We visited the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown! The barn was built in 1935 and used to be a commercial dairy.  Now it is a 3-floor art gallery with over 100 local artists displaying their work. Some artists have studio space right in the barn! The barn is beautifully restored. Here I am with Julie who is the manager and is super nice and gorgeous!

Outside the barn is this awesome fence made of over 1000 wagon wheels!

We also went to Steptoe Butte HA HA HA! Mom says it is not pronounced butt I KNOW that but it is still funny to think about.  At the top there is a great view of the Palouse Hills and you can see some of the farms and ranches in the area. I am standing on some of the oldest rock in the Pacific Northwest!  

At the bottom there is a picnic area in the middle of an apple orchard!

Also this week we met Brandon who fixed our garage door opener which was not working at all.  He was really nice and handsome but not as handsome as me.

And this is me with Terese at Blue Moon Nursery where we like to go to buy plants for the yard. She helped us pick out some ornamental grass to go in a difficult area. She knows all about plants and landscape design and was super nice and beautiful!

Oh wow we went to a a really cool art event with paintings and multimedia works, performance artists, music and more!

Here is a great exhibit by an artist who used sharpies on foam cups!

There were some great bands playing including the Marshall McLean Band they were awesome!  When we got home we bought some of their music.

Then last night we had dinner with Maggie!  She is so funny and smart and gorgeous we had a blast. Here I am with the appetizer.  Mom ordered lettuce!

Also this week we got to go through the car wash yayyyy!

Today we went for a hike it was a perfect day to be outdoors, sunny but cool.

At work mom got to drive this snazzy Camaro!  But she FORGOT to take pictures while we were driving around!  Lots of guys were giving her “the eye” which does not happen EVER in our Subaru.  We should totally get a Camaro mom!!!  And let me drive.

This weekend we went for a a hike at the Feryn Conservation area.  It is a famous spot for bird watching.  I was good and stayed on the trail. It used to be a homestead ranch and you can see an old barn in the background.

Then we went to Green Bluff for a harvest festival and we rode in a COW TRAIN!!!  We rode in the one called Cowlick!!

Mom said it was an awful and bumpy ride but it was awesome!  We went round and round the orchard and mom had a heck of a time taking pictures with all the bumps.

When we got home someone had left us a big bag of apples on our doorstep!

We went to the fair this weekend yayyyyyy!  I was so excited it was awesome!  Here I am at the petting zoo we got to feed the goats and sheep!

We watched the pig races they are famous racing pigs from Alaska and have an air conditioned trailer! You can see two pigs to the right of me just passing the finish line.

We got to see the cars that are in the demolition derby!  On some of them you can write your name!  I left my name next to Ted Nugent’s.

Look at all the amazing prize-winning vegetables on display.

We met ADE selling beautiful things from Africa!  He was super handsome and nice.

We made a painting!!!!  You squirt on the colors that you want and then the nice ladies that run the booth turn on the machine that spins around and the paint moves!

Here is my finished painting!!!!  It is in TIGER colors! of course!  It turned out great!!  I think it is the best $3 mom ever spent.

And here is the carved wooden animal we bought from ADE.  Mom says Tigers do not live in Africa so maybe it is a lion. But I think it is a TIGER!  Rowrrrr!

Oh wow we had the best weekend!  Our good friend Melissa came to visit!  She lives on the other side of the state so we have not seen her in months.  It was great to visit with her and spend time together she is sooooo beautiful and super nice!  

Also this weekend me and mom went for a hike at Antoine Peak Conversation Conservation Area!  The photos from the top don’t look like much you can’t see the view at all because the air here is so smoky from wildfires in Canada.

We met Doug and his dog Zoe on the hike!  Doug was really nice and very handsome and Zoe was very good she did not grab me and chew on me like most dogs do.  

Then we went to Green Bluff to pick fruit!  But the peaches to pick were not very sweet so instead we bought some that came from Yakima they are awesome delicious!

Tigers LOVE peaches!  This photo shows how much! Ha ha ha ha!

OMG!!!  OMG!!! We went on a train ride!!!!!  Here I am am with Tom and Ed who showed us where to park and pick up our tickets they were super nice and handsome!

Here is Dixie and Me and Taj on the train waiting for it to start!!!. OMG!  I am so excited I LOVE trains!  but normally only get to watch them go past at railroad crossings!

This is Carol who stamped our ticket she is holding our yellow ticket and answered questions she was really beautiful and super duper nice!!

The train went along the Pend Oreille River which runs between Washington and Idaho.

Here we are afterwards saying goodbye to the engineer! It was an awesome train ride!

Then on the way home we went to CAT TALES !!!! It is a sanctuary for rescued TIGERS!!!!!!!  They also have other big and small cats and some black bears! This is one of the white TIGERS! He is getting out of his swimming pool!

Look at how handsome he is!! 

Mom let us pick out a picture of one of the TIGERS to bring home the one we picked is named Xena.  Isn’t she beautiful?!

Also I want to report that at work last week there was an Eclipse party!  With donuts!  The eclipse was great here I am wearing my eclipse glasses with Margo and Laurie.

And after work we went to the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall. It was amazing.

At work this week Nancy was visiting!!  She and Andy came to help with some big important network thing with switches and upgrades and IP address changes.  Nancy is so nice and beautiful and Chad who is Mom’s boss is very handsome but not as handsome as me.  Chad is an engineer! But now he runs the IT department. Andy is handsome too but is not in the photo because he had left to get a milkshake YUM!  

Mom says Tigers don’t like milk shakes but we do ! We do!  Here is a picture to prove it.

We had to go to the medical lab and get blood drawn. This is Setareh who took Mom’s blood. Her name means Star!  She was super nice and totally gorgeous!

Then we went for a hike! OMG we saw a moose!!!

Here is the view from the top of Mt. Spokane.  On a clear day you can see Montana and Canada!  Today was hazy and I’m not sure how to tell where Canada is.

When we ate lunch we were mobbed by chipmunks! This one even climbed on my head!  I think people have been feeding them.

We met Rudy and his dog Indiana on the trail.  Indiana was super friendly and Rudy was really nice and handsome but not as handsome as me. Indiana is named after Indiana Jones because they love adventures just like me!  

We went blueberry picking at Piper Farms! They had the best blueberries! The plants were loaded with berries and we had a row all to ourselves to pick.

The is Cindy who owns the farm she is totally gorgeous and also was super nice. We picked five of these baskets. We also bought homemade strawberry jam!  Rowrrrr!

Later while doing errands we stopped to look at a car show and I found a friend!

Today we went for a hike in the Columbia Plateau starting at Amber Lake trailhead. It is a beautiful area. It was cooler today and it even rained in the morning.

We saw deer, and a snake!  and horses, and even some cows they were not wild cows they lived on a ranch we passed. Here are some cool insects we saw!

We went fruit picking again!!!  First we went to Sunset Orchard to pick cherries!  Tigers LOVE cherries we picked Lambert cherries which are delicious!  Here is a picture of me with Bill who owns the farm and was super helpful and also extremely handsome but not quite as handsome as me.  It turns out that his sister is a TIGER Trainer!!!  OMG! Mom says that’s what we need – a Tiger trainer. I don’t know what she means. 

Then we went to Abundance Farm to pick blueberries OMG Tigers love blueberries rorrwrrrr!  Here are some of the awesome blueberry bushes.

This is me with Mark who owns Abundance Farm he was super nice and is also extremely handsome but not as handsome as me. His dog is named Rocket and is amazing!  He greets everyone who comes to pick fruit and loves frisbee and is the ambassador to the farm.  Also Mark was wearing a shirt with a JAGUAR on it!

Later we went to one of my favorite libraries where they usually have fun things for kids to do.  We got to make a dinosaur!!  I colored it with Tiger stripes but it is hard to tell because the paper is green.  

This weekend we went for a walk along part of the Centennial Trail with some friends from work!  This is an action shot while we were walking!  In the center facing the camera is Jose who organized the walk.  The trail goes along the Spokane River!

Me and mom took a side trail to see the river it was a beautiful day!  Also we saw two snakes while walking!  They were both bull snakes and one was about three feet long!  I was not scared I am a Tiger. There are also rattlesnakes here so be careful!

When we got home we filled out a form for the world wildlife fund where we got to vote for the animal to be on the front of the next calendar.  We voted for the TIGER of course!  All the pictures were good and the penguins were really cute I like penguins.

Also mom got me a surprise!!!  It is a bow tie !! And it is red my favorite color!