Around the Yard on the Last Day of the Year

The viburnum's doing well.



My beloved smoke tree.



The sedum are filling in, bless their little hearts.





The moss is slower, but it's coming along too.



The ceanothus is blooming just a little bit.



The moles are digging the soft soil.





The grass is full of moss. I'm OK with that.



I'm not sure this cryptomeria is going to make it.



The others are looking a bit better.









I've heard they don't transplant well, but this strawberry tree seems to be doing just fine so far.

The Night Before Christmas in Georgetown

The Paper Noose wrote a Georgetown Christmas poem.

I hung out on Bainbridge Island and ate way too many cookies.

Beacon Hill News, Georgetown News

Beacon Hill: Amazon.com will be leaving Beacon Hill for South Lake Union. They'll be taking their dogs with them.

Georgetown: Hangar Cafe is now serving Stumptown Coffee, yum!

Year in Pictures in Review: Part 2 (August Through December)

AUGUST

My little neighborhood held its first block party.





I suspected Little & Lewis my have my very favorite private garden in the area.





I took a lot of evening walks.



And drank a lot of French white wine, sometimes in my handmade Rubaiyat shoes.







Our plum tree produced an abundance of fruit.





And I made many ginger plum crisps.



I started planting the rock wall with sedums and heathers.





I visited Ciscoe's yard toward the end of its glory.





And found some awesome porn in the attic.



SEPTEMBER

We went to the Bridge Motel party.













We found a sign in our attic.



And I watched this Joan Jett video a lot.



OCTOBER

I got a new camera!





I take more, better photos inside the Brew House.







And of course I did the Halloween tour of Georgetown.





NOVEMBER

I take a lot fewer photos when the days get short.

The Great Stuff antique shop in Georgetown.



Kubota Gardens.







DECEMBER

It snowed.



I ate a crepe at Hangar Cafe. I'm thinking about it still.



We went to the Georgetown Holiday Art Walk.



I got these.



And I think I might be just about done with photos for the year.