Something Silly

This not at my house - but I know you want to see it.  We came across this while taking a drive last weekend - and we both said at the same time - back-up - we have to see what that was.  And this is what it was

There are christmas lights wound around this pole along with the molds.

I can't imagine how long it took them to collect all these

Nor what it cost

Firmly attached

I told you it was silly.

Don't we all need a little silly now and then?

Cottage Style Party  

A Mt. Baker Weekend

Two drives in the country - two days - two locations - or three - or four

You start with a foggy day - clearing early

Sun rays through the trees in our yards

The sun through the tree is amazing!

Sparkles and fog/dew on the tippy top of a tree in the sunshine - with a spider web

Mt. Baker - from the Mt. Baker Hiway - what better place to find Mt. Baker

With trees in front and whispy clouds above

Two side peaks

Not as much snow as most years, it has been a very dry winter here so far - and mild

A trimmed up apple orchard in front of Mt. Baker. These are the very tops of the trees - they trim them to be low and flat for easy harvest.

It was hard to get a clear shot with no trees in front of the mountain

Down the hill and around the corner - Mt. Baker behind blueberry fields.  The blueberry bushes are red in spring, just before they leaf out.  They are about 5 feet tall.

And just a bit farther down the road - a farm in front of Mt. Baker

An excellent Mt. Baker day!

I've Looked At Clouds

From both sides now

Flying from Wisconsin back to Washington clouds

Bright and sunny above the clouds

Don't you just love clouds?

Swishy swirly clouds

Streaky clouds - these lasted only about 5 minutes

Blowing in the wind clouds

Sheep's wool clouds

If a man leads his sheep to water, can rain be far behind?

 White sheep, white sheep, 

On a blue hill, 

When the wind stops, You all stand still.

When the wind blows, You walk away slow.

White sheep, white sheep, Where do you go?

Christina Rossetti

Stacked up on pillars of warm air clouds - walking down the earth

Getting ready for a storm clouds

Mixed up layers of clouds

Bright blue sky and puffy cotton clouds

Clouds are very clever things

They aren't held up with hooks or strings

They have no wings to help them fly

They simply hang there in the sky

George Ansell

Reflected in the lake clouds 

Rain falling from clouds

Letting the sunshine through clouds

Beneath the mountain summit clouds

Over the top of mountain clouds

In the mountain valley clouds

Stuck in the tree clouds

Showing off the Space Needle clouds

Full of seagulls clouds

Dancing with the moon clouds

I love them all

(These are all my own photos - just in case you were wondering)

Meandering the Back Roads

On our way to  Birch Bay we often take back roads, just to see what will surprise us.  And we are never disappointed.

There are many wild grass meadows in boggy areas - the little canals and channels through the grass make for interesting reflections on a sunny day.

And the cornfields have been harvested but the harvest was so late this year because of autumn rains that they didn't get the fields plowed.  Water often collects in the fields - great for more reflections.

A little farther on we came across Trumpeter Swans, mucking about in the puddles in the fields.  This is quite a ways north of where we usually see them each winter - a surprise for sure.

And in the next field - a few more Swans - the gray one looks to be a juvenile - though it is much darker than most juvenile Trumpeters.  I took so many pictures of them and wanted you to see them all - so I made a video of all the photos - enjoy.