This morning started nice 'n slow with yet another chorizo burrito breakfast of awesomeness at nearby Cenote. From there, we braved a bike ride north through downtown Austin, the sketchy trail along the stream there, and the UT campus out the the area around the Spider House Cafe.

Today at Honk! TX went a little something like this: get bikes, ride (well, some of us -- others had bike difficulties) to Austin's Thinkery to play for the children, ride back, food truck dinner, ride to South Congress, play and listen to bands, bike gang it back through beautiful downtown Austin at night, play an epic all-band game of Cards Against Humanity.

HUGE and special thanks to Joanne for snapping photos while we were on stage!

Snow finally grace our neighborhood in Seattle this evening. It started to fall just after I finished grilling up dinner in the backyard and, as of about 10pm, left an inch of loveliness thus far.

Hundreds of thousands of people lined 4th Ave. in downtown Seattle today to cheer on a procession of the Super Bowl XLVII champion Seahawks.

My Mom and Dad are top-notch Citizen Scientists with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. Since retiring to the Washington Coast they've spent many hours volunteering and getting to know some of the nature that surrounds them.

Tomorrow is my sister Toni's 40th Birthday. Since she lives in Scotland, however, we all decided to send her video greetings to mark the occasion.

After a subdued New Years Eve at home fending off an attempt at a cold, Connie and I joined Matt, Kelly, and Nathan for a hike. And hike it was.

I haven't had it in me to hop back on my bike after the spill I took a few weeks ago. So today Connie and I went out for a ride to the beautiful (and free!

Watch out world!

What better day that a sunny Fall Sunday to skip town on a ferry to have a nice stroll and take in some art and fresh air? Connie and I headed over to Bainbridge Island to see Julie Speidel's sculptures in the landscape at the stunning Bloedel Reserve.

Finally! The townhome development that's sat stagnant for years on Renton Ave in Columbia City is finally poised to move forward.