The Man in the Red Shirt.........

.......Loves Strawberries

 And here is the man in red

September 1st theme is RED
Linking to City Daily Photo Theme Day~~Here

Heritage Barn

Linking to Tom's Barn Collective~~~HERE

Critters

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

Seen around our area:

Sweet little calf

 Mom and babe

 Elk

 Another Mom and babe

 Our baby chicks

 Alpaca mom and babe

Have a good Labor day Weekend

Cloudy and.........

......overcast but nonetheless beautiful.

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~~HERE

Neah Bay, Wa.

Went to Neah Bay up in the very tip top of Washington state. 

Learn more about the Makah~~~~~~HERE

Linking up to Tom's Signs~~~~HERE 

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Historic Whidbey Island Barn

 Ebey  Prairie in Coupeville, Whidbey Island

 This historic barn is now a Roller Barn right in down town Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island

Sky Watch and Dog Watch

Looking East at the Alpine Glow And dog sitting

 From the top--Jacky--Napoleon and Penelope

Nappy and P are teenagers now.









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Thursday

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful to have a silly funny dog named Jack

Here he is thinking about ......who knows

 Might as well take a nap, he thinks and I will take Mom's slipper with me 

Linking to Thankful Thursday~~~~~HERE

Let's read a book....or two

Saw this in Stanwood and I even took some books and the people were both nice and glad to receive the books.

Linking to Tom's Signs2~~~~~~HERE

Just a few........

........happy flowers in my yard


Starting in the left hand corner--Echinacea, Morning Glory (Grampa Ott),Alcea rosea (Holly hock) and at the bottom is good ever faithful Nasturtium.

 Species Zinnia, more Morning Glories, Petunias and a chair we found in the woods on a hike

Linking to Mosaic Monday~~~HERE

A couple local barns and.......

Down in the Valley........

Mt. Baker in the background

 Over the Potato field

 My daughter getting her horse shod with my barn in the background

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Goodnight

Linking to Sky Watch~~~~HERE

Questionable Sign

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Rosario Elementary School

 Lovely little school well taken care of and you can see the outhouses used by boys and girls.
The school closed in 1955---imagine

 "Rosario School in Anacortes was built by Trenholm and Black for the Rosario School District in 1890-1891. The school originally had a second story, as evidenced by the window above the doorway. It is said that the upstairs room was intended for parties and parent meetings. Several families reportedly refused to allow their children to attend school for fear the building would blow over in a high wind. In response, Blaine and Sam Giles, Charlie Livingston and Wallace Sharpe removed the second story during the summer of 1909.

The Skagit County Historical Society owns Rosario School now. In 1976, the Anacortes Lions Club repaired and repainted the building. 
Linking to Tom's Tuesday Treasures~~~~~HERE

August Flowers

Some August garden perennial flowers

Echinacea--Red

 Echinacea--Sombrero series

 Lobelia---Cardinal Flower

 Bi colored Bidens

 Sunflower

 Right hand corner Gazania --down is a Petunia to the left is Morning-glory and upper left is Pink Echinacea and center is Red Echinacea and Honey Bee

Linking to Monday Mosaic~~~~~Here

Neighbors barn

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Seagulls and Hummingbirds

The seagulls were ay this same place every day and all day.  Interesting to watch.  Neah Bay

The little Hummer was on the patio--so busy

Embiggen the video

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

Overcast

Cloudy, overcast and sometimes foggy up at Neah Bay

Linking up with Sky Watch~~~~~~HERE

I am Thankful......

To wake up every morning and I can look out the window and see a glorious sunrise---not every morning but the sun does rise everyday---seen or unseen.
It comes up behind the hill that sits behind the house

 I can go for a walk in our forest with the dog or...

 Play with the pup in the yard---hope this movie works----look below---i think i did it

 I am thankful for my many flowered garden not to mention the veggie garden also.  I am thankful I can pick some strawberries or Blueberries to put on my morning cereal

I am thankful for the setting sun also and a video of running Jack

Linking to Thankful Thursday~~~HERE

Dire Warning Sign

Sad this happens

Linking to Signs2~~~~HERE

St. Francis Xavier Mission

St. Francis Xavier Mission was the first mission in the archdiocese, established in December 1838 on Cowlitz Prairie, north of Toledo, Oregon Territory (51 years before Washington became a state). Read more~~Here

 Peeking at Mt. St. Helens

We explored all around here when we went to bob's High School reunion in July in Kelso, Wa.

Linking up with Tom's Tuesday's Treasures~~~HERE