We had a super fantastic day today!  We went on a trip to Bloedel Reserve which is a beautiful private garden on 150 acres. That is a lot.

Here I am with friends Lorraine and Tracey who are both really nice and really beautiful.  The garden had lots of meadows with tall grass that was perfect for tigers to play in.

Here I am at the Zen garden. It was against the rules to play in the sand. I was good and only looked.

They had lots of ponds with ducks in them!  I was good and did not chase I was a good visitor.  Mom said we’re here with friends let’s try not to get kicked out.

Best of all when we were done walking around the gardens we went out to lunch I LOVE restaurants!

OMG after that we went to another restaurant and had dessert!!!  It was the best day ever!

Oh Boy! It has been so great at work all week!  The parking lot is being repaved!!!!         I would like to drive the machine that tears up the old asphalt.  Too bad mom never taught me to drive.

Here I am with my good friend Monica who is super gorgeous and drives a Mustang. I hope I hope she will take me for a ride in her car. I will be good. For real this time.

And here I am with Cheryl who is so beautiful. I do not know what kind of car she drives but I would like to go for a ride with her. Va va voom!

This is me with Gregg who is very handsome but drives an old van. I would rather go for a ride with Cheryl or Monica.

We spent almost the whole week in classes and meeting rooms. Here we are attending a class about Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning. I took lots of naps.

Then it was Saturday and we went hiking!!!  I was so HAPPY!

Here I am with some pretty flowers called foxglove. We did not see any foxes though, with or without gloves.

There are berries in the woods now!  Mom said they are wild berries and we should leave them for the animals that live in the forest.  That is a good idea.  There may be a hungry wild tiger nearby.

There was a big bicycle race on Tiger Mountain!  They had music playing and t-shirts for sale but none in my size. It was a super day! Tigers RULE!

On Monday and Tuesday we went to stay at a fancy hotel again!  Here I am with Daniela she is getting us checked in. I hope I spelled her name right. She is super nice and is super gorgeous.

Here I am looking around downtown. There are some very tall buildings!

Mom was attending a forum but she FORGOT to take any pictures!!  But we went out to eat at a really great restaurant with our friends I LOVE restaurants!

Here I am with Ciera at the restaurant she is so beautiful!  Ciera and the others got to drink wine but mom said I could not have any. Drat!

Oh boy oh boy after the arboretum we went to downtown Seattle and Pike Place Market!

Mom bought mini donuts for breakfast!!!  Here I am with some Rats that live next to the donut shop.

We went to the fish market where they are so fun! I would like to work there.

Here I am with Scott he works at the fish market. He was so handsome and has a great smile.

This is me posing with Nicolyn and the beautiful flowers.

Here we are at the famous gum wall.

And here is me and Nicolyn at the original Starbucks.

Then later we went to the Aquarium and saw all kinds of great things like this harbor seal. He was very big I was glad there was a wall separating us. I was not scared I am a tiger but it was safer for Nicolyn and Mom.

OMG the most exciting thing happened today we went to the airport and picked up Mom’s niece Nicolyn!!!

She is here for the day and the first thing we did was go to the arboretum.  Here I am with Nicolyn she is super beautiful and really nice too.

OMG there are a whole bunch of DUCKLINGS in this pond!!!  But I was good and did not bother them.

Here I am with Erika she works at the Visitor Center and is so gorgeous and knows all about the arboretum and plants and bees and stuff.

Look at this giant pinecone it is bigger than me!

I am not sure what Nicolyn is doing in this photo but we are having FUN!  Nic is a lot more fun than mom…I wish she would stay with us longer.

OH boy today we went hiking. Mom has been working a lot and studying a lot and we have not hiked in weeks. Everything was so amazing green!

Mom let me use the camera to take a picture of a flower. The flower is mostly behind my paw. Drat!

You have to watch out for mountain bikers. We were on TIGER Mountain! Tigers RULE!

When we got home we took a picture of this beautiful pot of flowers that Cheryl gave us. Last week she gave it to us. It is the one that I am standing right in front of. Cheryl is a good friend we wanted her to see how good the plants look on our deck.

On Friday at work it was Hawaiian Shirt Day!  Mom made me a Hawaiian shirt bandana!!!  Everybody said it looked great!

Then later we had Thai food for lunch. Here I am with Ron and Gregg. They are both so handsome!  I was good and did not stick my nose in their lunch. It was really a fun day!

Also here is a picture of me with Brandi and the vacuum cleaner at work. The vacuum is named The Shark!! It was The Tiger and The Shark!  Brandi is very protective of the vacuum it is supposed to be for our area. Here she is showing how she discourages anyone from borrowing it. Brandi is so beautiful and here she looks Fierce too!

My favorite thing happened today we went out to lunch!  I LOVE restaurants!!  This was one with Mexican food YUM! We had lunch with mom’s friend Tracy who is super nice and super gorgeous.

Tracy brought me a PRESENT!!!!!! It was in a special gift bag and everything!!! OMG!!!!

Look look look what I got!   It is a pair of drinking glasses with TIGER on them!!! Oh Tracy you are my bestest friend!  Oh wait Dixie is my best friend but Tracy you are my second best friend!

Then after work on the way home we got stopped by TWO trains it was super fantastic!

When we got home I asked mom to take another picture of me with my new special TIGER drinking glasses!  What a super duper day I had!

Mom has been spending a lot of time studying. That means looking at books. Here is one of the books it is about a Giant Hairball (I can relate) and has lots of pictures in it.

At work it was Tracey’s birthday!!  I got blue frosting on my whiskers HA HA HA!

This weekend we had to go to work and stay there all night!!!!  We went in at about 1 pm and did not leave until after 6 am the next morning!!!  It was a big important software upgrade blah blah blah Mom said she was tired but I thought it was great!!  Here I am hard at work.

The best part was afterwards when we all went out to breakfast I LOVE restaurants!

It has been a very busy week but we did get to go for a walk on a super sunny day. Mom is wearing a blue leopard shirt!  And I am wearing my Crystal Mountain bandana with my Whistler pin and my Boeing 737 pin.