Craig Moore/Glacier Life

"Shot (Monday) night’s sunset at Whitefish Lake'" writes Craig Moore/Glacier Life. "I was hoping for as much color in the sky as there was on Sunday night, but not today. I did see this sea kayaker as the light was getting nice."

S.O.S.: Marmitetoasty needs a bottle of Spice Classics Crushed Red Pepper to feed her addiction here.

*Mrs. T/Meet The Taylors offers photos of her first visit to Safeco Field here and has learned that the toughest thing about being married to a reporter is that you can't defend hubby from criticism here.

*Idaho Escapee/Atmospheric Ruminations is suffering a Mac attack and loving it -- Paul McCartney, that is. He's thrilled to have the latest album, "Memory Almost Full," from one of the two surviving Beatles here.

*"People whine about the rain, the sodden skies and the cold water on the Washington coast but if we’re being perfectly honest, outside of British Columbia, the Washington coast is the only place in the universe where you can walk your dog on the beach and watch the ospreys’ nest in the old growth timber 100 yards off the surf as eagles soar overhead," writes JBelle/The 'Kan EWA Notes here.

*Julie Fanselow/Red State Rebels offers video of U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco working as part of an Orofino sanitation crew in his attempt to identify with ordinary taxpayers here.

*"It has been put to me that some men with long hair are, well, wusses," writes Toadman/Synaptic Disunion. "I've been told that we can't hack the long hair'd life. ... I put it back to you that it is not the hair that we are upset about, it is us being inconvenienced" here.

Meanwhile, TUBOB is facing three huge life events this month here, Inland Empire Girl reflects on a room from childhood here, Leaning Straight Up reflects on Paris Hilton's life-changing ordeal here, and Idawa shares a recipe for mandarin beef medallions here.

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