Home just long enough for a quick game of toss with the puppy. She can fly! She is a 1 year old chocolate lab with boundless energy.

In our busy day, my little one always “remembers to stop and smell the flowers”. After this she found a dandelion and blew all of the puffs off.

Jazz dance class for 2nd graders..Pirouettes. She was so excited that I was there and taking pictures.

Finally, my sanctuary. Plain and peaceful. Everyone has been tucked in, and it is time for me to do the same.

A warm sunny day in Oregon is not too common most of the year. Finally the sun has been shining for a week. As I go for a coffee break I notice my empty bike rack. If it could talk, it would say grab that bike, let’s go!

My barista, who is usually bubbly, and talkative in the morning, makes an American cappuccino. The rest of the world would probably call this a very wet cappuccino or a café latte.

“Sharing Ice Cream” is a bronze statue by Peter Helzer. He is a sculptor from the Pacific Northwest, whose work primarily consists of bronze sculptures. This is one of the installations of the Tualatin art walk. I always wonder how long, before the dog gets the ice cream. I walked through the park for lunch and ate outside.

My “neighborhood”. The view from my driveway. Christmas tree farms, my mother’s pastures and cows, fields of crimson clover, and the Coast Range Mountains.

When I don’t have a jobsite to be at, this is what I stare at all day.

4 AM…almost every day I head to the Gym. Swim, Bike Run??? The dog is there to see me off, but the rest of the house is silent as I head out the door.