August 1st--CDP Theme day--City People

It's the runners in Spokane Wa.  Watch out they're coming right atcha.

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Blue Skies.........

.......Nothing but blue skies

 This is the boat launch on the Stillaguamish River.
And this is spraying fertilizer on the field---but not at the river----but a nice blue sky

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Throwback Thursday

A picture of me in the 4th grade.  I was extremely shy and everyone was always trying to crack that shell.  Here I am trying out for queen of the Junior Rose festival in Portland Oregon.  I remained a princess but rode on a float in the parade.
My Mother made this dress. It is brown dotted swiss with white trim.

Save the land

 Port Susan Bay is on one side of Stanwood and Skagit Bay on the other with the Stillaguamish River and Hat Slough cutting across

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Tuesday's Treasures

Found these treasures while meandering across the Valley 2 days ago

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Summer Flowers

These are some of the many flowers I have planted in the garden.  and some are even volunteers
These Nasturtiums are all volunteers and they are making a wonderful showing

 Echinacea, Carnations, Red hot Pokers and Petunias

 In the center are Hollyhocks and these are volunteers too.   Lilies, Gazania--my very fav--Red Hot Pokers  and more Hollyhocks

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Valley Barns

 This barn was down a very long dead end road.  The home it was with was built in 1905 so I imagine this barn was from that era also.  I like the long row of windows and the large metal cupolas

 Across the potato field

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Lunch Break

The deer seem to love our Apple trees.  We a lots of trees for them to munch on and clean up under the trees so we don't really mind.  But when they munch my tomatoes is when i draw the line-----
Browsing

 Apples on the ground

 Oh no!  I'd better get out of here

 There were a bunch of Cedar Waxwings in the far birch tree and this is the best I could do at long distance

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Cloudsd

This looks like a cloud blanket but I like it.  Taken from the deck looking east.
We have been having beautiful weather, today is gray with some sun but definitely a change for now.

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Signs

We do live in a farming area and some of these farms have stands selling their produce.  This is Hedlin Farm and you can see more HERE

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Summer in the garden

Just a few of the flowers in my garden.  I was sitting on the patio this afternoon enjoying the suns warmth, watching the birds on the feeders and enjoying the flowers in the patio garden.

Love the Echinacea and the Holly Hocks

 Carnations--Geraniums-- and Garlic out of the veggie garden

 Lilies--Nasturtium, Persian Carpet Zinnia and a real Truck bed garden

 The beautiful American Goldfinch--State Bird of Washington

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The View........

...........and the Mountain

 Mt. Rainier as seen from my deck yesterday 7/15/2020

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Signs

Since we don't go to restaurants very often and most are not opened even if we wanted to but there is a neat drive-in like back in the good old days-where we go to grab a hamburger and milkshake.
We did that today

 It's kinda fun and different.

Across the Valley..........

.........in Stanwood

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From the archives

Haven't been getting out much these days so I thought I would Go through my older SKY folders and put up a random bunch
Breakfast with The Mountain (Mt. Rainier)  from my deck

 Sun Dogs

 I love this shot.  Found it at a farm in Arlington, Wa

 Breakfast--again--with the Mountain

 Looked like a glowing marble falling falling falling

 Interesting clouds--I thought

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A little logging

Washington was at one time a huge logging area.  Lots of timber left and the tree farm owners now know to judicially log and then replant.  We live on a 15,000 acre working tree farm.  But first growth timber was huge and we won't see the likes of that again.
I went to the Museum in Arlington,Wa. today it wasn't open but these artifacts are outside so I do have photos.
I have read that when the logger cleared Camano Island first they rowed over to where Stanwood is today and the trees were so thick they couldn't move inland until a road was cut through---now it's all farm land

 This log was cut in 1952 and shows a timeline of the trees life

 And this is a tree stump made into a home.  The roof might have looks different long ago .  Stumps were homes for many people

 Look at the size of this one--WOW!

 More wow stuff

The last 3 pics are from a display near the museum
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