Tired

As you know the first of every month City Daily Photo has a theme to follow for that one day.  February 1st theme is "TIRED".
My youngest daughter and her pup Napoleon sure look tired to me

Linking to CDP~~~~~HERE

A treasure

I didn't know what to post for today---my mind is getting rusty from all this rain and dark gray days.  So this is it.  Bob made the wine bottle holder from horse shoes.  Kinda cool

I suppose I could say this is a treasure so I will link it to Tuesday's Treasures~~~~~~HERE

Sisters

Sisters--Skinny and Minnie

Linking to Monday Mosaic~~~~HERE

Historic Barn

 This farm was the first house and barn on Conway Hill with plumbing. Families in the community would be assigned a night to come and use the wood-heated bath tub. If the Johnson's were away, the house was left unlocked and families would still come for their ‘bath night’. Maynard Johnson, one of the first doctors in Mount Vernon, grew up on the farm. It was a full time chicken farm until 1949. A metal roof was added to the barn in 1995, and it has been straightened, reinforced and painted. Current owners are the fourth owners of the property and use the barn for storage

 I took these pictures today.  The place is just down the road

 I found this information on a website called "Historic Barns of Skagit County".  Very interesting

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

Saturday's Critters

A random sampling of critters

A Pileated trying for some suet

 A Squirrel also trying for some suet

 Eagle up on the Nooksack River , snowing lightly

 Kylee looking through Macaronie's ears at a rodeo in Arizona with an Arizona sunset

 Bingo wainting in the barn to help at feeding time

 And good ol' Honkey the Donkey holding up the barn

Linking to Eileen's Saturday's Critters~~~~~~HERE

Crazy Sky

We have had a lot of wildish weather----Very January-ish.  Lotsa rain, some wind, a little clearing and even some blue sky inbetween the clouds.  This was just strange to me.

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~~HERE

Young's Park

 Not a really big park, but if you're looking for a real quiet place to hang out, this is the place. There is a little beach area, lawn area, and a short trail through the woods. One could even stay in their car if the weather is bad and watch the boats go by. There is a nice view of some the surrounding islands.  One might be able to see Mount Baker on the mainland. Even on a grayer day, it was still fun walking around and get the sense of quiet you get here. If you're looking for a quiet place and not want to do a longer hike on Guemes, Young's Park is a great place to escape to.

 The only way to get to Guemes is by boat or the small ferry from Anacortes.  The N. beach is called agate beach and we found many nice stones

Linking to Signs2~~~~HERE

Dining by Moon light

Kylee and Macaronie  are in Arizona chasing the rodeo dream leaving her 2 baby greys home.  Shan took this pic the other night----the one with no rain.  No mountain out that evening

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday----enjoy the evening---

Treasure

Today is Tuesday's Treasures at Tom's blog~~~~~~HERE
And since I have lost a lot of my pictures in a computer mishap I can't seem to find any meaningful treasures so you are stuck with ME!
My 4th grade class picture
Since most don't know me I am--front row--3rd one from your right with the scowl  on my face
Look how large the classes were back in the day.  Well just a couple of years ago

 And also 4th grade--trying out for Queen of the Junior Rose Festival---Portland Oregon

                                                                     TREASURE

Waiting for Spring while looking for Eagles

Today is Mosaic Monday and you can catch it HERE
More Eagles at the Eagle tree in Edison and then dreaming of  hiking

 This was late summer going up to hike on Mt. Baker's flank---so beautiful

Winter Barns

Taking a note from Tom' Winter Barns~~~~~HERE    I will show some winter barns here only our winter is quite different than NY winters.

Bingo

We have been sorta house bound because of the weather---well we do go and take pictures of the Eagles but I have posted them so many times I thought I would do something different.  So while looking through my albums I came across this one of my Bingo boy when he was just a pup----he was so little and now he is too big to fit on the Gator's seat. 
Do you see he has a gingerbread boy on his chest---LOL

 Well he grew up and now is a senior dog with much gray especially on his face.

Linking to Eileen's Saturday Critters~~~HERE

Almost Sunset..........

...............    A piece of sun, a sprinkle of rain and a Rainbow

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~~~~HERE

Bumper sticker

Linking to Signs2~~~~~HERE

Working Outside

 Bob put water and electricity to the green house and over to the chicken house too---so nice.  No more hauling water or extension cords from the house.  So today we laid down landscape cloth and then on the top gravel to make a path to the green house.
First picture the dirt covered ditch to the greenhouse---the path

 Got a load of gravel so time for the first bucket full

 Dump it and then spread it.  We both did the spreading part.  Good for the waistline--I hope

 Dump some more

 Spread it all the way to the greenhouse

 Job well done.  Go over it a few times to pack it down and even up the edges

5:00 hear the whistle---work is over for today besides it will be dark in a few

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday~~~~~HERE

I love Clouds

This mornings clouds----aren't they beautiful.  Taken this morning from the deck

Linking to Mosiac Monday~~~~HERE

Half-a-Moon

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~HERE

3 Hand Ranch

Linking to Signs2~~~~~~HERE

Going for a drive

Off we go for a nice mid week drive

 Down the road we go

 Turn down a dirt road

 Around the corner we go and what do we find

eagles and.....more snow

 ....more

Linking to Outdoor Wednesday~~~~~~~HERE
Go outside and enjoy whether it is snow, rain or sunshine

The Mountains Surround......

We are blessed to live in a beautiful area where we are surrounded by mountains, forests and wilderness area----plus much more.

In the upper left hand corner are the Twin Sisters and poking up on the far left of said image is the tippy top of Mount Baker.   Mt. Baker Elevation is 10,781 ft (3886m) and the Sisters elevation is 7,000ft (2130m)
going clockwise we have Baker, Mt. Rainier  el. 14,411ft (4,392m) and the Sisters again and the bottom image is Mt. Baker

Linking to Mosaic Monday~~~~HERE

Winter Barns

Well for the most part our winters are mild.  Not much snow but can be cold.  These barns were taken this past week when we went up river to photograph Eagles

I do like this barn

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