http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:12:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Usually we go to Pokai Bay to do some SUP (stand up paddling) in the morning, when the water is calm and there's no wind.  But we went in the afternoon one day last week.  The mountain was beautiful at that time of day! http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/30/afternoon-at-pokai-bay/ Violet finally got a job, at Tesoro.  Here she rests her head on the shoulder of a co-worker.  We applaud Violet! http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/27/employment/ We took our traditional end-of-Summer circle island drive last week.  It rained on the windward side, but it just made for a much nicer picture! http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/22/rainy-day/ Who says one can't get a decent pastrami on rye NYC deli sandwich in Seattle? Every time I have business downtown I visit Pike Place Market, and I eat at a different place each time. This place was a tiny stall by the newstand called NY deli that also had knishes, ... http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/15/deli-delight/ A week ago the sky was particularly hazy here, and so when the sun set, it became a spectacular peachy-orange color. I tried to capture it in this pic from my cell phone. It looked like a dying sun from a far-off star system. I remember the sun looking like ... http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/15/red-sun/ Yes, we seem to have been adopted.  First a little black cat showed up.  She perches on the fence when we feed the dog, and demands her own food.  We think her prior owner must have moved, and just left her behind. We call her Perch. And then this gray kitty showed ... http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/14/adopted/ It was a basal cell carcinoma, but they got it all out.  USE SUNSCREEN!! http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/12/in-stitches/ Trade winds can be pretty gusty, and our beach umbrella was always tipping over and flying away.  So we bought a little beach tent.  You know how they always say you should set these things up once at home, so you know how to do it when you get to ... http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/03/the-tent/ It was a cross between a swap meet and an open market.  We got fresh bananas and a papaya, plus tank tops and a pair of earrings.  Violet especially liked the crepe with bananas, strawberries and nutella. http://www.haleiwafarmersmarket.com/ http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/01/haleiwa-farmers-market/ Larger version is here For the longest time the Dittrich house had displayed this poster from a 1970 National Geographic magazine showing on one side the stars of the Northern hemisphere, and on the other, the Southern. Since we lived in the mid-Atlantic states only the Northern hemisphere was shown. When ... http://www.littlewhitekitten.net/kdw/2010/08/01/the-southern-sky/