OK. So it's an old picture. Like, 2003-old. But tell me you didn't want to see this.

This is where Geoff works....So there.

http://news.bellinghamherald.com/stories/20050418/LocalState/240494.shtml

I saw the book. Talk about much ado about nothing. It looks like what you thought about rural areas is true: people have WAY too much time on their hands.

One thing's for sure....I guess the FBI no longer has better things to do than squeeze librarians for their records.

C is now for Cauliflower.....Craaaaaap.

Read reports today that Sesame Workshop announced that Cookie Monster, long beloved blue-haired consumer of your favorite bakery treat, will be scaling back his habit. As the obesity level of American Youth reaches record levels, the Sesame Workshop has decided that its depiction of fuzzy puppets jamming snickerdoodles down their simulated pie-holes must be one of the main causes. Sadly, this will result yet another change to Sesame Street, which over the years has morphed into a poor imitation of more successful, less stimulating childrens' programming.

Perhaps this is only Stage One in a series of changes meant to promote health foods. Stage Two could include the actual changing of Cookie Monster's name to something more attuned to the concerns (or, what should be concerns) of American Parents...something like Fuzzy the FishEater. Or perhaps Cauliflower Monster. Wait, we wouldn't want to scare the kids...make that Cauliflower Guy-With-Lots-Of-Blue-Hair-Who's-Really-Not-Scary-Really-He's-Not.

Listen, I'm all for getting kids' faces out of the nearest sack of Lay's Potato Chips as quickly as possible. But for heaven's sake, if Sesame Workshop doesn't stop soon, the slippery slope will lead to parents turning off the show. Oh, wait....they have been doing that already...

A Stop at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Yes, it's raining now. And YES, it's pretty cold. But does that stop us?

We made a short stop this past weekend down south in Mt. Vernon, home of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Some insane percentage of the tulips sold in this country are grown right here, along with daffodils and other bulby plants. We stopped at one farm and stomped around in the mud. Needless to say, a good time!

Catalina getting up-close and personal.

RUN, I say!!! RUUUUUUUN!

Harleigh took this one. She said "SQUAT, daddy, SQUAT!" I hope she meant for Dad to get into the picture.

Ever wonder where those tulips come from? Probably here!

Awfully good natured for having just lost their boots in 8 inches of mud!