Miscellaneous

Seimi and Eejee like to create their own unique spin on household chores. Here they are attacking the carpet with foam weapons.

Here they are using a pair of condemned pants as a garbage bag.

Here is Seimi posing with his LEGO Bismark battleship.

And here is a LEGO steampunk flying contraption.

Here is Eejee with a smaller-scale model of the USS Fletcher destroyer.

Eejee created an apartment for one of his stuffed animals out of Jenga blocks.

Here is Jenga Minas Tirith

Somebody resurrected the hideous satsuma orange creature and he is once again haunting the fruit bowl, growing uglier by the day.

The Hobbit Wife and the Mayor discovered this unusual but beautiful ice formation in a parking lot pothole while going for a stroll one cold morning.

Hex Mountain Snowshoeing

Boookie and the Mayor got a chance to do some real snowshoeing, which took them to the east side of the Cascades for a 6-mile trip.

The weather was perfect - cold and snowy, but not too cold.

We turned around close to the top of the summit once the winds hit about 50 mph

All in all, a beautiful day for an amazing hike!

Christmas 2022

Christmas was slightly spread out this year with various configurations of family gathering. Here is Michael Delving on Christmas morning.

Hobbitlings looking out the window.

Stocking unstuffing around the table.

Slot cars around the Christmas tree

Seimi and Eejee admiring one of their joint presents

Eejee had many baby blankets and at his request, one of the stored blankets, "Pod" was wrapped up to be returned to the regular rotation.

Playtime in the Bunker

Seimi and Eejee enjoying another of their joint presents.

Snow and Cold

With the bitter cold the past few days, hummingbird feeders are getting rotated inside to warm up on an hourly basis. The ordinarily quarrelsome hummingbirds apparently have struck a truce that allows multiple birds at one feeder. 

We got to go sledding on a small hill near our house.

Snow angels

Boookie the sled dog

Ela doing snow magic

After we all got back from sledding, Eejee wanted to spend more time playing outside and he made this great snow castle.

What a great group of snow hobbitlings!

Winter Birds

Over the past year, the Mayor has used up 4.5 pounds of sugar for our local hummingbirds.

When one of the little jerks gets our attention through the window by flaring his neck colors to complain about the state of the feeder, it makes it all worth it.

Yesterday morning, the Mayor and Hobbit Wife got to watch this little guy wake up from a state of torpor and start moving about.

Speaking of waking up from torpor and moving about, here are Boookie and Ela helping keep the driveway and sidewalk clear.

"Mr. Subzero" enjoying a crisp winter workout.

Christmas Pickle

We learned a Christmas tradition from Auntie Jen, where a pickle is hidden in the Christmas tree. This year, the Mayor has been hiding the fake pickle early each morning and leaving a riddle of some kind on the "mind grapes board" to give a clue. Yesterday's clue was, "sic semper cucumis," so of course, everyone know to look around the Muppet Theater ornament to find John Wilkes Cuke.

School Pictures

After a delay, we finally got 2022-2023 school pictures from the photographer.