July 9

I'm convinced I will one day see an Orca whale whilst on a ferry boat.

At the very least a Porpoise.

 

The Puget Sound must be teaming with them in the summer time, I'm sure of it.

March 14

We have a 3D art class offered here at SPU, so every quarter or so, the library is taken over by carefully crafted little human beings, three headed dogs, Alice (the one from Wonderland who keeps falling down the stairwell), birds, and this larger than life spider who apparently escaped the set of The Hobbit.

February 27

Meet Phillip (pronounced Phileep). He is a snail from France who currently lives in the juvenile section of the library. I suppose it acts as a sort of trailer park for him. Traumatized by the rate at which gourmet garlic butter escargot was becoming a trend, he turned on his heel and escaped France on a barge as a young snail in the early eighties under the guise of a common stone. Today Phillip lives in a community home, teaches several times a year at local elementry schools (it takes him a while to get from appointment to appointment), and aids undergraduate education students in both lesson planning and procrastination.

Sometimes I am also a slow mover and Phillip understands me well.

January 24

 We had a festive little gathering last night - full of laughs and good food and a little dog (?) named Bandit. We officially welcomed the Kyle's home with cider and African Soup (thank you Simply Recipes and Esther Bulthuis for making this possible) and it's just a plain old good thing to be surrounded by people who love each other a great deal.

 

Bandit deserves an extra picture, because though he's not a dog (he's a wild little beast who is more squirrel than anything else), he's just pretty dang cute and we love him. Not like Sarah loves him, but we love him.