My Visit to Shoreline

 I just returned (well, about a week ago) from a wonderful visit with my son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren in Shoreline, WA. Shoreline is a suburb north of Seattle. The kids completed their two week drama camp on Friday with two productions of William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, a 1950's Rock and Roll version by Arne Zaslove. The kids in this production ranged in age from 11 to 15 and they did a marvelous job of learning their Shakespeare lines and all the '50s songs in nine days of camp (Friday was rehearsal day in the morning and matinee at 3) and one weekend. Madison played the part of the Fairy Queen and Jack played the part of Lysander. I was so impressed by each one of these kids. We watched the dress rehearsal at 1:00, the matinee at 3:00 and the evening performance at 7:00. To tell the truth I would have gone back the next day to watch it all again. I may be a little biased but they really were great.

On Tuesday we loaded the car with food, kids, dog and ourselves and headed for the Cascade Mountains for 5 days. We stayed in a beautiful log home with views of Cle Elum Lake and surrounded huge evergreens as they are grown in the Northwest. It was a great time with lots of laughs, hugs and good food!

Titania - Fairy Queen

Lysander

Cle Elum Lake

On the first evening walk we noticed this fire burning far across the valley

The flowers that had gone to seed were as beautiful as when they were in bloom

This beautiful display of petunias was on display in Roslyn, Washington.
I don't know what they do to Petunias in this area but they were amazing.

And at the end of each day was a beautiful sunset to admire.

This is Alice. Alice loves her family and everyone else she meets. She did
not, however, enjoy her vacation at the top of the mountain. When we
started to load the car to go home, Alice sat down near the trunk of my
son's car and would not move. All she wanted was to go home!