Sunlit Sunday

It has rained buckets full this week - we got well over 3 1/2 inches - and this afternoon the sun peeked out (they call them sunbreaks here) and I rushed out to get photos of the hyacinths on the deck.  They are almost at their prime now - and the scent is unbelievable - even wet from the rain.  The hummingbirds are clustering around the flowers but I didn't get any shots of them.

 The flowers just dripped with raindrops from the recent rain

 The three tier planter is bursting with flowers

 And the scent is unbelievable - I left the door open and the house is full of fragrance from the flowers

Sunlit Sunday  

Weekly Top Shot

Nothing thrills me more than a good view of Mt. Baker - add some snow geese and we have double thrills.

 Weekly Top Shot  

Saturday's Critters 

Six Words Friday - First Day of Spring

Honoring the first day of spring

Let rain break upon your head 

With her fine silver liquid drops

Let the rain sing a lullaby

The rain plays a sleep song 

On our roof late at night

And I do love the rain. 

Langston Hughes (paraphrased to fit Six Words Friday)

Five on Friday

Tulip season is here - the tulip farms will be opening this weekend - two weeks early.  The Tulip Festival in Skagit (sounds like gadget) Valley is scheduled for the month of April, but with the warm winter we have had here in NW Washington State the daffodils and tulips have bloomed much earlier than usual.

We love to take a drive down through the fields - the flowers are amazing. 

1. More Tulips are grown in Skagit Valley than any place else in the U.S.

Massive fields stretch out for acres and acres

 2. The variety of colors is amazing - something for everyone

 3. Yards everywhere are adorned with tulip gardens.

4. One of our favorite yards in our town - every year the red tulips sparkle in this year 

 5. A little rain doesn't discourage us - we are from Washington.  The joke here is that you can tell the tourists because they carry umbrellas.

 Five on Friday - I think I fudged a little on the number - but just had to share the flowers with you.

Wednesday's Wee Ones

What is more fun than a slumber party?  A slumber party with new shorty jammies

 Abby and Polly love their new baby-doll jammies

 With matching bloomers

 Snuggled up in a quilt

 With their favorite toys

 Time for sleeping

Diane, over at Lavender Dreams, has the cutest posts on Wednesdays - be sure and visit her and see her Wee Ones

Black and White Wednesday

Don surprised me with a lovely bouquet of yellow daisies - not really a surprise, as he brings me flowers all the time, I'm lucky that way.

 The textures are wonderful in black and white

And in color - such pretty flowers to brighten up my day

Black and White Wednesday  

Barn Collective

Travelling through the country side up near the Canadian border we came across several farms, spread on on the flats near the river, just on the edge of the foothills.

 The green of spring is spectacular - and the farm is well kept.

The Barn Collective