Over the past three days I road the RAMROD route, but loaded with camping gear. This route lead us around Mount Rainier starting and ending in Enumclaw and featured tons of great scenery, lovely camping places and some great (readas: horrible) climbs followed by awesome descents.
Day One: Enumclaw to the Nisqually Gate (map)
Frankly [...]
As the result of an unfortunate infestation we’ve been motivated to finally undertake the great purge of stuff that we’ve been discussing for months. This project has been all consuming for two of the last three days, but has had the lovely effect of re-inventing our living and working spaces. It feels like we’ve finally [...]
Wednesday was my last day at Zillow.com after 3 years of what I can honestly say were wonderful and constantly educational experiences. I finally decided it was time for different pastures … perhaps greener, perhaps less green but definitely different. I start an exciting new job Sept 1st, but before that i have 33 [...]
This last weekend we loaded up the ‘bru and headed east to spend a couple of days in the beautiful country that lies between Mount Rainier and Yakima. The purpose of the trip was to check out some conservation work my parents have been working on as well as the Mighty Tieton project.
Leaving [...]
Yesterday we had a bit of a barn raising with some of the other residents here at Sietch22. The goal was to attempt to limit the amount of sound that passes between our unit and the one next to us (home of Studio Ogalthorpe).
The task at hand was to cut, glue and [...]
On the 13th September Amanda’s sister Margret had a beautiful baby girl named Sula. I finally got to go meet this niece of mine a couple weeks ago in a 48 hour trip to the Bay Area. We did lots of fun stuff: went for a hike, had great Mission burritos, cooked (a couple [...]
It’s a little rough around the edges, just like us! Merry christmas ya’ll!
See last year’s christmas photo.
Mr. July, originally uploaded by jhenryrose.
There’s not a whole lot to say about this beyond … wow. Someone decided to put together a 2010 calendar starting the first week in December. That resulted in a massive photo shoot at our house, mayhem, chaos, boys in their underwear!
Checkout my old buddy Art and some of our other Music School friends as they take on the unusual (these days) feat of being a touring jazz group: http://artbrownmusic.com/
Other than that, nothing much to report. Working to much, playing too little, loving the rain!
The Ghost of Airport Way, originally uploaded by jhenryrose.
We had fun last night making some goulish Halloween themed images. Here’s one for you!
Not having internet at home continues to do wonders for my creative output. I was able to practice bass and piano each for about an hour last night, and go spend [...]
