Dinner at the "Point"

The garden has survived my absence, although I do have more than a few zucchini to harvest this morning. My gourds (or are they pumpkins?) have grown to a good size. Tomatoes are making their presence known and I need to take some pictures of them today for the monthly update in the on-line contest.

As I said earlier, our trip to Vashon Island was most pleasant. The temperatures were in the high 80’s and to our northern California bodies, those temps were quite pleasant. The “islanders” though, were discomforted by the heat and we politely agreed with them, “Yes, it certainly was hot.” And to combat that heat we had a great picnic dinner down along the shore. There is a park at the site of the Point Robinson lighthouse and it’s a wonderful location for a picnic, with views of Puget Sound, West Seattle and Mount Rainier. We saw freighters and yachts making their way past the point and we could clearly see air traffic making its way into Sea-Tac airport, across the sound from us.

Dinner consisted of delicious leftovers from Alex’s birthday dinner; chicken, kibbeh, stuffed grape leaves with yoghurt and two or three salads. We even had some more birthday cake. The cake portions had to be reduced in size due to a raid by hungry crows where one plate full of cake fell victim to the hunger of the birds.

All in all, a great vacation!