September 2014
  
 
Monday, September 1
Labor Day, With Hong and Geneva at Alki Beach... West Seattle...
 
september_2014_001.jpg (3258547 bytes) Getting the bikes ready... Geneva insisted that her little red wagon was not a wagon, but an airplane!
 
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september_2014_005.jpg (1365821 bytes) september_2014_006.jpg (2529961 bytes) september_2014_007.jpg (2787819 bytes) Geneva and I stepped over to the Pepperdock for delicious ice cream...
 
september_2014_008.jpg (3626562 bytes) Cruising through the neighborhood... Hong in the lead...
 
september_2014_009.jpg (2741240 bytes) september_2014_010.jpg (3558650 bytes) Along the still waters of the Pacific...
 
september_2014_011.jpg (3032387 bytes) september_2014_012.jpg (3588058 bytes) Alki Beach... Statue of Liberty Plaza...
 
september_2014_013.jpg (2669623 bytes) Statue of Liberty Plaza... that monkey dropped in and danced a few steps with Geneva, then jumped back in the trees... Hey! What's the big idea?
 
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september_2014_016.jpg (3355935 bytes) september_2014_017.jpg (2474229 bytes) Statue of Liberty Plaza... Geneva suddenly became frozen in a Lady Liberty pose. She remained frozen as Lady Liberty even after getting back into her little red wagon... I mean her "airplane." I discovered that the only thing that would unfreeze her was to tickle her ribs!
 
Hong's peaceful cruise along Elliot Bay...
 
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september_2014_022.jpg (3131663 bytes) september_2014_023.jpg (3793652 bytes) september_2014_024.jpg (3005202 bytes) Later... Geneva's first moments with her birthday guitar... a Washburn "Rover"... she's going to be a sensation!
 

 
hong_good_morning.jpg (188213 bytes) Wednesday, September 3
Hong leaps into her day!
 

 
Saturday, September 6
Tukwila, WA... with Hong and Geneva at Blue C Sushi...
 
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september_2014_029.jpg (917533 bytes) Hong calls this "the face." I don't know where little Geneva picks up these things...
 
september_2014_030.JPG (4354260 bytes) 3, 2, 1, Lift-off!
 

 
geneva_girl_band.jpg (6385869 bytes) Monday, September 8
Geneva, the young guitarist, is already making plans for her first band!
 
geneva_khmer.jpg (4089473 bytes) Tuesday, September 9
Geneva, the young guitarist, is now thinking about putting together a Khmer fusion project, mixing traditional Cambodian dance with Western guitar...
 
 
september_2014_031.jpg (299515 bytes) Tuesday, September 9
Bellevue, WA... the harvest moon... "shine on, shine on, harvest moon"...
 
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Renton, WA... Hong models a camo fedora during a Banana Split Therapy Session at BR31... the purple T-Mobile buildings in Factoria, and the now waning harvest moon...
 
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Renton, WA... at The Landing with Geneva and Hong... The Rock Wood Fired Pizza...
 
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Phuong's Facebook photo (April 21) + Pongour Waterfall (in Vietnam)...

There's beauty in the silver singin' river
There's beauty in the rainbow in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember...

... From Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is A Long Time"
 
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Bellevue, WA... Twilight 7 karaoke box with friends... Ling, Fang, and Shufen...
 

 
The Great Wheel Keeps Turning
Wednesday, September 17... Seattle, WA... The Ferris Wheel, with Shufen...
 
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Starting at the Bellevue waterfront... then Bellevue Square and the Microsoft Store...
 
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A quick jaunt through Seattle's Chinatown...
 
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Pike Place Market...
 
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The Original Starbucks... at Pike Place Market...
 
Pike Place Market...
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The Ferris Wheel in sight... we trekked from Pike Place down to the waterfront...
 
The Seattle Great Wheel...
 
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september_2014_082.JPG (3698691 bytes) september_2014_083.jpg (2015014 bytes) Along the waterfront...
 
september_2014_084.jpg (2417151 bytes) Looking back at the Great Wheel...
 
september_2014_085.jpg (2486780 bytes) Shufen bought a handful of two dollar bills to take back to China the following day...
 
september_2014_087.jpg (1133850 bytes) The day's music...

KP Country Playlist
 

 
Sunday, September 21
The Washington State Fair with Hong and Geneva... Puyallup, WA
 
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september_2014_105.jpg (2887062 bytes) Geneva the little Microsoft girl! I don't know where she learned that pose...
 
On the Skyride...
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Bellevue, WA... I observed a bug along the way... this guy was nearly an inch long, which seems a little long for common Stink Bug...
 
Tuesday, September 23
Here's a link to my little “Let It Go” page, which pulls together a bunch of YouTube links to various renditions of the song, along with notes. It's rare that I develop an affinity for music this popular, but under the spell of young Geneva Queen Elsa I've been touched by this song. I may even have to work up an accordion version one of these first days...
 
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Redmond, WA... in the Houston workroom... trying out a new selfie stick on Tsehay, Shirley-Nita, and Kathy Meiru Sun...
 
september_2014_111.jpg (2193822 bytes) Friday, September 26
Redmond, WA... a perfectly freckled banana...
 
september_2014_112.jpg (3163663 bytes) september_2014_113.jpg (1311914 bytes) Friday, September 26
Bellevue, WA... sun and clouds...