KELLY JOHNSTON

morning light

The mornings have been beautiful this week. Golden light:

and on Wednesday there was a cross-stitch sky:

Happy weekend!

double feature

This is now old news, a week and a half old actually, but I still have to share. A gray whale came to visit West Seattle on March 27 and we were lucky enough to see him! We read reports of sightings on the West Seattle Blog all day as he slowly worked his way around the peninsula. When we heard he was heading close to our house we all jumped in the car and within minutes were standing near the shore watching it surface and spout just a few feet in front of us.

 

 

 

watching . . .

 

Our not so quiet whale watchers putting on an impromptu show for the crowd:

 
Eventually a tour boat came by and the whale disappeared. We decided to drive a bit south to Jack Block Park and as soon as we got out of the car we heard cheers as the whale surfaced again just a few feet from the pier.

 

We watched for quite a while until darkness and the kids’ bedtimes forced us to head home. Here’s a great photo from seattlepi.com later that night.

And then to top it off there was a fireworks show.

 

 

 

 

 

What a day.

(and there's even more photos here)

bedtime lullaby

The kids were watching Yo Gabba Gabba today when this song came on and it caught my attention:

I love Mark Kozelek’s voice. It’s haunting and soothing at the same time.

And yes, I like Yo Gabba Gabba too. This song especially :)

neon sky

the sunset this evening:

 

 

 

 

 

      

ships + lights

We braved the cold (while inside our car) to watch the Christmas ships tonight.

 

(Sunset while driving)

And then we visited this house for some serious Christmas lights.

They took it to a whole new level: 

Wizards In Winter from Jim Winder on Vimeo.

How old am I today?

23! 22! 33.

That’s ok. 33 is my lucky number so bring it on!

i spy:

something . . . FAST.

 

The Blue Angels are back in town! I’m wishing I was on a boat right now, instead I’m home hoping they don’t wake George up from his nap, but still feeling pretty lucky to be able to catch this view from our deck. Jane's super excited - she's been waiting for them to come back ever since last year. Every time we see a jet fly by we say, "There goes a friend of the Blue Angels!"

 

We’re coming off a crazy week here – Wednesday it was 103 degrees - the hottest day ever in Seattle. Yes, ever. It was miserably hot and without air-conditioning we spent a fair amount of time in our basement, in front of fans, and I spent at least an hour sitting in our blow-up pool in the shade. It finally cooled down to the 80s last night and now the weather is perfect. We’ve got a garage sale in store for tomorrow, hydros on TV, more Blue Angels to spot the next couple of days, and a BBQ to attend on Sunday. Seafair weekend here we come!

and again

Our herons are visiting us again this summer!

We’re usually greeted by one in the mornings these days.

Good to see you heron. You’re welcome back any time.

a good day

Yesterday we:

* explored the lowest tide of the summer (minus 3.9), which resulted in 2 tired and sandy kids. I definitely should have brought my camera.

* lunched out on the deck.

* watched Mary Poppins– they both “Love To Laugh” :)

   

* celebrated Scott’s birthday at Purple (minus 2 kids) with wine, pizza, and a present. 

Happy Birthday Mr. Johnston! It's gonna be a good year.

happy friday

My aloe bracelet was featured on the front page of Etsy today!

What a happy surprise!