"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." John Ruskin
FrEdLey
Home on Whidbey is a family blog revolving around Fran, Ed, Brad, Yessi, plus puppy Benton, and our family, travels, friends, neighbors and community. Thanks for reading.
Thursday
Sunday
Oregon Sand Dunes
Ed & Annie
Fran & Annie
Annie
The Dunes
It doesn't matter how many times we travel to the Oregon Sand Dunes, they always delight us.
We walk, run and leap in this open space of grasses, water and sand. The wind blows! The roar of the ocean creates silence! It's magical in so many ways! This trip was in the winter of 2005.
Fran & Annie
Annie
The Dunes
Staying in touch
Our friends blogging activities allow us to vicariously enjoy their adventures. Finn, Kerry and Rhonda enjoy a winter vacation in Puerto Vallarta and I both envy them and salute their fun and sun-tanned healthy looks. Plus I was able to steal this picture from their blog.
Life in Santa Barbara is far from Whidbey yet we feel like we see Finn's growth and development first hand, in many respects, as the pictures and comments are posted regularly. Now if we could only blog with smell and sound and a real hug or two. Rhonda, the power behind our home construction blog reports that she enjoys our blogs in the same way:
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I feel like I know what is going on in your life because I read your blog regularly instead of calling you on the phone and chatting...kinda weird, I didn't think I was embracing computer communication that much!!! Apparently I am. Wow. It is fun to see the progress of your building project, what a ton of work and thoughtful thinking that goes on with every step. LOVE the carriage doors, too cool. I checked out your new blog and noticed that you changed the format on your old blog, looks like you have found a new passion. Keep it coming.
The "new passion" comment hits home. I now have three blogs: one is Whidbey Life, another our construction project, and a third is Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery. No wonder my days are too short!
Friday
Sweet Saratoga
The wedding arbor
An invitation to pause
Another invitation to pause
The front entry
The back deck & arbor
An invitation to pause
Another invitation to pause
The front entry
The back deck & arbor
This Saratoga cottage was our home for 16 years. Each inch reworked -- inside and out -- with energy and passion. As I look at these pictures I see not only the thing itself, but the circumstances surrounding it. The window seat, for example, where the final details were being completed as the guests for our party were walking in the door. Rhonda, Brad, Ed, Fran, others probably too but their identities have been lost in time, running around sweeping, picking up nails, dusting and trying to convert the construction site into a proper party place. The stones at the front entry being lifted and scooted and pushed and pulled by Brad and Tristan to nudge them into just the right place. The wedding arbor so beautifully built by Brad and Tristan for Rhonda and Kerry's wedding. The many-colored chairs where we gathered so often to enjoy the garden and one another. The remodeling of this home was our "educate Brad" plan. He worked during holidays and summers to remodel it, giving him the money for his education. It's fun to see the changes from one project-to-another in his design and building skills as he advanced through his architecture schooling and garnered more building experience.
Wednesday
Chilly Hilly '07
The Saratoga Garden Hosts a Wedding
Lovin' those Tandems
Tuesday
Snow Days
Saratoga's beautiful kitchen
When we purchased our new home on Saratoga Avenue it had good bones, but was ugly from tip to toe. Room by room we remodeled, with Brad doing the design and building. Although he was in school he squeezed in the design and construction on summer breaks.
First we bought the damaged door, and then we worked it into the design. The door is on the pantry and was a terrific addition to the kitchen in both function and aesthetics.
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