Let me 'splain....No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Because my body has finally realized that it's summer time and therefore must hybernate, I don't have the energy to write about my fabulous Alaska Cruise/Seattle vacation.

Let it suffice to say that a grand time was had by all and that Alaska is one of the most gorgeous places on earth, and that Seattle is a wonderful city.

I'm hoping to write more later, but thought I'd post some pictures in the meantime.





The afternoon before the getting on the ship. Argosy Harbor cruise. What a beautiful skyline.


Doesn't this picture just scream "Summer Vacation"?



Cruising through Endicott Fjord. GORGEOUS water, ICEBERGS!!!


Christy and I in front of the Dawes Glacier from the Endicott Fjord. Second Day at Sea. It's hard to believe something can be that color in nature.






Downtown Skagway, Alaska. A cute town with a criminal past. LOVED it.



Some views from the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway trip


The Mendenhall Glacier. Maybe my favorite part of the whole trip.


Licking a piece of the glacier.




Getting rained on in Juneau





Ketchikan, Alaska. Raspberries. Totem Poles. Harbor. (Historical) Whore Houses.



Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C. Canada.



Back in Seattle in time for a HORRIBLE 90 degree heat wave. Whew! If they only knew.

There it is....kinda. I hope to post for reals later.

Needed: Yard. STAT!!

It won't come as a shock to anyone who knows me well that I really wish I had a backyard. For one, I have the cutest little dog in the world, and I'd love to be able to open the back door and send him out to poop late at night or early in the morning. I'm sure my neighbors who get to witness me in all my pajama-ed glory would also appreciate me having a yard of my own. For two, Austen seriously LOVES to runinandoutandinandoutandinandout of my sister's doggie door and would love to have one of his very own.

But.

The most important reason I'd like to have a backyard, is because then I could invite Jamie Durie to make it into an "Outdoor Room" for me.





I'm not much of a gardner by nature, but I think Jamie could convince me for several reasons:

1. He's GOhohohohoorgeous.
2. He's Australian (meeyow)
3. He loves dogs



4. He's from a part of Sydney named, I kid you not, Manly, Australia.
5. He creates incredibly beautiful gardens.






and, if those aren't reason enough, there's always this:



Yeah. He hangs with Oprah.

I know.