Left Behind, originally uploaded by papalars. Entering a new year makes most of us reflective and primed for action on New Year’s resolutions. “I gotta lose that weight piled on since the summer,” or “I gotta have better control of my tongue.” Blah, blah, blah. Personal resolve to go forwardContinue Reading

Warm Inside, originally uploaded by papalars. Our winter in the Seattle area has already broken records for snow and rain and we are only in the early part of January. Makes me wonder what is yet in store. Maybe since the Northern Hemisphere is beginning to tilt back toward theContinue Reading

Getting Ready to Bed Down Hey, its Friday again. Since I’m on a roll and since I have many pictures from our climb up Mt. Rainier, I thought I’d share this with you for my Friday picture. A little description is warranted here. I took this picture a few pacesContinue Reading

Just Above Timberline, originally uploaded by papalars. My sons and I have been training to climb Mt. Rainier [to the right of the frame] with a group since January. I mentioned this in my last post just below. Notice the slight change in the picture. This time, I got onContinue Reading

Seattle Pan HDR, originally uploaded by papalars. Wow! It's Friday again. Seems to come upon me sometimes a little too quickly. For most of those who will read/see this your Friday may be already slipping into the weekend. Life seems to happen after everybody else here on the West CoastContinue Reading