House on a Hill

Although this isn't a very good photograph, it could possibly be the only shot of the Cascade Mountains that I'll be able to get so am posting it, just in case.  This is the view we had this morning as the sun rose.  It really loses in the translation.  You can barely see the mountain range but it's better than nothing!  (As I'm typing this the mountains have already disappeared into the haze.)

This is the fireplace wall in the living room area.  You can see a bit of grass out to the right side.  There's a koi pond just below that window...no koi as yet but that's what it'll be.  They need to figure out a way to keep the dogs from fishing,  however.

This is the other side of that room.  This is where the views are of the mountains and the water and the hills of homes.  It's really nice.  You can see a little bit of Imo sleeping on the floor in front of the green chair.

This is the kitchen end of the great room.  Those sliding doors open to reveal a pantry, storage for dishes, etc., a coffee bar and the microwave and a food steamer that looks like the microwave.  Have not used that because I don't know how.  Might have to experiment as long as we're here.

We're taking the dogs for their morning walk and then we're headed up to the Skagit Valley to see all the tulip fields.  It's their annual Tulip Festival and I think I remember my brother-in-law telling me that this year it's an international event of some sort.  I'll find out for sure.  Fingers crossed that I get some decent pictures.