Welcome September

September 1st theme for City Daily Photo~~HERE~~is Photographing the Photographer.  The photographer is usually the person you never see---preferring to be behind the camera not in front of it.
Here I am way up high in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State

Hollyhocks

I have some of the big tall (over 10ft tall) Hollyhocks but I like the mini ones.  I have them in pinks and yellow

 They grow to 2-3ft tall and are so cute

Outdoor Wednesday

We live mostly outdoors and we live on the Tree Farm and this is why.
This is my Grand-daughter riding her 3yr old horse out on the trails for the first.  She has been training this baby since the horse was 3months old----and now the first ride.  Both did well!

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday~~~~~HERE

Treasures at the Fair

These are permanent fixtures at the Stanwood Fair

Blacksmith shop.

 Little log cabin with windows added

 A cedar stump house.  This land was so covered with huge trees that the settles would temporarily live in a stump.  Hollowed out and with a roof it was quite snug----I imagine it was mostly bachelor loggers

Linking to Tom's Tuesday's Treasures~~~~~HERE

Working in our woods

We burn wood in the winter for warmth---wood is the best.  Bob has been out felling trees but this one went down in a windstorm 3 years ago and enough was salvaged to last for awhile so we are salvaging the rest for this year.  Last year we dropped several large Alder finished them up and tackled this big guy,

the trees are big in our woods

 This was/is a Hemlock

 I get to play and take pictures------love this Maidenhair Fern

This is a walk from pasture to woods-----peek inside and see big Fergie (tractor)

Across the Valley

I have always liked this setting.  I like the farm at the foot of the hills. I like the way the two hills form a valley for the farm to settle in. In winter with snow on the ground and not all the lush green it looks like a hidden gem.

Linking to Tom's Barn Collective~~~~HERE

Buzzzzzzz......

I have no Saturday's Critters for my post because all my pics are in my crashed computer----but I do have this Buzzer and other visitors that I just took
Now I have to tell Eileen I have some critters for her Meme HERE

 Busy Bees on the Cosmos

 Hummingbird honing in on the feeder

 Bee on a Zinnia

 Western Sulphur

 And my favorite Grand-daughter (my only one--LOL) and her mighty steed Macaronie

Enjoy the day

Sky Watch

Taken yesterday morning.  The weather is changing.  Cooler and cloudy but no rain yet

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~~HERE

signs

You know the signs in neighborhoods that tell you to slow down because there are children around well I saw this on in the very small town of Conway----I chuckled.

Linking to Signs2~~~~~~HERE

Gazanias

All my pictures of the ferns that abound in this area are in my crashed computers hard drive.  I will retrieve them but in the meantime I do have Gazanias.
Outdoor Wednesday is the meme
Ferns might be the theme

These guys are so pretty!

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday~~~~HERE

Old Time Tractor

Saw this one at the fair.  It was rebuilt by the machine class at Stanwood High School.

Linking to Tuesday's Treasures~~~~HERE

Fairground Mural

These murals are on the one older restroom (the only cement brick building on the fairgrounds) at the fairground.  The building is by the horse arena.  The murals were painted by Luke Plambeck in 1992.




Stanwood is a small town and the fair is billed The Stanwood/Camano Community Fair---the largest community fair in Washington.  It is a very busy 3 day event

 The theme of the fair this year

Linking to Monday Murals~~~HERE

An old Barn

I took these pictures today on an old back road.  The last time I took a picture of this barn it had about a dozen goats rambling around it.  It looks abandoned now.

Peeking through the trees

 A sweet old barn

 Coming apart

Linking to The Barn Collective~~~~HERE

Local Sightings

Since my computer crashed and so far have not been able to transfer anything to my new computer (but I am working on it) here are a few pics taken in the last few days.

DarrelEarnest and Sheryl are always ready to say "HELLO"

 this is the area we like to go looking for a sunset---this Heron flew in and perched

 I think these shorebirds are Yellowlegs---Maybe?

Linking up with Eileen's Satturday's Critters~~~HERE

Moon in the Morning

4:00AM Moon coming up in the East--8/18/2017

Linking to Sky Watch~~~HERE

My sign

This sign is on my front fence

Linking to signs2~~~~~HERE

My Computer is Kaput..........

...................but I got a new one!!!
It is so weird not to have a computer for days and days.  Oh I have my smart phone and tablet but it is just not the same.  And besides all my stuff and junk is on my computer---pictures etc.  Hopefully all that will transfer.
In the meantime some images from our gardens. 
these pics are from my phone

The sun coming up through the Morning Glories

 Bingo waiting for ???

 The sun going down

 Crimson Petunias

 One pound tomato

 Not only did my computer die but a Deer ran into the side of my old car/truck and left her calling card.  Totaled the car so new computer and another car/truck---so how is your life going.  LOL