by compound complex 92 Replies latest jw experiences
Mt. Rainier is MY mountain:) Just so's you know. It is amazing, and today was our first rain in about a month. A little sprinkle, cooled us down fromt he heat wave.
Winters aren't that bad, but they do keep out the wimps. This year we had a real 'white christmas' and a few weeks of snow. It was really pretty. Our spring has been amazingly beautiful. Our summertimes definitely make up for the darker months-and even the winter isn't usually as cold or harsh as many places. So, it's all good!
JWdaughter:
Thanks much! How cool is your location! Wow! [I know, overuse of exclamation points!]
Am noting your e-mail addy.
CoCo
I think the Pacific NorthWest has the best summers in the United States.The winters can compete with the gloomy English weather but the summers are amazing.You have to experience it to know what I'm talking about and I have experienced summers in 17 states.Nothing like a view of the puget sound on a warm summer day. :).
It's beautiful, but the people are weird.
True, but don't judge all people here based on how I am, darling.
Gorgeous - I've always wanted to see it.
Yes the winters are rainy. However it bets snow most of the nation gets and the super cold weather. The winters are mild and I live near micro climates that most people don't know about. Like very little rain in a western WA. city. Also a small city that has rain almost all year round. The biggest and wettest forest I have been to.
When I have a bad day I always get out to the real forest and say to myself that I am happy to live in paradise!
I always loved the west coast indian art; haida, salish, etc.
S
I always loved the west coast indian art; haida, salish, etc. When i was a jw, i bought some in tofino. As a christian, i thought that it had pagan thems, so i threw it out. @sigh@
S
I'm putting up the short story in the entertainment section now.
the fern that becomes a perfect spear when thrown, even sticking into the ground
the strangely warm chinook winds in winter
thimbleberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, blackcaps
mushrooms and trilliums on the woods floor
the Seattle Rainiers
the Huskies going to the Rose Bowl. . Bob Schlorett, Bob Hivner, Don McKeta
Stan Boreson and Nomo
Henry Ford Grade School in Renton
the Roxy and the Renton Theatres
cold Lake Meridian
manic-depressive George Pringle, charismatic Joe Barnett, outdoorsman Charlie Maxwell
hearing Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" on KJR in '65
always the mountain
loving the fragrance of cedar while chopping kindling
dribbling around the puddles playing basketball
stinging nettles
rocky ground
pretending I was Chingachgook of the "Last of the Mohicans"
the Seattle World's Fair
cold waves, sand dollars Hoquiam, Aberdeen
the Gold Cup, Muncie, Alleson engines
Boeing
Shaw Drugs in Renton
Cedar River, Maple Valley, Covington, Kent
going to Black Diamond to get coal with my grandfather
ice cold tap water
a bottle of milk with two inches of cream on top
WWII barracks as rental housing
visiting my folks in ghost town Selleck after my dad got sick
my roommate and friend Joe Mallory
"Onward mighty Kent-Meridian"
"smart guy" JW outcast
the straits of Juan de Fuca
model A's, T's, Marmons in the woods with little rust
Lake Sawyer lots for $100, ten down, ten a month
doing janitorial out of George's '47 Dodge with fluid drive, no back seat
congregation picnics with horseshoes, badmitton, swimming
neighbor playing for the San Francisco Seals
nickel ice cream cones, Gene Autrey, Hopalong Cassidy, 4 inch screens
western music
not thinking about any of this for many years
tms
