CDP Theme Day for June 1st.

Kylee my grand-daughter has ZEST (gusto, relish, zestfulness, appetite, eagerness, keenness, avidity, zeal, fervour, ardour, passion, love, enjoyment, joy, delight and excitement ) for riding.  Here she is at a race event on my horse Ambush.  A photo from the archives although she still has a ZEST for riding and racing.

Kylee still races and has two horses she uses.  Macaronie (which has been shown here before) and Dally.  Dally is a younger horse she has trained herself.

The CDP theme for June 1st is ZEST.
To see more ZESTY images please go HERE 

Our Pink Rhody for Today's Flowers

 This Rhododrendon is the most delicious pink---ever.

 We have 4 Rhodys ( 1 purple blooms early April, 1 White that blooms early May and these 2 Pink ones that are right in front of the house.

This lovely blossom has a visitor.  The shrubs just hum with all the bees.  We like them.

I am linking this to Today's Flowers Here

Going for a walk

 The first sign we saw was this about a Bear sighting.  We were here on the 26th----but we saw no bear

 We were at an old abandoned dairy.  A perfect day for a hike

 Everything is green green green and a beautiful sky.

 The path we chose

 Bingo will let us know if any varmints are about

Our path---look at the Spring Green

I am linking this to Sky Watch HERE

Signs, Signs, Signs

Be careful signs
Seen in Eastern Washington

I am linking this to Signs Signs HERE

Wild Bird wednesday

This is a female Hairy Woodpecker.  The Hairy and the Downey Woodpecker are almost identical except in size.  The Hairy being larger.

 Another difference is that the beak is longer in the Hairy.

 She is trying her very best to get the last of the suet out of this feeder.

 Trying all kinds of positions

 See how big she is compared to the Downey below. The male has a red stripe on top of the head--the female does not. 

 This is a male Downey.  Much smaller.

Waft on over to Stewarts HERE to enjoy an amazing number of birds from all over the world

Ruby Tuesday

These guys love the feeder.

Is it a Purple Finch or a House Finch?

I am linking to Ruby Tuesday HERE

Farmer's Market~~~~~~~~~Monday Mural

Sedro--Woolley is a logging and farming town N and E of us.  20 minutes away.  It has many murals and lifesize wood carvings.

 See you there in June

 I am linking this to Oakland Daily Photo HERE

Memorial Day

Lest we Forget--Remember those who gave their all.

Have a SAFE weekend.

Farm Fences~~~~~~~Good Fences

 Driving down the road today i saw this neat fence with the trees acting as a fence too I thought "PERFECT" for Good Fences.  A little dim out my dirty windshield.

So I stopped and rolled down the side window and took a shot of the freshly planted field and fence too.

I am linking this to Good Fences HERE

Signs, signs, signs

A new meme for me although I have posted signs before---just because.
I posted a similar sign years ago and just took this one recently.  It is at Indian John Hill rest stop on I-90
Cracks me up!!!

 I am linking this to Signs, Signs HERE

Yellow-Rumped Warbler--Audubon's race~~~~~~~~~~~Wild Bird Wednesday

 Here he is.  Looking kinda grumpy if you ask me

 He just stared at us

 No tap dancing--nothing!

And then he just turned away as if to say--take a good look this is all you are going to see--and poof he was gone.

 Wild Bird Wednesday
Wing on over to Stewart's HERE and ENJOY!

Ruby Tuesday

More scenes from the draft Horses.

 See how the plow cuts the sod and rolls it over

 Ruby red in the harness

 From horses I’ve learned about people,
For we are but beasts, don’t you see?
They’ve helped me learn my own species,
And best, to understand me.  Dr. Robert M. Miller DVM

I am linking this to Ruby Tuesday HERE

International Plowing Match~~~~~~~~~~~~Mosaic Monday

Yesterday (May 17th)  We drove up north to the small town of Lynden.  It is about 9 miles south of the Canadian border.  Not too far from us.  We went to see the Draft Horse Plowing contest.  It was fun to watch.  Each contestant gets a patch of ground to plow and they are judged on straightness, firmness and packing of the soil.  and of course general appearance. 
Here is a collage of one of the contestants, Sara Van Dyke, dressed as the farmers wife of years ago.

 Handsome horses and hard workers

 Several at once

 There were two riding plows and this fellow had Mules

 Here is the other riding plow.  If you notice with the riding plows the farmers actually handle the reins  while the ones with the walking plows have the reins wrapped around their waist because they have to guide the plow.

 I, of course have to get right in there with the horses.
This contest has been going on since 1942 and one policy they set at that time was first of all no admission and that the the people attending could walk among the contestants and the horses and visit with a plow person if they so desired.

 Beautiful

 Naturally we took about a zillion pictures so I will be showing more--sometime.

I am linking this with Monday Mosaics:HERE

Weekend Reflection

 Every year a pair of Canada Geese come to our pond and set up housekeeping. 

 Are we in Monet's garden?

 This year 7 babies showed up but 5 have survived

 Mama and Papa seem very proud of their brood

Look at the little one trying to stretch his little nubby wings.

To continue on with the reflection theme please visit James at Weekend Reflection HERE

Strange Sky for Sky Watch

Saw this weird cloud activity early evening in Ritzville.

 At a distance...

 And up close....

To see other sky doings click HERE
 

Remember Harry and the Hendersons??

Harry etc was a  movie made in the late 1980's.  I didn't ever see it even though it has been on TV.   It was kind of an off the wall funky type show with well known actors.  It was filmed in and around Seattle, Wa.  the wild life scenes were filmed alone I-90 and highway 2.  We traveled highway 2 last week when we went to Eastern Washington.  We decided to go that way instead of I-90 and over Snoqualmie Pass.  Stevens Pass on hwy 2 is about 1000 feet higher and way more picturesque.  And it is only a 2 lane undivided roadway whereas is a 3-4 lane divided highway. 

 The "Bigfoot Museum" where Don Ameche works in the film was built on the side of Highway 2 under the shadow of Mt. Index. In the years since filming, Espresso Chalet has taken over the spot and still houses one of the Harry costumes from the film.

 We saw no one and nuthin'

 Harry himself

 I am not Bigfoot

If you want to learn more about the film go--HERE