PICTURE OF THE DAY

Our adventure to Wales (and Beyond)

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Thursday, November 5, 2026 We enjoyed a slower morning before setting out to see the last Seattle-area troll. As we found parking near the National Nordic Museum, Mike suggested someone...

All Over

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Greater Seattle has 5 trolls. Jakob Two Trees stands in Issaquah, Kristine and Mike’s town. He was our first troll, seen last year when we trained...

Winning

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 It’s election day. We voted before we left. I tried all day not to think about it, because if a giant blue wave did not soak the entire country, I...

Northwest Trek

Monday, November 2, 2026 We went to the zoo’s sister park to see the rest of the visiting trolls today. We started with a tram ride. The trams were super cute, and we got...

Daylight savings day helped

Sunday, November 1, 2026 We had to leave for the airport at 5am, so that extra hour of sleep really helped. Benjamin came home at 1am from a MN Halloween party and he got up to chauffeur...

Happy Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2026 It was a beautiful Halloween night!!! I know we had one while our kids were trickertreater aged and now we are having another! We had about 100 trickertreaters...

What is this?

When we first left our almost adult children and traveled away, I demanded they send a picture every day as proof of life. I worry. It became the rule that anyone who is traveling is required to send a picture of the day, so it seemed logical to call our blog by that name. Will there be a picture every day? I don’t see why not. Pictures are best.

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Our US contacts – email, text, cells, even home phone are still intact, but we might be lonely and forgotten, so you can write us friendly notes, comment on the posts, ask questions, or tell us about your day.