Share the road

Beep ! Beep!
He does take up the whole road.


Farming in the Valley is going full throttle now. Plantings have been going on for the past few weeks and more to come. Plantings are is succession too because you cannot harvest everything on the same day. The soil has to be worked up before planting too.

The mountain is out---SWF

Mt. Rainier showed herself briefly Saturday morning. She then proceeded to go in hiding again. Those thin clouds hid her behind their curtain. Pic from my deck in the morning. MB

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Between today and tomorrow

I was given this award by LadyDi at Kitty Justice and now I have to figure out just who I am. I must pass this on to five other bloggers. So here goes and it's no slight to anyone else i just have to pick 5.

Quint @ 'Lenses & visions'

George @Champions Gate

Mari-Nancy at Photos-City-Mine

Chuck@Mostly Seattle

Kostas@fotoseasons

If you are not in the accepting mood--OK by me.

Lake McMurry fishing

foggy down the road from my house
Looking down the lake
My friend putting the motor on the boat
Lake Sixteen--next week


I went fishing Wednesday morning. It was foggy at 5:30 in the morning and it was cold at the lake although some blue sky tried to show through.The tree farm in the background of the lake pic is where I live and ride my horse. From up by my house I can look down and see the lake. Caught a fish (trout0 Nice sized but forgot to take a pic. Wah!



Next week Lake Sisteen. Thank goodness these lakes are close by.
Off to visit my Mother today-Will be gone all day.

Big Red

I been watching this mare for awhile now. She is in a pasture down the road from me. She just kept getting bigger and bigger. All the other mares had their foals--but not her. Went by there yesterday and---yehaw---she had a babe by her side.

Buzzed

This early evening the Geese at the pond were making a big fuss and I went out to see what was going on and there was a big bunch of geese out there. They wanted in the pond but the resident pair (with babies) were trying to keep them out. When they saw me they took off and circled 4 times, honking madly. I tried to take pics of them and this is the best I could do with my little point and shoot.

Memorial Day

Lest we forget.

Growing up

The two babies are babies no more. They look like teenagers--all smug and puffy.

Field Trip

Lets dig here!
Come on over here!
We're on our own field trip.




Padilla Bay is a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the perfect place to have a field trip----where else can you play in the mud and identify all kinds of creepy crawlies. As you can see the tide is out--way out.

Sky Watch Across the Valley

Caught this beautiful scene looking East across the Valley

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Seed Cabbage

Harvesting seed is huge in the Skagit Valley. Some plants grown for seed are: Spinach, Cabbage, Kale and others. This is a pic of Cabbage going to seed. The first seeds or seedlings are planted in the summer and then wintered over-all the time growing--heads are formed and in the following spring the heads are chopped in half and the plant goes to seed, male plants are weeded out and by fall the plants look pretty dead. The seed heads are chopped down and layed in rows and left until a harvesting machine scoops them up, shake the whey out of them and the seeds are deposited in large boxes on trucks and of to processing they go. Interesting to watch.

Bees are set out in Spring.

Tides out

"Nuff said!

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A river runs through

The backside of downtown. A few years ago the river rose to the back of the stores.
Debris coming down the river.
The river breeching low spots.


The Skagit River and other local rivers are running a little high right now because of recent warm weather causing snow melt in the mountains. It's not real high, just fast and dirty. Up river--closer to the mountains gets hit first. This is the river at Mount Vernon, WA.

Ghost Mountain

I took this picture today early evening--6:10 PM from my deck--looking South. this is my view from my bedroom and the whole front of the house. The weather today was very warm --70s--(that's warm here)--and slowly it became overcast and low clouds rolled it. It is supposed to rain tomorrow. Rainier hadn't been out all day when suddenly there it was--very faint and just hovering. This is Mt. Rainier (elev. 14, 410 ft) it is an active volcano and puffs occasionally.

If you click on the pic to enlarge it you will see a bird up to the left and who knows what else.

Who's watching who

I was watching this little bird--A type of sparrow I think (someone help me here)--flit around with a piece of fuzz in his/her beak, when he landed on the fence and put down the fluff from his beak and watched me. Lucky I had my camera with me and got this shot.

Blue Poppy

Himalayan Blue Poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia) is beautiful and a true blue. A must have for any garden but sometimes hard to grow.

Soaring--Sky Watch Friday

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Lighthouse at Fort Casey

Admiralty Head Lighthouse.

Built in 1861 and rebuilt in 1903, the lighthouse guided tall ships toward the Whidbey Island shore where they could fill their sails with wind. It was the last brick lighthouse designed by renowned German architect Carl Leick - its walls 18 inches thick to withstand the earthquakes that shake western Washington.
Admiralty Head's Fresnel lens was extinguished in 1922, but the lighthouse today welcomes visitors, weddings and tour parties with the help of dedicated volunteers. Enjoy our rich historical exhibits, browse our gift shop, and help preserve and restore Admiralty Head Lighthouse by becoming a member of Keepers of Admiralty Head Lighthouse

The eye's have it. Wordless Wednesday

Bucky's eye!

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Port of Everett

Port of Everett
USS. Abraham Lincoln


Everett is the largest city south of stanwood, population 100,000. stanwood pop. is about 3500.


The Port of Everett is situated on Port Gardner Bay at the mouth of the Snohomish River and out to Puget Sound. It is home of the Everett Naval Base which is home to different ships but most notably the USS Abraham Lincoln. It has one of the largest marinas on the west coast and the third largest container port in the state.

Splish Splash

he was takin' a bath, long about saturday night. Well actually Sunday morning. I watched this guy bathing for awhile and he was so enjoying himself I had to take a picture.

MY MOTHER

age 8
16 at the beach
being goofy--age 16


Today is Mother's Day !! Happy day to all.





These are pictures of my mother at age 8 and age 16. You all have seen her picture at 92---well some of you have. She is a grand lady.

Tennant Lake

Part of the boardwalk
The observation tower
The amazing disappearing Blue Heron.


I visited Tennant Lake last Sunday. It is actually called Tennant Lake Interpretative Center. The lake is a shallow lake surrounded by extensive wetlands, fields and forest. The Interpretive Center is in an old farmhouse built in 1906 and donated to the county in the 1970s. There are trails, a place to slip in a canoe, a 50 ft. observation tower and a beautiful fragrance garden.The trek through wetlands is all boardwalk. the boardwalk twists and turns through a marsh teeming with plants and wildlife.

Early Evening**********SWF

I took this early evening today--well Thursday--looking slightly NE from the front of my house.

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California Quail

I used to see Quail quite a bit but not lately. So when I heard their familar sound I searched and found this guy acting as lookout up in some shrubbery. They always post a sentry to warn of danger. I didn't see or even hear any others. They are native from southern Oregon through California but were introduced in Washington and British Columbia. Its not uncommon to see the whole family, 10 or 12 or more, zipping across the road.

Come....walk with me

Wordless Wednesday

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Flutterbye

I captured this pretty guy yesterday. I believe it is a Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti).

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!

Let's go down the road. Ok,you guys?
WAIT!! WAIT!! We wanna got with ya'll.


These guys want to go some where--anywhere. There are a total of 6 scrambling around. Two are across the road and are hollering "Wait for me, Wait for me."

FOG

Fog in the morning, rain all day, fog in the evening---hey did somebody say it was May? This is the view from the house down across the pasture and then.......nothing. MB