i was a banana slug and now i am a husky.

(but really i am a bananusky)

a product of kombucha in the forest
+ urban commutes in heavy traffic
(but with evergreens and rain showers)
and singing children who now know
how to sew and weave, to identity alliteration,
write petitions about problems in the world,
and 10 different types of fabric.

my mom, sister and i spent some time

at one of my favorite places

(black coffee co-op)

and then consumed alot of sugar.

after 18 years, i am finally finished with school

(as a student); now it's adventure-time!

hello spain, france, italy & greece~*~

a tropical fruit is growing in the greenhouse.

*made brunch
*returned my video recorder
*strolled washington park arboretum,
*admired plants, posted flyers,
*visited bruce lee's gravesite,
*sold 4 pieces of furniture. 
what a satisfying summer's day!

glaciers, rivers, bridges

waterfalls, trees, misty mountains

salmon migration

here's a sockeye in the ocean phase

swimming through the fish ladder.

then suddenly, a seal, sea otter, blue heron appeared

all at the same time next to the thousands of

baby salmon making their way upstream.

then my mom and i hiked around

discovery park for 4 hours

everyday for the past 9 months,

during our morning commute on i-5,

i saw an enormous beautiful snowy mountain

on the horizon of the highway.

everyday at the playground,

i pointed to mountain and said to my students:

look, it's Mount Rainier!

i finally went to it, and it really was a

a  s t u n n i n g   s n o w y

m a g i c a l

w i n t e r y

w o n d e r l a n d.

getting to the olympic peninsula involved:

ferrying across the puget sound,

driving through two islands,

crossing two bridges, and

going through forested hills bursting

with wild lupine and daisies.

we stumbled upon a clam & oyster paradise

(sequim bay) where literally every rock was covered

in creatures or had a fish, mini eel or starfish

burrowed underneath in the mud,

including a bright purple blobfish

that was speckled with gold dots near its face.

SUMMER:Day #1

one of my students called me this morning

(i gave them all my # so they can
let me know what they are up to!)

it made my day

^____^

the most magical graduation weekend!

this really is the evergreen state.

we had our kinder last-day-of-school celebration today.

cathy gave a speech in front of

all our students and their families

about me, my growth this year

and that i'm "going to shift the world"

then we both ended up getting teary eyed..

thank you so much :)

now i have a BA in Anthropology,

Minor in Education

and a Masters in Teaching!
+ a teaching credential

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK

we celebrated my graduation by climbing

a snowy mountain and eating soup in a bread bowl.
it started snowing so much and
it felt like a winter wonderland (in summer).

GRADUATED! :)

 to the tidepools!

to sum up our unit, we went to

search for sea creatures at low tide today!

there were alot of moon jellies and
"fried egg jellyfish" floating around too.

"i'll always remember you."

said one of my students today.

i love lunch days when the

cafeteria serves fish sticks
:D 

out of my way kids!

icelandic poppies
apparently, at bars now, people can sense

me as having the energy associated

with being a kindergarten teacher.

Vesna will have a plot of land in

Saipan, Micronesia and she invited me to come

visit the beach bungalow once it is renovated.

woohoo
 for GIANT coconut crabs
in the south pacific!!