everywhere in Japan that sell milk; coffee, beer, etc. Even in the country!

This used to be the local Theatre, now an antique store.  :(

The Green and White building was, I believe, The Black Cat at one time. Now they are down the street, and this building is for lease.

Downtown Snohomish, made a come back by turning itself into an antique town, but new merchants are selling 'made in China' stuff, and I notice now many stores closing up. Guess these people might not have been aware of what made the town a destination.

This shot is down the length of the main street.

The  Snohomish River is on the right side. I like the small cafe there where I sit on the deck watching the water float by.

Road Work on The Blvd.

Seems every-time I leave home lately I get behind a street sweeper or stopped by a construction site, or have to take a detour. I'm wondering if WA has always been this way, working mostly in such things in dry summer weather, and I am just noticing it because of gas prices rising?

This Blvd now planted with impatience which are reaching peak height and beauty about now. It is a yearly planting. I'll bring some photos back soon.

My daughter and Grandson Jeremy will be here in 2 weeks to visit and I'm glad they will get to see some beautiful flowers and mountains, etc. I plan  Seattle, Railto, Vancouver, and MT Baker. I think it may be a whirlwind, but 3 days at Rialto backpacking will be sooo nice.