Politics! Here we have a party that has run the country literally into the ground and still people think John McCain and his vice presidential candidate ( I can not EVEN write her name let alone say it ) are worth voting for! I promised myself, half heartedly, that I would not mention politics on my blog but I can not stand by and watch the country continue into the meltdown that we are experiencing today! Here we have the border patrol stopping citizens on the streets of PT and asking to search their belongings or asking for ID and people comply and say that this policy is protecting us from terrorism! Has no one heard of the 4th ammendment? Illegal search and seizure without warrents. And what has our illustrious border patrol done for us in all the money they have spent in the last month? They caught 13 illegal immigrants, one of them a 15 year old high school football hero and smart ( ! ) kid and 2 people on bench warrants ( DUI ). Boy ! Do I feel safer!

Honestly, I will try to limit my tirades here and practice what I preach. Take a deep breath, and practice hope..... Lois

Well, I am missing my regular evening calls from Andrea while she is off in Italy so I thought I'd post a picture of a mirror I painted up for her and Whit for a Christmas. She'll be home after the 16th....

Happy Anniversary!

This is us on the night Phil proposed at his company's Christmas party. I was surprised and gee, but my hair was dark! No gray then! And my, what big glasses I had !
We recently celebrated by doing nothing special, our 14th wedding anniversary. We have actually been together for 15 years and the Wooden Boat Festival weekend 15 years ago ( how could it be that many years ago!? ) was our first BIG weekend as a couple! I am selfish, I want lots of more years with my honey. Yes, even when he drives me crazy around the bend, even when we butt heads, even when we don't always see eye to eye, he is still fun to be around. Yep, more years sounds just fine. Good thing he likes beads! xo, Lois

The Lady Washington

Port Townsend Bay with a shot across downtown with the mountain in the background.


It was a stunningly beautiful day in PT with the Wooden Boat Festival going on, sun out, temperatures nearing 8o degrees and a very light, warm wind. I love looking at " our " classic wooden boat, The Lady Washington. Although I do not know all her specifics; she was the ship featured in the original movie, The Pirates of the Carribean with Johnny Depp. She is a beauty with wooden masts, cloth sails and a maiden figure head at the bow. Anyhow, I worked all day in the shop but did manage around early evening to snap these photos of a lovely boat on the lovely waters of Port Townsend. You can almost smell the salt in the air! Enjoy! Ahoy, Lois

The County Fair

Here is a picture of Jacob and Phil at The Jefferson County Fair here in Port Townsend in August. Jacob is exhibiting his friend's kitty, Darla Mae as Milagro was too young. Phil is taking pictures in the background.

The house will be quiet tonight with Jacob gone to the fair and my lap buddy, Milagro with him. I have made lots of jewelry for the shop yesterday and today and managed to work a bit on a new painting. I also have new silver pieces done and will need to post a picture or two here. White bronze has been my new casting metal - it looks so much like silver but at a fraction of the cost! Anyhow, here is a picture of some lampwork beaded necklaces I made for my " Back to fall business " display window. I used new czech glass and vintage german beads along with lampwork beads from a woman in Oregon. See ya' later gator! lois

Getting JaKe ReAdY ....

After much gathering and packing and printing and designing cat cages and planning the origami he is giving his lecture on; Jacob is nearly ready to head out for the state fair. He'll be exhibiting Milagro and he is so excited he can barely contain himself. Not so, poor little Milagro! If he knew what was in store for him - he would be hiding in the garage and not playing with his little hot pink stuffed mouse! Poor baby! We still need one more quick trip to the vet's office and a few hours of school for jake and then .... onto the really big show! Wish him luck! Hope he wins ribbons! Goodnight and good luck Jake!