Before unpacking
Entrance way
Living room
View from living room window
Kitchen
Hall
Guest bedroom
Main bathroom
Master bedroom
Master bathroom
Study
View from study & master bedroom
Cupboards
Attic
Basement
Laundry room
Garage
Furnace
Exterior
Back yard
Furnace to heat the greenhouses so tropical plants could be grown.
Giant's Head
Mud Maid
The interior terrace of the apartment we stayed in.
The Arc de Triomphe from the Eiffel Tower
Right after we got engaged
The old control room for the Eiffel Tower elevators, used until 1995.
The Gates of Hell
The Thinker (and a statue by Rodin).
Baths of Apollo
The Grand Trianon
Colonnade grove
The Orangery
The Stryga gargoyle
This pigeon was nesting out on the hallway for a while.
Esmerelda
Greg
Greg sheds his entire winter coat in one night
Greg gets a manicure
Greg in his favourite hiding spot under the skirting of the Christmas tree
Esme has an afternoon snack of Christmas tree
Our heroes enjoy some tasty grass from the lawn.
From the bedroom window
Snow in Redmond
Vaca key, Florida
What is it?
Cambridge, February 2004 - the MA ceremony
Awake for over 24 hours at this point, but triumphant!
The cast of "No Sex Please We're British"
Greenlake, Easter 2004
Pasadena/LA, April 2004
Mount Rainier
Mount St. Helens
Caltech
View from Mulholland Drive
Port Townsend, May 2004
On the left is Gennie's youngest brother, Mike.
"Well, that's my dinner - I don't know what the rest of you are having"
"Oh, right"
The Gibson clan - from left: Kitty, Mike, Theresa and Gennie
Stuffed Roasted Pork
Sponge cake with lemon curd filling and a raspberry glaze
Lemon Walnut wafers
Angel food cake
Apple pie
Black bottom cupcakes
This one was made by Andrew.
Cherries in the snow
Salmon and bay scallop chowder
Gennie marinated some chicken in lime juice, white wine and minced garlic and then cooked it up with some sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms and herbs. It went well with pasta.
Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Chocolate fudge cake
Roast chicken with lemon
Apple tart
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding
Christmas eve dinner
Christmas day dinner
My Microsoft "Ship-it" award
This one requires some explanation. Strings were strung between this platform
and the space needle to make the world's largest musical instrument.
Port Townsend Rhodedendron Festival parade, 17th May
Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, 30th May
This was Gennie's birthday present. We finally got around to using the gift certificate five months later! Unfortunately it was a bit rainy that day.
The roses were part of the present too.
These are wine barrels at the Columbia Winery in Woodinville, at the end of the railway line.
New bookshelves.
On the way to Devon, 7th June
Stonehenge
To Gennie's great delight, we saw rabbits hopping about amongst the stones.
Devon and Cornwall, 7th to 13th June
Ponies in Marsland valley
The Old Man of Marsland
We walked up this hill.
Tintagel:
Remains of a chapel built around 1000 years ago
Figurehead from the wreck of the "Caledonia"
Eden project
Butterfly flower
Cornflower
An enormous plant related to Rhubarb
Chicle
Bath, 13th to 15th June
"The world's prettiest bedroom" -- Gennie
Hot air balloons over Bath. There were dozens of them.
A street in Bath made up to look like 1840s London, for the filming of Vanity Fair.
Bath Abbey
The Royal Crescent
No, she isn't photoshopped in, Honest!
The Roman baths
Inside Bath Abbey
We drank some of the water from the King's spring. It was rather disgusting - it tasted like warm rusty nails! It's apparently very good for you, though.
The flowing water leaves iron deposits on the stone
Cambridge, 15th to 17th June
Grantchester
Nottingham, 17th to 19th June
Jennie's cat, Electra
Electra's kittens
The Great Oak in Sherwood Forest
Inside a hollow tree
Part of the wall of Nottingham castle
Wollaton Hall
York, 19th to 21st June
Genevieve on the moors
This landscape is what inspired Charlotte Brönte to write "Wuthering Heights".
Clifford's tower
Part of the Abbey wall
The City wall
York Minster
London, 21st June
The London Eye
The Houses of Parliament
Views from the plane, 22nd June
Fox basin
Baffin island
Party 1/2/2003
Portland, Oregon, 14/2/2003 to 15/2/2003
Door to the Bank of America
Pacific Coast at Fort Stevens Park, 15/2/2003
Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, 16/2/2003
Portland, Oregon, 16/2/2003
Portland's famous "Weather Machine"
Where I put the pictures I got for Christmas
Bonnie is on the left, Clyde on the right
The Goring picture is in the hall, the clouds are in the kitchen
The Muddiford picture is above the television
The beach pictures are in the bathroom.
Snoqualmie falls, November 2002
The Straight of Georgia, on the way to Whistler, December 2002
Microsoft Developer Division holiday party, December 2002
Welcombe, December 2002
