Making friends with the new kitten

(from the Mew Mew! department)

Hi everyone,

We have a new kitten. Currently, her name is Hazel, but we're letting Rose pick her name - so that may change shortly. In the meantime, we've been trying to introduce our other cat, Jellie, to the kitten.

This has not gone well. There's been some hissing and some hackles - then they back away from each other.

Well - last night - Jellie curled up to sleep and the kitten stalked him. This was the result:



Then - they heard us taking pictures:



Here's the both of them, looking fluffy and sleepy:



And - one more - sleepytime friends:



Cheers,
Paul

Ferryboat docking - Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA - April 2nd, 2012

(from the It's Better In The Islands - In HD department)

Hi everyone,

Here's some more from the San Juan Island trip. This time, it's an HD video of a ferryboat docking at Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA. This video was shot on April 2nd, 2012 at about 7:19 PM. Rose provides the motorboat accompaniment.



Man - it's amazing what these phones can do.

Cheers,
Paul

Lime Kiln Park - San Juan Island, WA - April 1st, 2012

(from the It's Better In The Islands department)

Hi everyone,

Here's a few photos I took with my Windows Phone on our trip to San Juan Island last weekend. We were visiting Lime Kiln Park, on the west side of the island, facing Victoria, BC.










Pretty cool for a camera phone!

Cheers,
Paul

More Angry Birds + Rose

(from the It's Better With Lunch department)

Hi everyone,

Dana & Rose joined me for lunch today at the Grecian Corner.

While we were there, I got another photo of the Angry Bird on the Space Needle. This is a much brighter shot, since the sky and sunlight is better today:



Also - Rose was being her adorable self, playing a game called "You can't photo me, Daddy!":




Notice the new style in boots Rose has invented. She calls it "criss-cross".

Finally - this last shot was an accident - I almost deleted it, but looking at it now, I'm glad I didn't.



Cheers,
Paul

Angry Birds invade Seattle!

(from the What's that on the Space Needle? department)

Hi everyone,

The latest version of Angry Birds - Angry Birds Space - launched yesterday in Seattle.

As part of the promotion, they had a special display on the Space Needle. I took a few pictures:







Finally, here's a photo taken with the Space Needle as seen through Fisher Plaza to give some sense of scale:



(Compare/Contrast with the normal view from one of my previous blog entries: Look - it's the Future! (or at least June 21, 2011)

Cheers,
Paul

A Steely Dan moment with Rose in the car - March 9th, 2012

(from the I guess she likes Gaucho the best department)

Hi everyone,

Tonight, while driving home from dinner, I was playing Steely Dan's "Gold" compilation in the car CD player. When the disc got to Babylon Sisters - this happened:



How cool is that? Rose is a Steely Dan fan!

(And - although this is from my smart phone - I did not film it. Dana did, since I was driving.)

Cheers,
Paul

National Pancake Day - February 28th, 2012

(from the It's better with Blueberry Syrup department)

Hi everyone,

Last night, Rose and I went to IHOP's National Pancake Day celebration. They hold it every year on Shrove Tuesday to rasie money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

We went to the IHOP on Madison in Seattle. We got there about 7:30 PM or so, and although the place was insanely crowded, we were seated in a very reasonable amount of time.

Of course, Rose's Happy Pancake Dance may have helped too.

We sat down at the table, and each of us got a stack of three pancakes. Rose immediately attacked her... glob of butter in the center of the pancake. In time lapse photos, here's Rose eating her butter - I mean - pancake:



















We had a great time, and hopefully, IHOP raised a lot of money for their charity.

Cheers,
Paul

P.S. The subtitle of this post comes from Rose's syrup preference. Normally, she's all about the strawberries - but when I asked her if she wanted strawberry syrup, she said "No - I want blueberry!"