Wordless Wednesday

Creative Solutions to Spartan Digs:
Port Townsend Writers Conference Dormitory Window

Original image: "Creative Solutions to Spartan Digs" ©2009, Tamara Kaye Sellman. All Rights Reserved.

Wordless Wednesday

Anticipation; Grand Ol' Fourth pre-parade route, 2009

Original image: "Anticipation; Grand Ol' Fourth pre-parade route, 2009" ©2009 Tamara Kaye Sellman. All Rights Reserved.

Paeans to Summer Vacation

Here's my tribute to 25 of the finest people, places, ideas, activities, and things that are feeding my psyche as my summer vacation fully sets in:

1. Squirrels chittering in the morning


2. Temperate winds rushing through the highest vine maple leaves the size of dinner plates.


3. The way my voile panels suck in and out of the windows in the comforting breeze.


4. Board shorts that fit.


5. The Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District.


6. The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce.


7. Neighbors who watch out after other neighbors.


8. People who are mindful of the environment by using their own grocery bags and recycling.


9. Picnic side dishes.


10. Bringing Waikiki sand home in the suitcase.


11. Memories of swimming with sea turtles.


12. Summer reading; lots of it.


13. Writing; lots of it.


14. The overgrownness of the Pacific Northwest in midsummer.


15. People who get involved in their community just because it matters.


16. Customizable and automated web 2.0 services like Hootsuite, Google Suite, WordPress.


17. Vegetable sandwiches.


18. Tivo, podcasts, and other 21st century media pleasures.


19. The serendipity of simply running into friends every time I leave the house, even those who don't live here anyway.


20. Frozen banana smoothies.


21. Nectarines in season.


22. My green isle.


23. Outdoor swimming (especially saltwater swimming pools, snorkeling reefs and warm ocean waves over sand).


24. Sleeping whenever I like.


25. Women who make trouble simply by thinking outside the box or actually doing the right thing. Sistahs!
    

Original image: "Shark's Cove Reef from beneath the Kukui Nut Trees, North Shore, Oahu," ©2009, Tamara Kaye Sellman. All Rights Reserved.