Saturday - Autumn Day

Today was a beautiful Autumn Day in Olympia. Carmen and I went on a nice waterfront hike and to the Market to purchase pumpkins and a big mum potter for the front yard.

Fall colors and the eastbay waterfront

Carmen looking very sweet!

Razor Clammin'

Friday evening, Jeff, Carmen, and I hopped in the subaru, and drove to Aberdeen to rendevouz with some of my work friends and go razor clam digging. I've always wanted to try it! We followed Becca and her husband Chris out to Ocean City near Ocean Shores. We probably drove a half mile on the beach before reaching their favorite spot. The low tied was after dark, so we were clammin' by head lamp. We all got our limits (15 clams) pretty quickly. Carmen had fun, but was a little unsure about the whole thing. All the people digging clams by headlamp looked like a city in the distance. It was a pretty cool experience!

Becca posing with a clam gun.

Jeff was ready to go get some razors!

Carmen observing the whole thing...

Four of my clams. I will admit that processing them in the morning was kinda uncomfortable for me. They wiggle and move while you process them. I sort of thought about going Vegan for a moment. I froze them and once Eric gets back we'll cook em up. I should be over it by then.

Dinner with friends

Carmen and I brought Thai take-out over to our friends' house for dinner tonight. Lawrence and Kara have a newborn son, Alden Sage (Kara's holding him in the picture below). We had a great visit with them. Carmen was so excited to see Canyon (their dog) and best of all, she got to be on their couch!

On the couch and playing with Canyon's toy weasel.

Best Friends

Carmen has a new best buddy. Her name is Maggie Moo. She's a young cattle dog. Her owner and I work together at the Dept of Ecology. Since I have Carmen at work with me everyday while Eric is back east, she gets to play with Maggie at lunch time. They have a blast and are a riot to watch!

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I love the ears in this picture!

Tuesday

Well, I forgot to take a picture of Carmen on Monday. Sorry Eric. So, here's Tuesday's picture. It was sunny and almost warm today. We just back from a nice walk under the bright full moon and we ran into Chris Sutton from highschool. His band is in town tonight playing at Le Voyeur and he just happend to be walking down our street. Life is funny sometimes! Good night... B & C.

Just the gals

Well the dog days of summer are gone and fall has arrived, although today was sunny and pretty warm while the sun was out. Oyster Fest was awesome last weekend (forgot to bring the camera). My cyclocross season is in full swing.

Eric left on Saturday to spend time with his sister in Richmond, VA, Grandma and Dad in Pennsylvania, and Aunt in New York. It's just me and Lil' C (Carmen) for a week! So, we promised Eric we'd post some pictures everyday while he's gone...

Carmen attended her first Cyclocross race for the season this morning. She gets a little flustered by all the people, bikes, and cowbells, but she loves all the dogs that people bring. She had a big poop right in front of all these spectators. It was pretty funny.

Lil' C and I walked down to the waterfront in the late afternoon. This picture was taken looking towards downtown from our eastside neighborhood. We saw lots of people and dogs we knew on the way as everyone it seemed was out enjoying the day. We even met 3 corgis on our walk.

Eastbay

Carmen enjoying the waterfront

Eric, we put this picture in just for you. Carmen misses you! Woof!

Dog Days...

The dog days of summer are here again. September has been beautiful with temperatures in the 70's & 80's. The extended forecast looks the same for the second half of September. This is making up for a summer that came late. The end of summer and start of fall is a special time for Eric and me. Cyclocross starts, Oyster Fest, Olympia's Fall Arts Walk, harvest parties, our anniversary, and our anniversary of having Carmen come into our family.

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Carmen taking in the sunny days on the front lawn - her favorite spot.


CYCLOCROSS!!! I've been training hard and have raced in two pre-season races so far with really good results. I just have to quit crashing - though that's really more from mountain bike racing.

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