Dad, daughter, sunrise with the lucky find of a low tide – taken the same morning as the sea star.

I open the window shade, lean over to my daughter and ask if she can see the mountain, “I can Daddy!” It’s the first flight she might remember and it’s just fantastic to see her enthusiasm for “flying taller than Daddy.”

The crocus colors paint the garden but we found the butterflies in the Tropical Butterfly House at the Pacific Science Center put on an even greater show.

This is not the Big Puppy, my daughter’s absolute favorite animal, but his backup. Big Puppy recently started showing the signs any animal would if he weighed five plus pounds and was carried everywhere, usually in a stranglehold about his neck. My wife and I decided acquiring a backup would be a prudent decision, especially considering the Huge size was no longer available in the catalogs.

Good morning.

The handing over of animals is usually a production, with the frantic dash – “wait-wait!” – through the house by my daughter finding just the right choice for the ride.

So many old friends came out today, the sun, blue skies, Mt Rainier and an animal!

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

We’ve not yet exhausted the great stuffed animal collection but we’re mixing it up today anyway. My daughter has a small collection of farm and safari Anamalz so today we decided I would indoctrinate this menagerie in the commuting-on-the-“big boat” brigade.

Polar Bear was chosen as today’s ambassador for the great stuffed animal collection. While we’ve been experiencing some really heavy rains recently courtesy of a Pineapple Express today wasn’t so bad. I’m a bit of foul weather junkie so this weather suits me for the most part.