august 10

it was a fun, busy day.  brooke's preschool class threw a surprise baby shower for their teacher, ms. maxine.  maxine is one of the sweetest, most compassionate persons i know.  it's no wonder that all of the kids love her the way they do.  it was special to be there today and see the look of surprise on her face.  it brought her to tears.  i made a keepsake gift for maxine from all of the kids.  i secretly asked each child "what makes a baby happy?" and then i recorded their answers on paper leaves that together made up a "preschool wisdom tree.".  the "wisdom" from the 4 year-olds was as special as could be, and i think maxine will treasure it for many years to come.

tonight i was able to step out of the house for one last wine night with the ladies in my neighborhood.  a host of things went wrong for a couple of the ladies, so it ended up just being 3 of us.  it was intimate, and i liked it that way.  we went to salish for "women who wine" and were lucky enough to score a window seat and even luckier to see a beautiful sunset.  i was glad i brought my camera along :)

it felt very special sitting at salish tonight.  i shared with my friends that if ever something was my destiny, living in snoqualmie was it.  i told them the story of how i traveled to seattle in june of 1998 with a guy i was dating and his family.  we drove to snoqualmie falls on a beautiful evening and looked at the falls from down below.  it made such an impression on me.  then we hiked up the path to salish lodge perched on the top of the falls.  i vividly remember saying to myself, "i will come back here one day."  i took a matchbox from salish, and i kept it.  when kevin and i decided to purchase this house, i went looking through the matchboxes i've collected over the years, and i found the one from salish from all those years ago.  for the past 2 years, we have lived just 2 minutes from salish and snoqualmie falls. sometimes the world works in beautiful ways...