Saturday doings...

Donna had her first day all day with puppy, and she adored it. She was trying to keep her quiet, and moved on to the sofa so she could get some sleep. while Tilly chewed on a pigs ear. I caught these pictures of them as DOnna was squealing NO NO NO as TIlly was chewing on her head.


where is
mommie?

Tilly was smart, she knew her Mommie was under there somewhere. Better get used to it Tilly, that is about all you will see of her on the weekends. DOnna does believe in hibernation.


there she is

As for MY day?

Bob is looking for an old fashioned Buck saw. He can't find one anywhere, and the ones he is told about all are made of aluminum. He wants a wooden framed buck saw. He had asked around in town where he could find one, he was told by an old codger about a saw shop in Oso, up hiway 530. Right in the heart of Logging country. (duh)

It is a ways from here, so off we go on a safari. Head down I-5 to Arlington, then head east on 530 towards the mountains. THis is a very picturesque road, right along the Stillaguamish RIver, meandering along the valley floor up towards the Cascade mtns. There is no pass over this part of the range, so this road is not very well traveled, although it is populated. It was so green, and the rhododendrons were blooming in profusion all along the road sides. Every house had at least five different varieties of rhodies. It was gorgeous. We found Oso, and blinked as we went through it and saw no Saw shop. (say that 5 times fast...) We stopped at a quaint little log style general store and was told that the shop was back about 7 miles, so we headed back there to discover it was all closed up. SO we turned around again and headed on up the valley. Might as well make an excursion of it. We headed on up to Darrington, where the Loggers have raped the hillsides, and then ran out of road, so we turned North alongthe Sauk River, and headed up towards hiway 20.

The River has really done urban renewal along this road. It is a very wild river, meaning that there is not much along it, and it pretty much is allowed to do what it has to do to get to the sea. During the winters, it runs fast and floods often, taking the roadway and cabins out every other year or so. If you are a fisherman, this is the river that you want to fish in January. The river is loaded with Steelhead heading back up the Suiattle river to spawn. Talk about a great fighting fish!! Whoo. And good to eat too. They are seagoing trout, and get as big as 10 lbs.

We hit the Skagit River, just above COncrete, at Rockport, so we turned West again, and headed back towards the island. In Burlington, we stopped at a junk store that has been there for centuries, and Voila!! There hanging on the wall was the buck saw he was looking for. A bit battered and rusty, but wooden handled all the same. So for a mere 29.00 he bought it and we headed home. Now if we had stopped in Burlington on the way OUT we would have saved about 150 miles of driving, but we would have missed the JOURNEY of finding the saw. SOmetimes you just have to make an adventure out of what you have in hand. It was a wonderful day!!

Today is Mothers Day, and my Daughter got me up at 545 trying so very carefully to remain quiet with the puppy. It was too quiet, and Sadie started in, and wanted up, so needless to say, IM UP!! I filled the feeders, fed Sadie, dosed her with her meds and updated this blog. SO now as I hear Lola making her way up the fence line towrds the feeder, I will take my coffee, and go watch the morning come alive.

Ya'll have a great Mother's Day. Ya hear?