Quintessentially Quilly

Quilly | June 30, 2009

I’ll try to find some free wifi tomorrow and catch up some!  Sorry.  You know how it goes when you travel.  Catch as catch can!

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Quilly | June 29, 2009

What phrase does this photo represent? EMAIL your answers and leave a comment designed to either help or confuse your fellow game players. The first contestant to EMAIL me the right answer wins a featured link in my blog which will display until next Monday when we’ll play this little game again. Enjoy. PLEASE, do [...]

Category: contest, humor, photo | 20 Comments »
Tags: Punny Monday 2009

Quilly | June 28, 2009

Friday Harbor has it’s own winery and I stopped by for a visit — just for all of you! San Juan Vineyards Clockwise from top left: (please click to enlarge): Winery Church — built specifically for hosting weddings; Gift Shop front porch, a lovely place to sit and sip wine; Garden gate & path leading [...]

Category: photo, travel, vacation | 18 Comments »
Tags: Friday Harbor, San Juan Vineyard, Washington

Quilly | June 27, 2009

I am loving my time here in Friday Harbor.  Are you tired of my walks yet? I’m not. The Friday Harbor Lab grounds are a nature preserve. One is not allowed to pick the flowers or bother the animals. However, taking pics is a whole different matter. My intent this afternoon — after a very [...]

Category: nature, photo, travel, vacation | 32 Comments »
Tags: Fox Glove, Friday Harbor, Friday Harbor Labs, White Crowned Sparrow, White Tail Deer

Quilly | June 26, 2009

Day Six A Few Pictures & a Couple of Anecdotes She downloaded her pictures and sat beside him with the computer. Please note, He is a BOTANIST/oceanographer. She says to him, “See these pink flowers?” He says, “Hmmm.” She says, “What are they?” He looks at them closely, nods decisively and says, “Pink flowers.” I [...]

Category: humor, nature, photo, travel, vacation | 38 Comments »
Tags: American Bald Eagle, Anthopleura, Friday Harbor, Gull, Robin, Sea Anemone, Washington

Quilly | June 26, 2009

She is a bit perplexed this morning — and not amused by it.  It seems that He, despite his two years in Hawaii is content to sleep without covers on these 50 degree nights, while She, after ten years in Vegas then two years in Hawaii, is bundled under the covers from her nose to [...]

Category: current events, humor | 31 Comments »
Tags: he said-she said

Quilly | June 25, 2009

King of Pop: Michael Jackson Bad – Michael Jackson – Youtube R.I.P. August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Category: current events | 16 Comments »
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Quilly | June 24, 2009

Yesterday I took two walks.  In neither walk did I go far from our apartment.  I wanted to take a few pictures to give you an idea of the beauty around me. Clockwise from top left: (please click to enlarge):   Pacific Madrone Trees (2), Weed, Daisy Cousin with Spit Bug, Wild Blackberries, Wild Rose, [...]

Category: current events, nature, photo, vacation | 45 Comments »
Tags: fauna, FHL, flora, Friday Harbor, Friday Harbor Marina

Quilly | June 24, 2009

Today I went for two different walks and took 197 photographs.  After my morning walk, where I took most of the photographs, I came in, sat down on the couch to check my mail, and woke up 3 hours later.  Way too late to cook the chicken for my Amoeba’s dinner!  So he decided to [...]

Category: Hawaii, creative writing, entertainment, food, photo, travel, vacation | 34 Comments »
Tags: Friday Harbor, Mi Casita Restaurant, restaurant review, Washington

Quilly | June 23, 2009

It started innocently enough with a simple email  … Thom: “I will pick your glasses up and do any mail on Friday. I’ll just make that the day since I’m off…(no wisecrack here) Hope you are having a good time.  Aloha.” Me: “Friday is fine.  And, I am so far cooking and washing dishes and [...]

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