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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Trekking on Koma Kulshan

30 Saturday Aug 2014

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camping, hiking, Koma Kulshan, Mt. Baker

New post on Daughter on Duty:

“As a child, my family frequented Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens. If we ever went to Mt. Adams (not so far from St. Helens), Mt. Baker (just south of Canada)… ” read more

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Flora & Fauna Friday

29 Friday Aug 2014

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merganser, Mt. Baker Wilderness, osprey, Whidbey Island

Ospreys Over Whidbey, Mergansers Under Baker

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Wordless Wednesday

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Koma Kulshan, Mt. Baker Wilderness, Skyline Divide trail

Koma Kulshan
(Skyline Divide, Mt. Baker Wilderness)

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Flora & Fauna Friday

23 Saturday Aug 2014

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Birds Birds Birds

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Veiled Reality

22 Friday Aug 2014

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Earth Sanctuary, family caregiving, respite, Whidbey Island

There’s a new post on Daughter on Duty. (Apologies for accidental second posting of Wordless Wednesday. Ignore it.)

“I am on holiday! I love how the British call it that. On vacation has a sound to me of leaving something behind (life as usual), which is fine and good, and suggests recovery from exhaustion (which is probably true). On holiday, however,…” (read more)

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Wordless Wednesday

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Born to Play

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MeMoRy MoNdAy

18 Monday Aug 2014

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Ann Arbor MI, Donald G Staebler

Happy 104th birthday to my Uncle Donald.

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The Secret to Longevity

15 Friday Aug 2014

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There’s a new post on my blog daughter on duty.

“Mama: Michelle read me part of a story in the paper about a 100-year-old woman. Did you see it?
Me: No.
Mama: The reporter asked the secret to her longevity. She said it was the 3 Ls:…” read more

 

Flora & Fauna Friday

15 Friday Aug 2014

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sunflower

Sunflower on a foggy morning

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Wordless Wednesday

13 Wednesday Aug 2014

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Eye spy

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Gretchen Staebler

Gretchen Staebler

I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home to live and care for my then 96-year-old mother. I am a writer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer.

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