<p>A peaceful lazy day with no agenda and, amazingly, some free-time allowed one of my favorite photographic indulgences: walking my yard hunting for mushrooms. I find the varieties of mushrooms simply amazing and love to lay stomach-to-the-ground taking their photo.</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier">The Mountain</a>: morning, noon, dusk. Happy Thanksgiving!</p>

<p>We saw quite a show on the ride home tonight – even the iPhone gives a sense for the colors and what looked like a sky on fire.</p>

<p>We always enjoy our time in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Townsend">Port Townsend</a> and so we decided to spend another perfect Saturday in November in our “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin">Madison</a> of the Pacific Northwest”.</p>

<p>I’ve been wondering if the actual ferry path resembled that on Google Maps so I tracked it today.</p>

<p>I haven’t been drooling over maps as long as <a href="http://cclark.ziclix.com">others</a> I know, but I do enjoy them. Since a picture is worth a thousand words I wanted a way to put our travels on the map. I think <a href="http://code.google.com/p/wordpress-geo-mashup/">geo-mashup</a> is just the solution.</p>

<p>On Sunday, off-island ventured the budding naturalists – with dreams of sticks, water, mountains, birds and fun – to <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Scenic%20Beach">Scenic Beach State Park</a>.</p>

<p>We had some fantastic weather today and I had a couple hours in the afternoon with nothing to do so I strolled around the yard making photos.</p>

<p>We’ve not yet exhausted the <a href="/2008/11/11/submarine-pineapple-express-polar-bear/">great</a> <a href="/2008/10/28/summit-sunset-pierre/">stuffed</a> <a href="/2008/10/16/cycling-puncture-hippo/">animal</a> <a href="/2008/10/20/sunset-trauma-pig/">collection</a> but we’re mixing it up today anyway. My daughter has a small collection of farm and safari <a href="http://www.anamalz.com/">Anamalz</a> so today we decided I would indoctrinate this menagerie in the…

<p>Via <a href="http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2008/11/phrase-from-nearest-book-meme.html">Agile Testing</a>:</p>