REMEMBERING SUMMER -By Lorelie & Tim Olson

Lorelie and I together with our many contributors welcome you to our first post notification in well over 4 months.  The current posts follow Lorelie’s July post, CELEBRATING SUMMER to  Lorelie’s  REMEMBERING SUMMER, to Lee’s SUMMER SAMPLER.

We did not plan this summer snooze. I’m an “oldie” 84 and just like our 85  “oldie” sail boat needing to be lifted out of the water twice this past summer. Freyja needed to have some leaks repaired and I required maintenance for two consecutive health issues that put the NESTER to sleep for many weeks. 

So, here we are in November with posts for me to boot up the computer, open the Word Press program, and offer delightful photographs taken by several talented and skilled photographers for you to enjoy and, perhaps, reflect on the good times from a summer filled with sunshine, daisies and blue skies.  Tim

EVERETT NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD WALK – Photographs by Lorelie Olson

You are invited to join me and enjoy late summer gardens in Everett’s Northwest Neighborhood. Enjoy the spacious gardens with their splashes of color in seasonal perennial flower beds, colorful plantings in curbside gardens, and well designed gardens that display the many beds often surrounded by green lawns.   Lorelie

HIGH SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS

July and August brought perfect summer weather for activities with family and friends! We enjoyed a riverside wedding, several visits to Ponderosa for patio suppers, walks, and swims, and a reunion lunch on Whidbey Island. You are invited to join us for good times! Lorelie

A RIVERSIDE WEDDING

Photos by Susan Olson & Lorelie Olson

The Chase home and garden in North Bend was a lovely setting for our great nephew Nate’s wedding to Malia. It was a festive outdoor occasion, with family conversation and memorable moments.

FOOD, FUN, AND FRIENDS IN PONDEROSA

We relaxed in Ponderosa, enjoying views of the house and garden, lounging on the patio with good food, conversation with neighbors,  and being entertained by the play of Sika and Spirit!

AND WHEN NOT TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, LORELIE STAYED COOL IN THE POOL!

A WHIDBEY ISLAND REUNION

Our group of long-time friends gathered at the Wagars’ Mutiny Bay beach condo on Whidbey Island for lunch, conversation, and (of course ) group photos!

A GROUP GALLERY

ALOHA, from “Old Friends, Young (at Heart)”! From Green Lake in 1961 to Mutiny Bay in 2023 including many “HAPPY NEW YEAR’S” in Maui, several memorable summers on Wallace Island and Happy Birthday parties for everyone!!

Thank you for the photos: Kathy, Joyce & Lorelie

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