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Geneva the Explorer and Ranger Steve prepare for the day's adventure... |
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A day of hiking must begin with a good breakfast and coffee... Biscuits & gravy at Tommy's Cafe in Renton... |
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The Starbucks bag that Geneva brought along to hold any interesting artifacts found along the way was re-purposed into a drizzle hat! |
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2014, September
24 Here's a link to my little "Let It Go" page, which pulls together a bunch of YouTube links to various renditions of the song, along with notes. It's rare that I develop an affinity for music this popular, but under the spell of young Geneva Queen Elsa I've been touched by this song. I may even have to work up an accordion version one of these first days... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, September 12 Renton, WA... at The Landing with Geneva and Hong... The Rock Wood Fired Pizza... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, September 10 Renton, WA... Hong models a camo fedora during a Banana Split Therapy Session at BR31... the purple T-Mobile buildings in Factoria, and the now waning harvest moon... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, September 9 Geneva, the young guitarist, is now thinking about putting together a Khmer fusion project, mixing traditional Cambodian dance with Western guitar... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, September 8 Geneva, the young guitarist, is already making plans for her first band! Photo-Journal... |
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Hong calls this "the face." I don't know where little Geneva picks up these things... |
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3, 2, 1, Lift-off! |
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2014, September 3 Hong leaps into her day! Photo-Journal... |
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Getting the bikes ready... Geneva insisted that her little red wagon was not a wagon, but an airplane! |
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Hong, Elliot Bay, Seattle... |
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Geneva and I stepped over to the Pepperdock for delicious ice cream... |
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Cruising through the neighborhood... Hong in the lead... |
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Along the still waters of the Pacific... |
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Alki Beach... Statue of Liberty Plaza... |
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Statue of Liberty Plaza... that monkey dropped in and danced a few steps with Geneva, then jumped back in the trees... Hey! What's the big idea? |
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Statue of Liberty Plaza... sunset... |
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Statue of Liberty Plaza... Geneva suddenly became frozen in a Lady Liberty pose. She remained frozen as Lady Liberty even after getting back into her little red wagon... I mean her "airplane." I discovered that the only thing that would unfreeze her was to tickle her ribs! |
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Later... Geneva's first moments with her birthday guitar... a Washburn "Rover"... she's going to be a sensation! |
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2014, August
22 Today's excursion into the world of Photoshop... pretty little Geneva and the Sierra Nevada... neither the foreground - Geneva - or the background are my shots, I just did the blending... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, August 16 Bellevue, WA... purchasing Geneva Queen Elsa's birthday present at Northwest Guitars... a Washburn Rover (model R010) guitar. I'll do my best to steer young Geneva in the direction of Lester Flatt... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, August 16 Happy Birthday Geneva Queen Elsa! Photo-Journal... |
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2014, August 12 Norman Rockwell painting Hong... KP and Thuy already on the canvas... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, August 10 Hong, KP, and Thuy went on a Vegas vacation back in 2009. A photo suggesting what really happened there has recently surfaced... Photo-Journal... |
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Geneva and Hoss ride the lion! |
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A little video... as we left Top Gun Geneva performed "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," causing the goofy videographer to trip on the curb! |
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Around the parking lot near Top Gun we attempted to find big bugs for our ongoing Macro Bug Photography project. To get things started, Geneva performed the Magnifying Glass Dance... |
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Once again we were unsuccessful in finding suitable bugs to photograph. However, we did see the Blue Angles fly over (as part of Seafair)! |
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Hong's shot... Geneva searching for a bug with the magnifying glass... |
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It's funny... we were just walking along, then Geneva waved her hands like Queen Elsa and suddenly we were on a fine horse galloping across the range... |
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2014, July 26 Renton, WA... at Coulon Park with Hong and Geneva. Our mission was to catch a big bug with the super glass yellow deluxe bug catcher and take its picture, and to see Mr. Rabbit. We didn't find any good bugs or rabbits, but we did see a nice sunset over Lake Washington and the Olympic mountains... Photo-Journal... |
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Renton, WA... at Hong's place... Geneva accepting her gift from Pete's mother, Francis Davis. Pete delivered the gift a few days back during his and Christie's visit to Seattle. Geneva said that she was soooo happy! Thank you, Mrs. Davis! Photo-Journal... |
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Renton, WA... Geneva was teaching me how to swing! Photo-Journal... |
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2014, July 4 Bellevue, WA... Atop the Eastgate Park-and-Ride car deck, where we had front row balcony seats for the Independence Day fireworks. From this high vantage point east of Seattle we had a commanding view of the shows in downtown Bellevue and Seattle's Lake Union, and of scattered explosions all around the area... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, July 1 Bellevue, WA... Hong posted the 1st shot on Fackbook with the following caption: "Me this morning using my daughter's hair clip." I added the 2nd (photoshopped) shot... Photo-Journal... |
Renton, WA... at Coulon Park... Lake Washington... Photo-Journal...
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Blame for this shot falls squarely upon Geneva the young photographer... |
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Hong's snap... |
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Hong's shot... pretty little Geneva picked flowers for our hats... |
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Teaching Hong to setup the new Burley trailer... |
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The trailer is now known as the "little red wagon," which brought to
mind the words from a favorite old song...
Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon... Won't you ride in my little red wagon I would love to pull you down the street And you know all the kids will be jealous When they see my playmate so sweet |
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Hong in the meadow... along the Sammamish River... |
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We rode on to the Redmond Town Center where we stopped for coffee... |
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Later at the Outback Steakhouse in Bellevue, Geneva was brave enough to put her hand into the jaws of an alligator! |
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Tukwila, WA, SouthCenter... at REI with Hong Hoa and Geneva... Geneva performing a sleep test on a tent... |
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Tukwila, WA, SouthCenter... at Blue C Sushi with Hong and Geneva... |
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Tukwila, WA, SouthCenter... at Blue C Sushi with Hong and Geneva. This is Hong's shot... Hong had a better angle! |
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2014, May 20 Bellevue, WA... Gregg's Cycle shop in beautiful downtown Bellevue... I bought the Burley Honey Bee trailer for the Electra rig but a couple of bolt adapter parts had to be ordered from Portland... |
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Fetching Hong and Be Hong... Be Hong wearing her nón lá... Hong's snap... |
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Hong on her new Electra Townie 3i cruiser bike... she calls it "Baby-Blue"... |
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Pretty little Geneva likes the bugle horn on her bike almost as much as the bike! |
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Today was a practice ride... soon we'll be on the Cedar River Trail
and the Sammamish River Trail... After riding and dinner at the WildFin at Renton Landing we repaired to the local movie house for a showing of the Disneynature film "Bears." Very Good! http://nature.disney.com/bears |
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2014, May 10 Seattle, WA... dropping Hong and pretty little Geneva off at Pier 69 on the Seattle waterfront, where they met auntie Khanh... these ladies were beginning a 2 day jaunt to Victoria, British Columbia, aboard the Victoria Clipper... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, May 7 Redmond, WA... At REI getting a coffee mug holder for Hong's new bike. I also looked at a Burley child trailer for pulling pretty little Geneva behind my bike, or Hong's bike. We are going to have fun biking on the Sammamish River Trail! We'll be riding, picnicing on the Mambe blanket, and taking closeup photos of ladybugs in the bug viewer! Photo-Journal... |
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Renton, WA... picking up coffees and hot cocoa at the Starbucks drive-thru before fetching Hong and Geneva. This was to be a bike riding day, but a steady, cool rain forced other options. The Starbucks drive-thru lady commented on the bikes racked to my car and she litterally laughed out loud at the prospect of riding on a day such as this! The light morning rain turned into a deluge for the rest of the day... Photo-Journal... |
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At Hong's place... Queen Elsa was happy to finally have proper credentials! |
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Redmond, WA... We held our luncheon at the Claim Jumper at Redmond Town Center, and made new plans for the afternoon... |
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2014, May 2 Redmond, WA... I made credentials for Queen Anna (though she's now "Queen Elsa")... Photo-Journal... |
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2014, April 26, Redmond,
WA At Redmond Town Center... I picked up a "bug viewer" for Pretty Little Geneva (for use on a future expedition) at REI... Photo-Journal... |
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Sweet little pretty pretty pretty Queen Anna She's my pretty pretty pretty little Queen She'll sing on a chair, or about anywhere Sweet little pretty pretty pretty Queen Anna |
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Renton, WA Setting off for bike shopping with pretty little Geneva... ah, I mean Queen Anna... and Hong Hoa... Photo-Journal... |
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Hong Hoa, Baby Geneva and Chunhee. In the photo I'm holding Hong's wedding photo album... |
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Outside Hong's event, on the Seattle waterfront... |
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2007, April 7 Renton, WA... with Hong Hoa at The Met. I am so happy to be spending time with Hong again! After morning coffee we walked around the block to the western store (Renton Western Wear), then a couple of antique shops, then we lunched at a nearby Chinese place... Photo-Journal... |
