Jocelyn Curry

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As a retired lettering artist and illustrator, I still create a lot of visuals and have fun doing it. My website is a place I can post and share them from my Shoreline, Washington studio in my home.

Weekend in Castle Rock: Geese, Daffodils

November 23, 2025

Did I need a deep plunge into a new blog site, right when such a time-consuming challenge really didn’t fit into my crowded calendar? The answer, no surprise, is “no” but at least I was able to navigate the mind-befuddling process of transferring the data from my old platform to this new, AI-enhanced version of good ol’ WordPress. My previous experience of working on good ol’ WordPress wasn’t stellar, so I’m hoping to improve my relationship with it asap. So far I have been able to upload my seasonally appropriate squash painting! But now, HOW do I get rid of “Hello World!” which was placed there by Good Ol. I’m not sure about this, but I think Good Ol’s default tips will stay on this, my First Post until I figure out how to discretely remove them without being told “This is not a good idea.” At least I got my squash up on this new site for your viewing pleasure! Happy Thanksgiving :-).

We left the city for Eli and Amy's farm, driving the 2.5 hours south of Seattle in bright sunshine. Work is ongoing in the farmhouse as well as in the farmyard! We've had a productive time of it this weekend, with my painting bedroom door and window mouldings cut and nailed in place by Rick, and Amy doing everything from the first meadow mowing outside to setting traps in the vicinity of the chicken coop. Varmints are eating the eggs…

I have decided that the term hissy fit derives from goose habits. The two full-grown Toulouse geese here have become nasty fellows, hissing at me as they did during the full hour I spent cleaning out the strawberry bed yesterday! Here's one of the pix; the goose on the left tried to snatch my camera right through the fencing before this photo was taken. Amy and I braved their beaks when we walked across their territory in order to see the beautiful nest the ducks had constructed under the brush pile. We needed switches to defend ourselves from the geese' excellent beak aim. Intruders beware!

Geese LakeSac 

When we are at the farm or in Longview for other reasons, one of my favorite activities is to walk or jog around Lake Sacajawea, one of Longview's prides. This morning I took this shot from the Japanese garden on an island in the lake. Beautifully maintained all year long, the lake is especially lovely in the spring.
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