Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Tomorrow we leave on our epic journey East.  We shall voyage on the Dawn Treader.

So then:  To bed!  For we rise at daybreak!  We shall rise with the dawn.  For we leave at first light!

Although we may have a run first, in order to loosen up.


Thus, to bed!  Sleep the sleep of a thousand martyrs.  For at daybreak, we will breakfast.   And we shall leave with the wind to our back.


To bed! For we leave at 9:30.  Ish.


(I would love to do a costume drama along the way, perhaps among the lawns of suburban Illinois.) 

Island Animals

 This weekend I got to see my favorite animal: a puffin.  I used to sign my name with a little puffin drawing, and I think it's one of the only things I would draw whenever I could get my hands on colored pencils.  Now I've seen them flying around and swimming on top of the sea in their natural habitat... some day I'll hopefully see them swim and fly underwater, where they're at their most graceful.  Did you know they spend their entire lives at sea and only come to shore to breed?  

It's been an incredible time for wildlife on the island the past few days, and below is a small sampling of what we've been seeing lately...

 

 

 

 

Jumping in Mountains

 Miles Island has...

 Salmon...

 Glaciers...

 Reindeer...

 Jumping...

 Mountains for dayhiking...

 And more jumping...

At the Island Farmer's Market

 Wow, these photos makes me hungry.  These were all at this week's island farmer's market... it's so much fun to see how the selection of produce changes as the seasons change.  Uh oh, it's mid-summer already!!  How are your gardens doing?  I'm looking forward to tomatoes... our neighbor has just started leaving little bags of cherry tomatoes on our door handle.  Next up, heirlooms!

 

 

 

 

A Backpack Flower Explosion