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 not write [...]

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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 to the [...]

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 — [...]

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 [...]

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

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Tags: Michael Jackson

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, Hawk [...]

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 grocery shopping [...]

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Quilly | June 22, 2009

You already read about the first leg of my trip, the NWA flight and my arrival at SeaTac.  None of which went smoothly.  Well, after I reached door 00 and contacted Kenmore Air, all my stress came to an end.  The receptionist at Kenmore Air assured me that I was in the right place, and [...]

Category: humor, photo, travel, vacation | 34 Comments »
Tags: Friday Harbor, Kenmore Air, Washington

Quilly | June 22, 2009

I got up this morning to see Amoeba off to work.  As far as my body was concerned it was still 4 a.m., but I was bound and determined to stay up.  I made it to 10:30 a.m., when I was forced to face the difference between stubborn and stupid.  I was so tired I [...]

Category: humor, vacation | 22 Comments »
Tags: Friday Harbor, maintenance, travel

Quilly | June 22, 2009

What compound noun (two words) does this photo represent? EMAIL your answers and leave a comment designed to either help or confuse your fellow game players.

And, for those of you who will whine that the container is too small, a close up.

The first contestant to EMAIL me the right answer wins a featured link in [...]

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Tags: Punny Monday 2009

Quilly | June 21, 2009

My brains haven’t yet adjusted to their new time zone.
I flew out of Hawaii on Northwest Airlines.  They weighed my bag — they have a 50 pound  limit — and it came in at 52 pounds.  I was told I would have to pay $90.00 extra for the overage.  Mind you, had I put all [...]

Category: current events, vacation | 29 Comments »
Tags: Kenmore Air, Northwest Airline, SeaTac, Seattle

Quilly | June 19, 2009

I thought one went away on vacation to relax and unwind.  If this is so, why then is planning and preparing for the trip so stressful?  Let’s start with my own long list of things to do, and add to that Amoeba’s phone call in which he asks me to go to his office and [...]

Category: busy, current events, stress, travel | 33 Comments »
Tags: stress, vacation