August 1st--CDP Theme--Music

 Blues Fest Ritzville

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Another day in Paradise

 My cutting Garden

old car......

....old barn

 Abandoned barn

 Tractor being eaten by green growth

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

Little critters

Joining up with Eileen's Saturday Critters~~~~~HERE

My daughter saw this Heron up in the tree next to our pond
All our Koi are gone so we were thinking of introducing more when guess who shows up--haha
The drought last year killed off the Koi

 Roosty the Rooster

 Roosty and Dorothy the dog watching him

 A busy buzzy bee on a big flower

Sky Watch

I am back after a few days away. 
Alpenglow
Mt. Pilchuck in the background

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

I'm off to......

see the wizard for awhile...................

No Ruby Slippers though

Be back in a few days

Flutterby

Swallowtail on Purple Cone Flower--(Echinacea)

Barn Collective

This first barn and house are on Dodge Valley Road on Fir Island.  A real nice place over 100 yrs old and the top of Mt. Baker in the background

this picture is on the same road--well across a field of Cabbage over to the next road and across a field of potatoes--- Looking West instead of East

 -I think fields of potatoes are so pretty when they bloom.

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

Birds

Out and about on Fir Island

Waiting in line for dinner

 Wood Duck on my pond

 Canada Geese at my pond

 Wandering Peacock

 Goldfinch on a stick

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

Red sky at night.......................

.......................sailors delight

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Signs

Up in the North Cascades in Newhalem

Linking to Signs2~~~~~HERE

Raindrops

Greatest view in the world

Stayed awhile at a fire lookout tower in Oregon one summer.  It was very cool.  The out house was away from the tower but it had the best view.

It was a long walk at night time---but I did't think it necessary to walk that far----who was around to see us anyway---at night that is.

 We were on top of the world

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Old Barn

I never noticed this barn before even though I drive past almost every day.  It is on a corner that has become industrial.  Just a corner property full of trees and brush.  One day driving by I noticed the trees coming down and the brush being torn up.   Underneath all that greenery was a small house a shed and this barn.  The house and shed were torn and so far the barn is still standing.
This is the image I took when I first saw it you can see it looks like it has just been found

 Now everything has been cleaned up around it

 Is it a barn or what.  I like it.

Linking up with Tom's Barn Collective~~~~HERE

Happy Birthday Bingo

This Month Bingo is 11 years old.  He is just the best sweetest pup ever.  He is a mostly American Staffordshire Terrier---I say mostly because his Mom was like one quarter Rottweiler 
Here he is today:  Graying up like the rest of us old timers

 Such a tiny pup--now he is way too big to sit in the 'Gator. Notice he has a gingerbread boy on his chest

 He always has been the designated Babysitter---here he is with Penelope

 And he loved sweet kitty named Niblet

 He loved playing stick with Joe-sea-----sadly Joe-sea is waiting for Bingo and us at the Rainbow Bridge

 Guarding the stairs with Napoleon and Penelope

 Josea, Penelope and Bingo

 More of Penelope.  I wonder if Bingo thinks he is a small dog because he was raised with small dogs

 Joesea as a baby

 Don't they look alike?  Bingo is Staffie and Joesea is Bassett Hound and Lab

 Relaxing

Linking to Eileens Saturday Critters~~~~~HERE

Not a cloud in the Sky

Took this today.  Blue sky no clouds well maybe one or two tiny ones and hot---for us---80 degrees
This is a potato field being irrigated
Oh yeah and do you see Mt. Baker peeking up behind the hill?

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~~HERE