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Here's Robin in the Cholla Cactus Garden.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/f173f267-9a43-4d82-9774-916b16f93cf9.jpegF173F267-9A43-4D82-9774-916B16F93CF9Part of the Jumbo Rocks formationhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ccd03451-034a-4abc-a3aa-89528d015f63.jpegCCD03451-034A-4ABC-A3AA-89528D015F63https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/f3723185-571a-446d-9937-020022d3b4a3.jpegF3723185-571A-446D-9937-020022D3B4A3Sunset over the Salton Seahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1b3824c6-7a1d-4475-8249-03691c83b8de-e1555713176261.jpeg1B3824C6-7A1D-4475-8249-03691C83B8DESmoke from a fire rising over the Salton Sea2019-04-20T00:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/10/22/heading-east-for-the-winter/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/8e0522ca-e280-4ff6-8de1-70f1c27cef28.jpeg8E0522CA-E280-4FF6-8DE1-70F1C27CEF28Utah Lake, with the Wasatch Mountains in the backgroundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/4916266c-e99f-4edb-b89d-136ef7bc8a3d.jpeg4916266C-E99F-4EDB-B89D-136EF7BC8A3DThe Provo Riverhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97d9da83-99d9-4238-83bb-2d5505a5114c.jpeg97D9DA83-99D9-4238-83BB-2D5505A5114CStorage facility with a huge collection of old gas signs and pumps2019-11-23T18:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/10/27/a-day-at-arches-national-park/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/07649471-5271-4855-8d7c-e3213130f93f.jpeg07649471-5271-4855-8D7C-E3213130F93FBalanced rock isn’t really balanced. It’s all one formation of different kinds of rock. But some day it will fall. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/19f2474f-a55e-4948-8e2b-a3db29a95abb.jpeg19F2474F-A55E-4948-8E2B-A3DB29A95ABBThe formation is called the Three Gossips. It looks kind of three women in bonnets huddled together. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9de076af-441a-48c6-9693-4ed47b6e9e16.jpeg9DE076AF-441A-48C6-9693-4ED47B6E9E16Delicate Arch is the most famous and most photographed arch in the park. This is taken from a distance. It’s a bit of a hike to get up close. 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The house, actually a one-room cabin, is the second more “luxurious” dwelling on the property. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/8018ccad-d114-4bb5-aa0b-a7025f01a207.jpeg8018CCAD-D114-4BB5-AA0B-A7025F01A207https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/8c5db011-d4b8-440b-b41e-582cd1d7a8bd.jpeg8C5DB011-D4B8-440B-B41E-582CD1D7A8BD2019-04-17T01:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/10/29/a-day-in-canyonlands-national-park/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/b1edcbd9-f464-4501-a586-084468233fd8.jpegB1EDCBD9-F464-4501-A586-084468233FD8https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/94dabf44-5cd1-4ce5-a749-29b2eee153fa.jpeg94DABF44-5CD1-4CE5-A749-29B2EEE153FAThis is the view from the Grand Point Overlook, looking south. A road follows the rim of the canyon. It’s 100 miles long, is accessible only by four-wheel drive, and takes a minimum of two days to drive. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/9dc4eabc-e6c3-429b-ab5a-c9c15e705583.jpeg9DC4EABC-E6C3-429B-AB5A-C9C15E705583https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/46aeadf2-97d2-4289-8829-e64311d05ed7.jpeg46AEADF2-97D2-4289-8829-E64311D05ED7Upheaval Dome is a huge crater in the middle of Island in the Sky. Scientists disagree about how it was formed. 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The one on the left honors soldiers from Missouri who fought on both sides. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/5332713b-97aa-41e6-992c-8364a4f5d91e.jpeg5332713B-97AA-41E6-992C-8364A4F5D91ERobin and Teddy with a historical marking the old road between Blakeley and Pensacola, Fla. 2019-04-17T00:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2019/03/05/signs-of-mardis-gras-in-a-louisiana-camground/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/af92d9e1-efc4-4bb4-ac37-ab36384d4a28.jpegAF92D9E1-EFC4-4BB4-AC37-AB36384D4A28https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/e7facf02-72f4-4ffd-9336-4c3fe26c5302.jpegE7FACF02-72F4-4FFD-9336-4C3FE26C5302https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a5b8a0a0-5333-484f-8bfd-e29d59fff56d.jpegA5B8A0A0-5333-484F-8BFD-E29D59FFF56Dhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/94bcfc7e-2555-4b75-8215-5153279a2ff8.jpeg94BCFC7E-2555-4B75-8215-5153279A2FF82019-04-17T00:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2019/03/15/trip-update-sunshine-breaks-through-in-texas/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/9271be93-31c8-4595-a99f-c3817ab238d4.jpeg9271BE93-31C8-4595-A99F-C3817AB238D4A cairn of stones alongside the South Llano River https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/b98a8b03-a4fd-4a1d-9fdf-5c5d65c29c49.jpegB98A8B03-A4FD-4A1D-9FDF-5C5D65C29C49Prickly pearhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/336637c2-0a98-4c10-a9f2-dc2373794d3c.jpeg336637C2-0A98-4C10-A9F2-DC2373794D3COne of several armadillos we saw. He was shy, so I couldn’t get his head. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/492ce912-dfdb-424f-95ea-d06fe4dc8bab.jpeg492CE912-DFDB-424F-95EA-D06FE4DC8BABMistletoe in what we think were pecan trees2019-04-17T00:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/11/01/from-a-rainy-start-to-a-beautiful-oklahoma-sunset/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/d5f1b08c-f10d-45d8-a597-e57c02918cf2.jpegD5F1B08C-F10D-45D8-A597-E57C02918CF22018-11-02T01:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/10/28/new-furniture-from-old-wood-for-the-new-house/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2556.jpgIMG_2556The bench in the first-floor hall, complete with boots.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2566.jpgIMG_2566The cart that Mark made for our pantry. It fits perfectly.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2564.jpgIMG_2564Dawn's "pagodas" augmenting the fireplace in our bedroom.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2557.jpgIMG_2557Headboard and bedside tables in the back guest room.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_2555.jpgIMG_2555Headboard and bedside tables in the front guest room, courtesy of Robin's brother, Mark.2018-10-23T00:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/03/07/a-look-back-at-the-little-rock-nine/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/6258eb45-ff05-4b79-bf30-ea4b900d6f35.jpeg6258EB45-FF05-4B79-BF30-EA4B900D6F35https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/754c984f-4127-4055-a69d-2650303acf8f.jpeg754C984F-4127-4055-A69D-2650303ACF8Fhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/f9ee20ca-a968-4cc5-8eb0-db00a5cb6035.jpegF9EE20CA-A968-4CC5-8EB0-DB00A5CB60352018-10-23T00:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/03/07/a-visit-to-the-clinton-library/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/0c73f972-6546-4be0-a140-29beb7786865.jpeg0C73F972-6546-4BE0-A140-29BEB7786865https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/25aa4044-f7c3-4575-8fa4-d94f0198d3e2.jpeg25AA4044-F7C3-4575-8FA4-D94F0198D3E2https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/705a4e32-5725-4ce0-a154-ea6d9bb17dc0.jpeg705A4E32-5725-4CE0-A154-EA6D9BB17DC02018-10-23T00:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/03/10/a-new-mexico-oasis-with-a-history-lesson/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/6779143e-3910-4786-86ea-50ad5f7e6599.jpeg6779143E-3910-4786-86EA-50AD5F7E6599https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/67850ac6-394b-49f5-9344-81c67f166876.jpeg67850AC6-394B-49F5-9344-81C67F166876https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/508ba6e4-29ea-4685-a308-2c6fe351ac7e.jpeg508BA6E4-29EA-4685-A308-2C6FE351AC7Ehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/732d4565-f3f1-4e4c-bade-e0a92d1011fa.jpeg732D4565-F3F1-4E4C-BADE-E0A92D1011FAhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2f7385d8-27ef-4563-a8a5-d13b061d411b.jpeg2F7385D8-27EF-4563-A8A5-D13B061D411Bhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ab4ee1aa-d1fe-4b21-b60f-859c55211cfb.jpegAB4EE1AA-D1FE-4B21-B60F-859C55211CFB2018-10-23T00:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2018/03/14/a-visit-to-arizonas-painted-desert-and-petrified-forest/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/b2d1e565-c2ec-4373-b660-001f8eebc22e.jpegB2D1E565-C2EC-4373-B660-001F8EEBC22Ehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/64ec552a-d277-415f-a030-b96d585c3b4d.jpeg64EC552A-D277-415F-A030-B96D585C3B4Dhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4c026fad-d9f8-4fc6-9a7e-c65702acb46d.jpeg4C026FAD-D9F8-4FC6-9A7E-C65702ACB46Dhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/0014f030-5a07-4628-a089-fe098d5827e8.jpeg0014F030-5A07-4628-A089-FE098D5827E8https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/60620db0-0827-44d2-97b8-996b7310eb59.jpeg60620DB0-0827-44D2-97B8-996B7310EB59https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/572529ad-f314-4e23-927e-fdc6af078661.jpeg572529AD-F314-4E23-927E-FDC6AF078661https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/691ad04d-bd0c-4501-8068-fbe36cfd5740.jpeg691AD04D-BD0C-4501-8068-FBE36CFD57402018-10-23T00:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/09/05/house-update-after-3-weeks-more-and-more-like-home/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1424.jpgIMG_1424The exterior is now the right colors, though the painters have a lot of trim to finish.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1425.jpgIMG_1425Two of the paintings that Rob Schouten helped us hang. The large one is by Rob; the small one, by my sister Nancy.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1422.jpgIMG_1422The front guest bedroom awaits its first occupant with a touch of Bohemia.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1415.jpgIMG_1415The study shelves are now full of books.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1410.jpgIMG_1410The kitchen is finished except for some missing drawer handles.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1409.jpgIMG_1409The dining room now has its table and chairs.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1405.jpgIMG_1405We finally have a living room. The cabinets still need doors and more shelves, the fireplace needs its surround, and the TV area above needs to be finished.2017-10-29T00:29:22+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/08/14/house-update-move-in-scheduled-for-this-week/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0779.jpgIMG_0779Corner of the first-floor deckhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1284.jpgIMG_1284Loft railing, seen from belowhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1291.jpgIMG_1291Guest bathroom vanity. Note the barn-board tile and light fixture shaped like towels on a rod.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1302.jpgIMG_1302Master bathroom vanityhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1293.jpgIMG_1293Master bedroom, with ceiling fan/light and fireplace surround in placehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1296.jpgIMG_1296... and a directional sign in the driveway (also right).https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1298.jpgIMG_1298We are official now. We have our own blue-and-white road sign (right).https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1320.jpgIMG_1320The living room fan lighthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1324.jpgIMG_1324Kitchen backsplash. The animal accent tiles are by a local tile maker.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1329.jpgIMG_1329Meanwhile, back in Freeland2017-09-06T04:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/08/16/house-update-were-in/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_1348.jpgimg_13482017-08-17T20:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/07/19/house-update-nearing-the-finish-but-move-in-date-pushed-back-to-mid-august/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1268.jpgIMG_1268Tom the carpenter building the platform that will hold the hearth and cabinets around the living-room fireplace.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1279.jpgIMG_1279Installing the railings in the lofthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1266.jpgIMG_1266Living-room windows with all the trim in place. They'll look better when the scaffolding is removed.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1273.jpgIMG_1273Rock border on slope along the drivewayhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1140.jpgIMG_1140Powder-room tile is all in.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1202.jpgIMG_1202Kitchen cabinets with counter in place. Counters are leathered granite.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1265.jpgIMG_1265Loft bathroom with tile, counter, and plumbing fixtures all in place. It's done except for electrical fixtures and shower door.2017-08-14T19:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/05/13/house-update-cabinets-tile-and-trim/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0968.jpgIMG_0968Tile on the floor in the powder room. Still to be added: decorative tiles made by a local tile-maker.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0996.jpgIMG_0996Shelves and wine rack in the pantryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1019.jpgIMG_1019Kitchen cabinets, viewed from the dining roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0976.jpgIMG_0976Cabinets in the master bathhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1020.jpgIMG_1020Bookshelves in the studyhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1011.jpgIMG_1011Trim around the window in the loft bathroom. The lighting wasn't very good, but you get the idea.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1016.jpgIMG_1016Stairway windows with trim partly in placehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0993.jpgIMG_0993No more blackberrieshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_1005.jpgIMG_1005With the blackberries gone, it's possibly get far enough back to get a wider view of the house2017-07-20T15:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/04/13/a-short-visit-to-lopez-island/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_08101.jpgIMG_0810The sunset viewed from the Haven restaurant, where we had dinner on our last nighthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0790.jpgIMG_0790Robin, Kay, and George enjoying the sightshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0788.jpgIMG_0788The view from the ferryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0800.jpgIMG_0800Kay showing Robin the sightshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0796.jpgIMG_0796Sailboats at anchor in Fisherman Bay2017-05-13T21:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/04/15/house-update-heat-floors-and-garage-doors/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0777.jpgIMG_0777Finishing the living-room floorhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0500.jpgIMG_0500Garage doorshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0835.jpgIMG_0835Robin checking out the wires for electric heat in our bedroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0776.jpgIMG_0776Lights in the garage, with cabinets awaiting installationhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_0860.jpgIMG_0860Pouring the concrete floor2017-05-13T21:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/03/20/house-update-siding-and-drywall-complete-well-in-ready-for-in-floor-heat/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0727.jpgIMG_0727Cement wallboard in the master-bath showerhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0725.jpgIMG_0725Cabinets in the garage, awaiting installationhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0724.jpgIMG_0724The wellhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0640.jpgIMG_0640All the siding is on. Once the weather improves, it will get painted.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_0449.jpgIMG_0449The weathervane, made for up by a local artisan2017-04-14T18:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/01/26/house-update-insulation-complete-drywall-started-power-on-siding-continues-to-go-up/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0341.jpgimg_0341Insulation is complete. Batting in the ceiling and interior walls, blow-in insulation (the pink stuff) in the exterior walls.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0499.jpgimg_0499Drywall hanging has begun. This is the study.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0505.jpgimg_0505The power is on, to some outlets.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0490.jpgimg_0490Siding complete on one section of the back of the house. If you look closely at the top, you can see fish-scale shingles.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0489.jpgimg_0489Siding now going on the end and the front of the garage.2017-03-20T20:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/02/25/house-update-drywall-hung-taping-and-mudding-under-way-siding-progresses/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_05971.jpgimg_0597Robin's sewing room with the loft abovehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0593.jpgimg_0593The kitchen, from the living roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0609.jpgimg_0609Looking down into the living room from the lofthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0601.jpgimg_0601Looking from the living room toward the dining roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0414.jpgimg_0414Garagehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0576.jpgimg_0576Master bedroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0564.jpgimg_0564Shingles on the front of the househttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0419.jpgimg_0419First-floor hallwayhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0425.jpgimg_0425East side of the househttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_0608.jpgimg_0608Looking down the elevator shaft, with empty drywall-tape boxes at the bottom2017-03-20T20:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/01/21/the-womens-march-on-whidbey/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0277.jpgimg_0277https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0302.jpgimg_0302The march stretched for blocks.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0311.jpgimg_0311https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0333.jpgimg_0333https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0398.jpgimg_0398https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0399.jpgimg_0399https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0443.jpgimg_0443The women's march passes through downtown Langley.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0430.jpgimg_0430https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0414.jpgimg_0414https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0407.jpgimg_0407My personal favorite sign2017-01-27T03:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/10/28/construction-update-all-windows-and-doors-are-in-rough-plumbing-done-electrician-delayed/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0011.jpgimg_0011Robin and Teddy inspecting the stairs to the loft. Note the vertical windows above the stairs.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0008.jpgimg_0008Sealer for the second-floor deck, which has living space underneath.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0010.jpgimg_0010Our view, from near to far: Saratoga Passage, Camano island, the mainland, Mount Baker.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0135.jpgimg_0135Kitchen rough plumbinghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0014.jpgimg_0014All windows and doors are now installed.2017-01-18T00:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/01/07/a-trip-to-williamsburg-with-the-granddaughters/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0358.jpgimg_0358Sophia and Annika learn about silversmithing.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0342.jpgimg_0342Sophia and Annika meeting one of the carriage horseshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0320.jpgimg_0320Robin and Annika at the weaver'shttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0315.jpgimg_0315https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0240.jpgimg_0240Ready for a carriage ridehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0224.jpgimg_0224Taking a breakhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0294.jpgimg_0294Annika checking out the food in the palace kitchen.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0304.jpgimg_0304Sophia holding up an arch at the governor's palace.2017-01-18T00:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2017/01/17/house-update-wiring-complete-siding-going-on/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0388.jpgimg_0388Wires everywhere: electrical, low-voltage, and heatinghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0393.jpgimg_0393A pile of sidinghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0387.jpgimg_0387Exterior trim has been added around the windows.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_0384.jpgimg_0384Siding going on the back of the garage. That's not the final color.2017-01-17T23:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/11/05/brief-house-update-the-electrician-is-back/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0139.jpgimg_01392016-11-05T20:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/09/01/a-quick-trip-to-oregon/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2775.jpgIMG_2775The Goodpasture covered bridge over the McKenzie https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2772.jpgIMG_2772Side view of the Goodpasture Bridgehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2767.jpgIMG_2767The arbor for the wedding, made by Robin's brother, Mark.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2572.jpgIMG_2572View of the Mckenzie River from our cabinhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2764.jpgIMG_2764White-water rafters on the McKenzie2016-10-28T21:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/10/26/2-trips-to-oregon-in-which-we-celebrate-a-birthday-see-lots-of-friends-and-relatives-and-meet-a-texas-longhorn/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lois.jpgloisPhoto of Robins's mother from the book we gave herhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tuttle-cousins.jpgtuttle-cousinsThe Tuttle cousins in 1955. Robin is in the middle.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0124.jpgimg_0124The Tuttle cousins now, with Robin holding the old photohttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0116.jpgimg_0116Items on the remembrance table at the memorial service for Robin's Aunt Corrinehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0002.jpgimg_0002The Columbia River, from our motelhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0015.jpgimg_0015Carlos the orchard longhornhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0046.jpgimg_0046Mount View Orchards farm standhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0030.jpgimg_0030The Mountain View Orchards wedding venue. Behind that bank of clouds is a close-up view of Mount Hood.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lois-90th.jpglois-90thLois at her birthday dinner, with Markhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0087.jpgimg_0087Gathered around the table: Lois, Karen, Robin, Mark2016-10-28T21:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/09/02/house-update-fireplaces-and-solar-panels-installed-and-electricians-at-work/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2754.jpgIMG_2754Living-room fireplace (gas)https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2575.jpgIMG_2575Worker up on ladder installing solar panelshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2784.jpgIMG_2784Solar panels on the roof. You may have to look closely.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2781.jpgIMG_2781Fireplace on the screened porch (wood burning)https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2780.jpgIMG_2780Electrical panels in the garagehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2581.jpgIMG_2581Framing for the kitchen counter and bar, where the sink and cooktop will gohttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_2574.jpgIMG_2574Whidbey Sun and Wind truck at the house2016-10-27T00:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/08/24/a-busy-weekend-over-town-shopping-partying-eating-and-colvin-and-earle/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2741.jpgIMG_2741The table we may buy. Just the table, not the chairs.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2748.jpgIMG_2748Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle on stage at the Neptune Theaterhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cliff-party.jpgCliff partyCliff and Heather's party, with their new dog Dougal and 5-year-old granddaughter Lulu in the foreground2016-09-02T01:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/08/11/construction-update-the-roof-is-on-and-windows-are-going-in/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2559.jpgIMG_2559House wrapped with several windows installedhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_25581.jpgIMG_2558Garage, with roofhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2560.jpgIMG_2560Living-room windows installedhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2553.jpgIMG_2553Workmen installing the living-room windowshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2730.jpgIMG_2730Guest showerhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_2556.jpgIMG_2556Windows waiting to be installed2016-08-25T01:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/07/24/construction-update-plumbing-and-roofing-under-way/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4816.jpgDSCN4816A front view of the main part of the house. Clockwise from upper left: dining room, living room, guest bedroom, master bedroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4819.jpgDSCN4819Where the outside stairs will go on the side of the house, with a window now added to the guest bathroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4823.jpgDSCN4823The first pipe, where the toilet will go in the guest bathroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4832.jpgDSCN4832The garage with the first layer of roofing material and with the cupola added. The roof will be metal.2016-08-12T00:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/07/12/construction-update-plywood-goes-on-the-roof/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_2711.jpgIMG_2711Closer look at the dining-room ceilinghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_2704.jpgIMG_2704Robin celebrating, even before the last of the exterior plywood went onhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4783.jpgDSCN4783The living room. The fireplace will go about where the red scaffolding is, with cabinets on either side.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4797.jpgDSCN4797Looking from the living room toward the study. Robin is standing in the dining room.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4774.jpgDSCN47742016-07-25T00:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/07/10/the-dixie-chicks-ready-to-make-nice-music/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4732.jpgDSCN4732The Dixie Chicks' tribute to Princehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4743.jpgDSCN4743Politicians in the background on "Ready to Run"https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4768.jpgDSCN4768The Dixie Chicks performing in front of a giant screen at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Wash.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4738.jpgDSCN4738Donald Trump helps out on "Goodbye Earl."2016-07-12T23:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/06/25/construction-update-roof-trusses-and-decks/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2492.jpgIMG_2492Vertical windows along the stairway to the lofthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2496.jpgIMG_2496Framing for the first-floor deckhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2485.jpgIMG_2485Second-floor deckhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2701.jpgIMG_2701https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2698.jpgIMG_2698The roof trusses, up closehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2475.jpgIMG_2475Roof trusses are in place on the main part of the house, along with first- and second-floor decks.2016-07-10T23:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/06/14/construction-update-living-room-windows-and-the-loft/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4701.jpgDSCN4701Part of the lofthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2687.jpgIMG_2687The loft seen from the living roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_2685.jpgIMG_2685View from the living-room windows, Mount Baker not visiblehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4697.jpgDSCN4697The house with framing in for the front living-room windows and the loft2016-06-26T02:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/06/13/whale-watching-in-real-island-weather/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4672.jpgDSCN4672The bridge over Deception Passhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4675.jpgDSCN4675Sea lion and cormorants hanging out on a buoyhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4683.jpgDSCN4683Harbor seals on the rocks2016-06-26T02:38:20+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/06/06/bob-dylan-does-sinatra-and-himself/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/csm1.jpgCSM1The crowd on the law and Chateau Ste. Michelle winery, waiting for Dylan2016-06-13T21:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/05/31/our-musical-summer-continues-with-acts-old-and-newer/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2646.jpgIMG_2646Commander Cody at the Triple Doorhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2658.jpgIMG_2658Poor Man's Whiskey at the Nectar Lounge2016-06-07T18:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/05/30/construction-update-more-second-floor-walls/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2665.jpgIMG_2665Robin's sewing room, which is off the living roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2666.jpgIMG_2666View from the study, which has a very large tree right next to ithttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2669.jpgIMG_2669Even the storage room has a view.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2662.jpgIMG_2662View from the driveway. Second-floor farming on the left is the dining room. Top the right are Robin's sewing room and the storage room above the garage.2016-06-07T18:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/05/21/construction-update-second-floor-under-way/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2651.jpgIMG_2651The outside wall of my studyhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2649.jpgIMG_2649Stairs to the second floorhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2650.jpgIMG_2650The view from the living room on the second floor. Unfortunately Mount Baker was not visible. https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4661.jpgDSCN4661Second floor walls going uphttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn4662.jpgDSCN4662Footings for the first-floor deck2016-05-31T02:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/04/20/playing-tourist-in-seattle-with-musical-accompaniment/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn4639.jpgDSCN4639One of Chihuly's glass sculptures that almost looks like a real planthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn4633.jpgDSCN4633Chihuly glass with the Space Needle looming in the backgroundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn4626.jpgDSCN4626A ferry under construction on the Seattle docks. The superstructure was built on Whidbey.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn4621.jpgDSCN4621Smith Tower, once the tallest building on the West Coast. Robin's mother worked here just a few years after it opened.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2411.jpgIMG_2411The Great Wheel, on the Seattle waterfront. We didn't ride. We just looked2016-05-21T22:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/04/09/a-visit-from-the-granddaughters-and-a-quick-trip-to-oregon/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn46071.jpgDSCN4607Cousins Annika, Allie, and Sophiahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2391.jpgIMG_2391Sophia and Annika arrive in Seattle.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2392.jpgIMG_2392Easter baskethttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn4607.jpgDSCN4607Annika, Allie, and Sophia https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2399.jpgIMG_2399Annika and Sophia with their Great Grandmother Loishttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2544.jpgIMG_2544Annika cavorting in the Garden of Surging Waves, in Astoriahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2558.jpgIMG_2558Sophia is a watchtower at Fort Casey State Park.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2407.jpgIMG_2407One girl sock, left behind2016-04-21T19:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/02/29/vancouver-a-feeling-of-china-north-of-the-border/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2366.jpgIMG_2366The Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2478.jpgIMG_2478One of the exhibits in the Vancouver Art Gallery's "Mash UP" exhibition. Created by a group called a Japanese artist named Ujino Muneteru, who creates complex musical instruments out of all sorts of objects.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2497.jpgIMG_2497Possible location for the Vancouver branch of the Cupcake Bar. The space at the from on the first floor appeared to be empty.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn4584.jpgDSCN4584Rainbow seen from Prospect Point, at the northern tip of Vancouver's Stanley Parkhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn4592.jpgDSCN45922016-04-09T22:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/01/22/back-to-whidbey-for-mud-dirt-gravel-and-music/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_24451.jpgIMG_2445The Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser (center) leads his workshop students at a Ft. Casey concert.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12471708_940278509355047_6782395207384079727_o.jpg12471708_940278509355047_6782395207384079727_oThe Joann Quintana Band performing at a Langley wineryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2433.jpgIMG_2433Our pile of firewoodhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2439.jpgIMG_2439Dumping dirthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2432.jpgIMG_2432Robin inspects the construction site.2016-03-01T02:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2016/01/04/fun-on-the-redneck-riviera/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2513.jpgIMG_25132016-01-04T22:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/10/29/a-ground-breaking-day-on-our-whidbey-property/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2240.jpgIMG_2240The Feng Shui gardenhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2225.jpgIMG_2225Replacing the culverthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2265.jpgIMG_2265More digging.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2264.jpgIMG_2264Robin wields the shovel. Her hands are red from cinnabar.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2247.jpgIMG_2247Robin hanging a crystal2015-11-16T02:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/11/15/construction-update-a-few-signs-of-progress/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rainbow.jpgrainbowRainbow over the water, looking to the northeasthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2286.jpgIMG_2286https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2284.jpgIMG_2284The stakes with yellow flags show where the east side of the house will be.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2268.jpgIMG_2268Our builder's sign at the entrance to the property2015-11-16T07:51:59+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/10/29/two-family-get-togethers-in-portland/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_22121.jpgIMG_2212Eight Tuttle cousins, in ascending order of age: Anne, Mark, Nancy, Robin, David, Donny, and Carolhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_22051.jpgIMG_2205The whole family: Robin, Mark, Karen, and Lois (Mom/Granny/Great Granny)2015-10-30T00:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/09/13/building-a-house-in-a-bunch-of-short-trips/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2201.jpgIMG_2201Rita and Robin on the ferry from Whidbey to Mukilteohttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/t-sisters.jpgThe T Sisters ©Jay Blakesberghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/turn.jpgturnTurn, by Lee Imonen, one of the sculptures in Big Rock Garden Park2015-10-30T00:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/07/03/hot-music-and-hot-weather-at-the-kate-wolf-festival/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn4559.jpgDSCN4559Just some of the unusual headgear that cold be seen.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn4545.jpgDSCN4545Most people wear shorts and T-shirts, but some like to dress up.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn4540.jpgDSCN4540Along with music, the festival offers plenty of shopping opportunities.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn4538.jpgDSCN4538Some of the festival crowd listening to the Playing for Change Band.2015-09-15T01:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/22/china-day-17-a-visit-with-children-and-the-end-of-the-trip/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2169.jpgIMG_2169The Nanjing Road, awash with shoppershttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2174.jpgIMG_2174Part of the lobby of the Fairmont Peace Hotelhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2178.jpgIMG_2178One of four reliefs on the hotel lobby walls2015-05-23T19:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/20/china-day-16-the-gardens-canals-and-silk-of-suzhou/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2162.jpgIMG_2162Stretching a skeinhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2150.jpgIMG_2150Separating the cocoons with one worm from those with two and tossing the bad oneshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2165.jpgIMG_2165Our local guide, Allie, showing the finished producthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2147.jpgIMG_2147Silkwormshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2139.jpgIMG_2139https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2138.jpgIMG_2138https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2127.jpgIMG_2127https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2189.jpgIMG_2189Fish pattern set into a pathhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2087.jpgIMG_2087A rock formation popular for tourist photoshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2089.jpgIMG_2089Another rock formation2015-05-23T16:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/17/china-day-14-the-bells-of-wuhan-and-the-lights-of-shanghai/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4463.jpgDSCN4463Shanghai skyscrapers at night, seen from the Bundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4462.jpgDSCN4462Some older Shanghai buildings along the Bundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1995.jpgIMG_1995Some of the fifth-century instruments at the museum in Wuhanhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4457.jpgDSCN4457Wuhan, with an unusual boat in the foreground2024-01-20T07:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/18/china-day-15-shanghai-museum-garden-and-acrobats/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2061.jpgIMG_2061A Shanghai shopping districthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2172.jpgIMG_2172A Chinese garden has four elements: water, rocks, plants, and structureshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2041.jpgIMG_2041Robin outside the Shanghai Museum2015-05-21T02:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/16/china-day-13-visit-to-a-school/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1969.jpgIMG_1969A dish we did not eathttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2099.jpgIMG_2099Robin's student escorthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4447.jpgDSCN4447School children performinghttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4449.jpgDSCN4449A Chinese classroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2101.jpgIMG_2101Sunset on the Yangtze2015-05-17T19:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/15/china-day-12-the-three-gorges-dam/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4255.jpgDSCN4255A Yangtze River buoy https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4424.jpgDSCN4424Boats on the river and a man washing his clotheshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4403.jpgDSCN4403The locks, seen from abovehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4410.jpgDSCN4410The ship elevator, with the dam in the backgroundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4437.jpgDSCN4437A riverside town2015-05-16T21:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/11/china-day-10-cruising-the-yangtze-and-a-visit-to-the-shibaozhai-pagoda/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1939.jpgIMG_1939The god of winterhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1924.jpgIMG_1924Part of the pagoda's roofhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1950.jpgIMG_1950The hole from which rice supposedly flowed spontaneouslyhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1946.jpgIMG_1946Figures of three female gods. Can you tell which one fell in love with a mortal.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4249.jpgDSCN4249The Shibaozhai pagodahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1956.jpgIMG_1956Figures of three female gods. Can you tell which one fell in love with a mortal.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4245.jpgDSCN4245Making our way across the Drunken Bridgehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4240.jpgDSCN4240Market stalls in Shibaozhai2015-05-15T20:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/13/china-day-11-the-lesser-three-gorges-and-the-locks/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4398.jpgDSCN4398Passing into the second lockhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4392.jpgDSCN4392Inside the first of five locks at the Three Gorges Damhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4329.jpgDSCN4329Sampans heading up the Goddess Streamhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2064.jpgIMG_2064Viewing Qutang Gorge from the top of the ship2015-05-15T20:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/10/china-day-nine-chongqing-pandas-and-the-cruise-ship/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4224.jpgDSCN4224Robin relaxing on the veranda of our stateroomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1916.jpgIMG_1916The lights of Chingqing as we set sailhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2039.jpgIMG_2039The dock we had to cross to reach our shiphttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2029.jpgIMG_2029A young panda cavorting on a wooden platform at the Chongqing zoo2015-05-12T00:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/10/china-day-eight-the-tibetan-museum-and-the-climb-to-the-top-of-the-potala-palace/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2016.jpgIMG_2016Another view from the roof. The hill with the radio tower was the site of a medical school that was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4188.jpgDSCN4188Mountains and rooftops, from the top of the Potala Palacehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn41951.jpgDSCN4195Robin being photographed by Chinese tourists, for the second time on the trip, this time at the top of the Potala Palacehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1912.jpgIMG_1912Our guides, Wang Dui and Matthewhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4194.jpgDSCN4194The seven-story building at the top of the palacehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_2014.jpgIMG_2014About halfway up the climb, with one set of stackers completed and another to comehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1986.jpgIMG_1986A jade carving of a fisherman and a boyhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1971.jpgIMG_1971A thangka. done with embroideryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1972.jpgIMG_1972A loomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1901.jpgIMG_1901A traditional Tibetan costume2015-05-12T00:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/09/china-day-seven-llasas-jokhang-temple-and-sera-monastery-with-yak-butter-tea/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1866.jpgIMG_1866Some of the decoration of the Jokhang Templehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4140.jpgDSCN4140Prayer flags above Lhasa's rooftopshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4139.jpgDSCN4139Lhasa's main squarehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4133.jpgDSCN4133On top of the Johkang Temple, with the Potala Place in the backgroundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1890.jpgIMG_1890One of the sand mandalas at the Sera Monasteryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4156.jpgDSCN4156The entrance to the Sera Monasteryhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1936.jpgIMG_1936In taking this photo, Robin inadvertently included three policemen. Photographing the police or soldiers is verboten, but fortunately no one noticed.2015-05-11T01:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/08/china-day-six-flying-to-tibet/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1848.jpgIMG_1848The view from our hotel roomhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1910.jpgIMG_1910Robin in her khata, the ceremonial scarf we received at the airporthttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1906.jpgIMG_1906The view from our flight to Tibet2015-05-10T01:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/08/china-day-five-terra-cotta-warriors-wild-goose-pagoda-tang-dynasty-show/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4110.jpgDSCN4110Gao Ming plays his flutehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4119.jpgDSCN4119The Tang Dynasty showhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4063.jpgDSCN4063With terra cotta soldiers that are being reconstructed https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1867.jpgIMG_1867One of the many Buddhas in the pagodahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4036.jpgDSCN4036The Big Wild Goose Pagodahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4060.jpgDSCN4060The terra cotta warriors 2015-05-08T23:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/07/china-day-four-hacky-sack-hutongs-a-home-visit-tea-and-a-canceled-flight/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1835.jpgIMG_1835Our tour group crowds into a small hutong house. The owner is holding the dog.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1806.jpgIMG_1806The owner's niece works on the painted glass.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1837.jpgIMG_1837Some of the glasswork.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1803.jpgIMG_18032015-05-23T16:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/06/china-day-three-the-great-wall-jade-the-ming-tombs-and-peking-duck/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1790-2.jpgIMG_1790 2Robin and friend, on the Sacred Way of the Ming Tombshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1790.jpgIMG_1790The carved stone figures along the Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs are impressive, but they got this elephant wrong.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1783.jpgIMG_1783Rubbing the tummy of a jade Buddhahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4019.jpgDSCN4019Phil on the wallhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1780.jpgIMG_1780Robin on the wallhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4013.jpgDSCN4013The Great Wall, aswarm with tourists2015-05-07T20:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/05/china-day-two-tiananmen-square-the-forbidden-city-the-summer-palace-and-the-beijing-opera/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn4006.jpgDSCN4006A Beijing Opera performerhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3993.jpgDSCN3993A performer being dressed for the Beijing Operahttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1768.jpgIMG_1768The Hall for Listening to Orioles, used for musical performances https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3985.jpgDSCN3985A dragon boat, like the one in which we crossed the lake at the summer palacehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3988.jpgDSCN3988A marble "boat" that is not really a boat at all but a place for partieshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3973.jpgDSCN3973More roof figureshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_17611.jpgIMG_1761Phil in the Forbidden City, with yellow-hatted Chinese tourists in the backgroundhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1776.jpgIMG_1776In the Forbidden City, even the drains are decorative.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1764.jpgIMG_1764One of the canals in the Forbidden Cityhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_17711.jpgIMG_1771Inside the Forbidden City2015-05-06T19:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/05/04/china-day-one-beijings-lamasery-and-the-temple-of-heaven/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1736.jpgIMG_1736The Circular Mound Altar at the Temple of Heavenhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1726.jpgIMG_1726Phil on the grounds of the Temple of Heavenhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1741.jpgIMG_1741The Imperial Vault of Heavenhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1723.jpgIMG_1723Robin and friend, at the Lama Templehttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3950.jpgDSCN3950The buildings in the Lama Temple are colorfully decorated.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3947.jpgDSCN3947The number of figures, from five to nine, on the roof corners indicate the importance of the building.https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dscn3946.jpgDSCN3946Worshippers at the Lama Temple2015-05-05T21:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/04/16/reports-from-china-will-be-delayed/2015-04-16T10:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/04/13/viewing-kamchatka-from-the-air/2015-04-13T12:42:35+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/04/11/were-on-our-way-to-china-and-tibet/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/map_2015_roofoftheworld_956x690_tcm21-9953.jpgMAP_2015_RoofOfTheWorld_956x690_tcm21-99532015-04-11T22:30:03+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/03/16/home-again-through-sun-rain-and-elvis/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_1707.jpgIMG_1707Holmes Harbor, just down the hill from our rental house, the morning after we got home2015-03-30T21:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/03/10/chiricahua-national-monument-far-away-among-the-rocks/2015-03-30T21:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/03/06/japan-remembers-the-alamo/2015-03-30T21:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/03/04/sunrise-on-the-texas-gulf-coast/2015-03-30T21:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/03/03/heading-west-with-fog-but-no-alligators/2015-03-30T21:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/02/09/hilton-head-traffic-condos-and-gated-communities/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_1639.jpgIMG_1639The view from our "villa" on Hilton Head2015-03-30T21:26:42+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2015/01/02/a-visit-to-new-york-crowded-smelly-noisy-and-awesome/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1556.jpgIMG_1556On a carriage ride through Central Parkhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1546.jpgIMG_1546In the lobby at Radio Cityhttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_1529.jpgIMG_1529Sophia and Annika enjoying dinner at Maria Pia2015-04-12T13:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2014/10/31/indiana-capital-of-roadwork-delays-and-trick-or-treat/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscn3910.jpgDSCN3910Halloween decorations at Hardy Lake State Recreation Area, Indiana2015-03-30T21:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2014/10/22/heading-east-via-zombie-roads-wall-drug-and-the-badlands/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscn3884.jpgDSCN3884The Badlandshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscn3892.jpgDSCN3892A bighorn sheep in Badlandshttps://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/clarkfork.jpgclarkforkMorning mist on the Clark Fork in western Montana2015-03-30T21:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://seemasamerica.co/2014/10/16/a-vacation-at-home-with-the-granddaughters/https://seemasamerica.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscn3868.jpgDSCN3868Sea 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