This Can't Be!!!

Yes folks, it can.. This is another blog on basically the same day as the last blog. That would make this 2 BLOGS ON ONE DAY!!!

I know, don't drop dead from shock.

We had such a nice calm day I just feel I need to blog it. It's nothing spectacular. Just a couple grandparents enjoying a beautiful Saturday the day after a long, hard work day.

So what do a couple 50-somethings do? We started as we do most Saturdays, we sit at our 'puters for a couple hours, reading, blogging, etc. Then we headed down the road to see how the new neighbors are doing and had a short visit with the family down the street. Next we decided to head out for a Rx refill and then to the new, big, beautiful Covington fire station. Rick has been wanting to see if we could weasel our way into a firehouse to get some closeup shots of trucks, fire hoses, boots, etc. Well, they were perfectly happy to let us come in to do just that. As we were headed back out they asked if there was anything else we would like to know or see, very friendly fellas.

Next the plan was to head down to Neely Mansion as we've learned that it's open every Saturday from 1 to 4. It's a 110 year old home that's being slowly rebuilt, a historical landmark I believe. But instead of heading down to that I suggested that we lay in the sun since it was shining so brightly and the mansion will always be there. So we lay out for about an hour.

Next, we were getting hungry and Rick's been having cravings for Subway so we headed back to town for a meatball sub for him and 2 RB sammiches and a small Jamocha shake from Arby's for me.

We came home and dropped in down the street again. Everyone was eating at Denny's house, Tony grilled up some burgers. We mentioned that we were planning to go out and try to get some late day shots, a sunset closely followed by moonrise. Celeste mentioned that she liked to take those kind of photos so she came along.

We drove out toward Enumclaw and found one of my favorite farms that has Mt Rainier as a backdrop. So we parked and started shooting. Cows, trees, barns, the mountain, sunset and finally, just as we were about to give up (Rick saw that the moonrise was supposed to be at 9:35 and it was nearly 9:55) the moon began to peek over the mountains. It's a big full moon and was really neat to watch rise.

Once we had our fill of attempting those difficult shots we headed back home for a soak in the hot tub, as usual.

Last, but certainly not least, we came in and perused our late day shots. Some of my best ones were the grass that was being lit by the setting sun.

What a great day!....