Our main purpose in going to Mukilteo last week was to help our Parisian friends, Shirley & Jim, sort through their storage unit. Like we did when we moved to France, they got rid of most everything but also kept a lot in a storage unit in Mukilteo. Since they plan to stay in France…
Category: TheTravelsketcher’s Week
This week in The Pearl
Kind of a quiet week. At the moment we are in Mukilteo to meet up with our friends from Paris, former neighbors of ours when we lived in Mukilteo, who are back for a few days. On Tuesday, while Tricia was at her book group, I stopped off at Fields and sketched. Tricia is blogging…
This week in The Pearl – July 31, 2026
We are continuing our re-watch of Eugene Levy’s show “The Reluctant Traveler,” it is just as entertaining the second time around. We watched episodes in Spain, and in Mexico. I of course sketched. In one episode he said something that is worth quoting. “You’re never too old to get aquatinted with the world you’re living…
This week in The Pearl – July 24, 2026
This has been a food heavy week so that makes it a good week. We have walked almost every day, which is good considering how we like to eat. One of my current reading objectives is to read French authors. Try as I might, Dumas’s serial style does not work, so I have started Peré…
This week in The Pearl – July 17, 2026
With our unwelcome viruses finally dismissed, we got back to doing the things we enjoy – food, friends, and getting out. Friday afternoon I took my Guerrilla Pochad box to The Fields Park, sat at a table and painted, even got a bit of sun on my arms, it was great. Tricia met up with…