Mellow Yellow

This barn is just down the road from my house.

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Across a corn field

Mount. Baker across a corn field down in the valley down the hill from my house.  August has been a pretty month.

The Backside of Baker

Usually we see Mt.Baker from the west looking east but we decided to skirt the lady and see what she looks like from the other side.
We are up about 4500ft standing on a ridge looking across to the mountain.  The second picture shows where we are.  That is Baker lake looking way down.

And a picture of our usual sight of the mountain.

see the bite out of Baker is on the opposite side as are the smaller humps.  Looks way different, I think.  Funny, huh!
 

Summer time and rivers are easy........

Pictures of the Nooksack River on a beautiful sunny August day.  Inviting, huh.

Twin Barns in Thorp

These twin (fraternal) barns are in eastern Washington in a little out of the way town called Thorp.

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Last Night's Cheesy Moon

The moon didn't come up over the trees until around 11:30PM.  It was a gorgeous site.  Yellow and creamy.  It was full (not) and we ate half of it.  MB

We picked some carrots AND............

Made some Cornish Pasties---very tasty.

Don't these carrots look YUMMY.  Steamed some for dinner and they were good. I thinned two short rows of carrots and got 60 carrots.  Come on over and enjoy the bounty too.

More reflections from Picture Lake on the way to Mt. Baker

Half a barn is.......

......is better than none.  MB

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Yeehaw!!!!!

Salsa

Homemade salsa~~~~everything right from the garden.   YUM!!

The wrath of Khan for Sky Watch

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Garden Goodies Galore~~~Salsa anyone

Tomatoes

 Onions

 Tons of Basil

Garlic

This is Jim's garden at Bob's place.  Lot's of yummy goodies.  We just made a pot pie---right this minute--using everything out of the garden except the chicken and the crust.  Zuchinni, carrots, peas, onions and potatoes (oops potatoes not out of this years garden).   It is the oven right now.  We will have tomatoes with dinner also.  YUM!!!

Sunset barn for barn charm

 This is Albert's Barn in Stanwood.  It was almost sunset and the low sun was very golden.

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More shots of not finding Mt. Baker

See the boiling clouds--Mt. Baker is hiding in there somewhere.

Here are some more pics of out road trip to find Mt. Baker.  Mt. Baker ski area is about 85 miles from my house.
The road further up Heather Meadows was closed but had been plowed so we traipsed up to the ranger station, maybe a mile, we could go no further because there the road was covered in major snow.  So no close-up pics of Mt. Baker 10,000 plus ft.  We are on her flanks.

Mt. Shuksan and Picture Lake On the way to Mt.Baker

Remember back on June 4th I posted a picture of Mt.
Shuksan and Picture Lake only the Lake was still under 20 feet of snow.  So last Sunday we went up to Mt. Baker and on the way we did get a picture of Mt. Shuksan reflected in the Lake.  The ice is still melting and the road closer to Baker, Heather Meadows and Artist Point are closed and still covered with tons of snow.
It was a perfect day--blue sky, sunshine (70s) and puffy white clouds for contrast.  
More pics tomorrow----or at least next posting.  MB

Clouds for Sky Watch

We haven't had the best weather in the world this year but we have had some great sky shots.  The clouds a year have been gorgeous..  This is looking east across the Skagit Valley

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Historic barn for Barn Charm

The Crockett Family was one of the first to settle on the fertile prairies of Whidbey Island back in the mid 1800's. This barn sits high atop the bluffs of Ebey's Landing on the edge's of the prairie and was built by the family in 1895.
You can see the date on the sign on the barn.

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