Climbing bridges

When I went to visit my Mother on Monday I took along the 15 yr old son of my youngests friend. He is staying at our house for a week. A sorta lets keep him out of trouble for awhile. It may make a difference. So he's mine for a week. On the way home we stopped at Deception Pass and went on some trails and a walk under the bridge. Of course he has to climb up on the bridge and I had to take a few pics before I told him to GET DOWN RIGHT NOW! Big sign saying--Do Not Climb on Bridge--
I chastised him of course. MB

Under the ferry dock at Clinton!~~~~~sepia scenes

See the green under the dock---that is the bottom of the Ferry Boat. MB


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Are your ducks all in a row?

These Surf Scoters say "yeth thir we be ready, thith-ter".

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Cormorants~~~~Oh yeah!!?




Snow Geese----but they look like they are 'rowing' away.

Torn~~~~~~~~~Bucky's friends or Fog??

Monday is 'Mosaic Monday' Enjoy!

I was torn--should I show the mosaic of Bucky (Center top--he is my very own pony---supposed to be a minihorse but got 2 inches too tall) and his neighboring friends or the cool and moody fog. Hmm What to do!

nanana I'll do both and here they are.




Well here's the fog. Most of these pictures were taken from Chuckanut Rd. out on chuckanut Bay. I like how thick the fog is and just the tips of the trees poking out. And the huge tanker waiting for its turn to head in to the refinery. I like fog at times.

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Rainbow Bridge

The Rainbow Bridge built in the mid 1950s crosses over the Swinomish Channel connecting LaConner to Fidalgo Island and the city of Anacortes, Wa.
MB


Louis La vache of San Fransico Bay Daily Photo asks me to join him and others in a Sunday Bridge series. To see other sites and bridges go to http://bayphoto.blogspot.com

Golden Heart

This is one of my Bleeding Hearts (Dicentra spectabilis) plant. the variety is called Golden Heart because of it's yellow-green leaves. Sometimes they seem to glow. I also have the variety called Alba which has a white heart flower.
We also have Western Bleeding Heart (dicentra formosa) which is a wild flower and grows mostly in the moist woods. Pictures later--they are just coming up. MB

Rainy, misty, blurry morning..................Sky Watch

.....and dere ain't no sky to watch.


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First sighting

Every year as long as I can remember----hmmm where are we----Red-wing Blackbirds have nested by the pond. I have been hearing them but couldn't really see them until today. They nest in the reeds around the pond. Usually I male and 2 nests. The male owns the area and intruder beware, he guards his territory with determination.

Last night's moon

I took this last night at 11:35 as it hung in the western sky. MB

Click on the pic to enlarge it and see the craters. MB

She's driving and lovin' it

Kylee turned 16 and is just finishing Drivers Ed. only they call it Traffic Safety course.
She has been driving her Mothers big Ford Diesel truck for a couple of years and she has driven a quad at the Dunes and uses the tractor around the place. So she drives quite well and is very responsible. Here she is driving my car and I don't even mind going with here even going 70 on the freewa. She already has a truck. It is an 80s stick shift Toyota truck that she named Rhonda. I think she will be on probation until August before she can drive without immediate family in the truck.
And the other picture is of her driving her Aunt's (my youngest) extreme Dodge Ram.

And of course she rides them pesky horses all over the place. MB

Whatcom Falls Revisited & Mosaic Monday

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Time for dinner.

I was on my way home about 7:30ish and as I was going across the bridge over the North fork of the Skagit river I spied an Eagle in a tree looking down at me. Well right in the middle of the bridge was yummy roadkill---very gutsy--if I must say so.
I stopped and took the Eagles picture and he just ignored me---nose (or beak) in the air. I am sure he dined will after I moved on. haha!!

Perfect Spring day + Dandelions

Today seems like it was just what Spring means. The sun was out and it seems nice and warm. Everything looked perfect---well amost. The horses--ponies most likely---broke down the fence in the back corner. I repaired that and then along another part of the fence I cut back some blackberry bushes. they grow only in that one place. The goats and the dogs helped me. I spied some Dandelions---I do like their bright yellow color and they are only here for a relatively short time--I enjoy them.

Leatherheads Pub--Stanwood, Washington

This two story Spanish-Style hall was built in the depression era (1929) for $2500 using all volunteer labor. It originally stood across SR 532 where Twin City Foods presently sits. The building was moved and raised to its current location in the early 1950’s and remained the West Stanwood Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) until 1963.

Today it is a brand new Pub.

So What is a Leatherhead?
Leatherhead is a slang term used around the end of the 19th Century to describe firefighters. It beckons from the leather helmet-an international sign of a firefighter; a symbol not only significant from early firefighting days, but one of bravery, integrity, honor, and pride. The New Yorker helmet, still made by Cairns & Brother Inc., retains the same look today as it did in 1836. It is made out of stout tanned Western cowhide, a quarter inch thick, reinforced with leather strips which rise like Gothic arches inside the crown. The long duckbill, or beavertail, which sticks out at the rear, is to keep water from running down the fireman’s neck.

Morning vista

Taken this morning (March 16th) 8:00 AM. triangle Cove, Camano Island
Pilchuck Mountain at the back of the shot.
Looking East into the morning sun. MB

Down the yellow brick road

I met a fellow blogger-Liz from Bellingham.(http://bellinghamdailyphoto.blogspot.com/) She had asked me to if I would show her where all the Eagles were and I said "sure". so we met and off across the valley we went. We saw lots of Snow Geese and some Eagles and Heron but we also saw lots of Daffodils. Here are some golden moments.

Check out her blog to see her favorite shot. MB

Sauk River

The Sauk River is a tributary of the Skagit River, approximately 45 miles long, in northwestern Washington in the United States. It drains an area of the high Cascade Range in the watershed of Puget Sound north of Seattle. The river is a popular destination for fly fishing.

Its two forks rise in the Cascades in eastern Snohomish County, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness and join to form the mainstem Sauk River at Bedal. From there the river flows northwest from there through a remote section of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to Darrington, then north to join the Skagit River from the south at Rockport.
The name "Sauk" comes from the Sah-kee-ma-hu (Sauk-Suiattle tribe), a group related to the Skagit tribes, not from the Sauk tribe of the Midwestern U.S.

Sedro-Woolley

Sedro-Woolley is about 30 minutes away under the watchful eye of Mt. Baker.






Sedro-Wooley is known as the Gateway to the North Cascades. It is situated on the Skagit River--heading up river. It was a logging town. First homesteaded in 1878 and incorporated in 1898.
It is a town with a very Western flavor. the town has murals on the store walls and wood carvings on every corner.

some ship and boats

These are a few of the water craft I saw from the ferry boat Cathlemet on my way to Whidbey Island. I also was looking for Gray Whales that had been sited in Saratoga Passage earlier. MB






Abraham Lincoln--look how tiny the tugs look
Two Navy boats that accompany the Lincoln--one is the Shoup and I don't remember the other
Coast Guard Osprey
little fishing boat
Ferry boat

Port of Everett~~~~~Sky Watch

This is the waterfront of Everett, Washington. I took this from the ferry boat on the way to Whidbey Island. You can see the aircraft carrier--Abraham Lincoln--in the lower left hand corner. It is stationed at Naval Station, Everett. Aren't the mountains great. I think the biggest one is Three Fingers.

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Happy Anniversary, Eric---5 years

Thanks for all you've done Eric.

The Hawk is coming to your party---or is he just leaving.

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The way to Whatcom Falls

Created by order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the WPA was funded by Congress with passage of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 on April 8, 1935








The Works Progress Administration (renamed during 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency, which especially benefited rural and Western populations

March Madness--the weather that is. TODAY

March is always kind of a funny Month. One never knows what to expect. Unless you are planting Lettuce or Peas or any cold weather crop it is best to wait until After March. Even towards the end of April.
It was frosty this morning and then it SNOWED--yes that is right. the last snow we had was in November..........Can you see the flakes of snow.
I took all these pics today. MB


The gray snow sky disappeared and the sun came out to show off some excellent clouds.



A very light dusting of snow in the foothills.


First cut of the year.
Make hay (silage) while the sun shines.



Fat clouds in the sky at 4:30PM