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An outlet for our various creative hobbies. A husband/wife design and planning duo, sharing our current projects. Find us on Twitter and Instagram too.

10/06/2022

Moody afternoon on Elliott Bay
ID in alt text.

04/30/2022

Colorado vacation part 3: ran a Jeep trail in the Gunnison Gorge, ancestral land of the Ute, above where we had hiked 2 days prior.

[ID: 1-2: Views of an arid desert landscape with some green vegetation, looking into a gorge from above. 3: Looking into a desert gorge with a river at the bottom. 4: A white Jeep Wrangler crawling down a rocky trail.]

04/29/2022

Colorado part 2: these photos fail to capture the immensity of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the ancestral land of the Ute. Who knew a large hole in the ground could be so awe-inspiring?

[ID: 1. View of sheer dark brown cliffs above a sliver of blue river. 2. Detail of a sheer rock wall, dark brown with pink intrusions. 3. A dark blue river cutting through a deep canyon of dark brown rock. 4. A narrow dirt trail winding between short Gambel oak treed with knarled branches, with a wooden sign reading "Uplands Trail".]

04/28/2022

Spent some time exploring the arid desert landscape of the Gunnison Gorge, ancestral land of the Ute.

[ID: Views of an arid desert landscape: 1-3: with a calm river in the foreground. 4: A delicate plant, blooming with white flowers with yellow centers, surrounded by brown rocky earth.]

04/24/2022

Very dramatic clouds on our drive through Idaho and Utah

[ID: 1. View along a sunny highway leading toward ominous dark clouds. 2. A sweeping arid landscape with dark grey clouds in the foreground and blue sky over snowy mountains in the background. 3. A puffy white cloud with long trailing white mist hovering over a highway with a backdrop of brilliant blue sky.]

03/07/2022

It's that time of year!

[ID: a stack of 2 trays of tomato and pepper seed starts covered with greenhouse covers]

01/23/2022

A quick hike today to enjoy our moody weather.
📍ancestral land of many, including the Duwamish, Coast Salish, Stillaguamish, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish

[ID: 1. A foggy sky fading into a grey lake, with a cormorant on a buoy just visible on the right.
2. A rocky shoreline of a lake, with a distant view of trees mostly obscured by fog.
3. A dirt path curving through a foggy forest of moss-covered trees.]

11/15/2021

Utah adventure day 3: driving White Rim Road out to our campsite proved to be more of an adventure than anticipated due to this year's severe monsoon season, compounded by more rain the day before our drive. Totally worth it. Words do not describe the solitude and peacefulness of having a slice of such beautiful country to ourselves (photos 3 and 4). Thanks to for the 2nd rig (yellow Jeep). .
[ID: 1: airing down our white Jeep Wrangler with a yellow Jeep Wrangler in the background.
2: a view of a section of dirt road in the foreground with a dramatic canyon wall in the background.
3: a pool of water on top of white sandstone left from recent rains, with a dramatic canyon vista in the background.
4: desert sunset view from our campsite.]

11/14/2021

Utah adventure day 2: drove out to the Islands in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park with to get eyes on the Shafer Trail switchbacks down into the canyon before driving down to the White Rim trail.
[ID: 4 views of the Shafer Trail, a narrow, unpaved 4x4 trail, descending into a canyon.
1: Shafer Trail is visible in the foreground up high, and in the distance down 1500' in elevation.
2: Shafer switchbacks down a sheer canyon wall.
3: A section of Shafer curving along the sheer canyon wall.
4: An interesting rock pillar formation in the foreground and a very distant view of the beginning of White Rim road.]

11/13/2021

Took a long road trip down to Utah recently with . The first day after we arrived, we drove out to the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park just in time for sunset.
[ID: 1: Sun setting over a canyon rim behind a tree with an interesting pillar of rock.
2: Sunset behind a canyon rim, with many layers of rock visible in the canyon.
3: Two rock pillars against a darkening blue sky.
4: A metal survey marker stamped "US Department of the Interior / National Park Service / 1991" set in rock.]

07/04/2021

In my fiction reading binge, I've been forgetting to post my finished books. Remedying that now! .
[IDs: A series of book covers: 1. "The Fifth Season" by NK Jemisin on a grey linen background, 2. "The Obelisk Gate" by NK Jemisin on a background of green, blue, and brown stripes with green dots, 3. "The Stone Sky" by NK Jemisin on a background of blue quilt and blue waffle blanket, 4. "There There" by Tommy Orange on a background of blue abstract leaves, 5. "Kindred" by Octavia E Butler on a brown quilt background, and 6. "The Round House" by Louise Erdrich on a yellow waffle blanket background.]

06/13/2021

Had a blast learning new skills with a hi-lift jack. Nothing like lifting and moving a 6500 # vehicle to make you feel powerful! Shoutout to for the pants and for the mask! . . . Repost Bro do you even know Hi Lift? These folks do!

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