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Whidbey Island summer 2025

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Whidbey Island. Summer 2025. Whidbey Island.  ❤️ Martin's sister, Peggy, and her wife, Kelly, have a gorgeous property on a bluff overlooking Puget Sound with views of Port Townshend on the distant shore. Their property is a cross between a wildlife refuge and a retreat. It is just the best and we love spending time there. As we started down their driveway a momma quail with about a dozen babies scooted across in front of us. Momma had quite a time trying to get all the babies in line and across the driveway while we waited. They were adorable, but my camera was packed away and by the time I managed to get it out, they had disappeared into the underbrush on the other side of the road. We just started up again when a momma deer and a fawn came out to greet us.  And this was before we even got to the house! On to pics: They had several deer that were frequent guests.                            ...
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Seattle Summer 2025

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Seattle. Summer 2025 Over the course of our ten weeks in the PNW, we saw Ethan and Stephanie several times, and made it into Seattle a couple of times. Our first trip was over the long July 4th weekend.  They have a great “4” level townhouse on a hill in the Fremont neighborhood.  From their rooftop (which I consider to be their fourth floor) they have marvelous views of Lake Union and Mt Rainier. Lake Union is a busy place with recreational and commercial traffic. It has people sailing, boating, kayaking, swimming and seaplanes landing and taking off all the time. And, Seattle shoots their fireworks off from a barge there as well, so we had a great view.  Later in the summer, Del and Belinda, Stephanie's parents, came out to visit them. We were between our Port Townshend and Kalispell, MT builds so we happily met up with them and spent some time exploring, while the kids worked. A nice role reversal, parents play while the children toil!  And we all head...
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