Around Seattle: Ebey’s Landing in Whidbey’s Island

Photos from a quick stop at Ebey’s Landing on Whidbey Island, WA last month. The first national park to incorporate privately held property, Ebey’s Landing encompasses 17,500 acres of homes, farms, and businesses still operating in stately buildings that date to the mid-1800s. Ebey’s Landing is named for Isaac Ebey, the first European-American to purchase…

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#EidulAdha2015

Eid ul Adha for us was on the 24th of September. Here’s a little photo story of what ours looked like this year 🙂 Eid prayers at our local mosque on a beautiful blues-skies and fall-is-in-the-air kind of a morning. A potluck at my sweet friend’s house the same evening with some festive décor, good…

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IN PHOTOS: September

Restarting the month-in-photos series for an online journal of our everyday. Earlier posts from the previous blog here. Coming back home after our time in Pakistan to some rainy, typical Seattle weather, took a bit of an adjustment from the hot humid weather of Pakistan. It’s been a sad time as we get by after…

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AROUND SEATTLE: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Photos from our recent visit to the Roozengaarde at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Officially inaugurated in 1984 the Skagit Valley Tulip festival grew from humble beginnings and is now one of the destination events for the Pacific Northwest for Spring. It runs through the month of April in Mt Vernon, WA and thousands of…

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IN PICTURES: Road Trip to the Bay area

Glimpses from our road trip to the bay area back in February. My husband had some time off before his new job started and we decided to finally make this trip. Here is a glimpse. The journey began through some stormy rains. to sunbreaks near Portland, OR And driving underneath the starriest of skies on…

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