Where shall we go

June 1st----Theme day for those who follow City Daily Photo~~HERE 

the theme is:  'Now that we can travel where shall we go.'  Or exactly when we can go.

This is where I want to go---The Ritzville Ranch and visit my daughter and S-I-L. 

Far off the beaten track 

Down the long road

We made it

Everyone ENJOY!!

This is where I want to be.

Decoration Day

 Years ago Memorial Day was called Decoration Day.  It started during the Civil War or even before.  It was a Southern tradition to decorate graves of the fallen.  Became an official holiday as Memorial in 1971. 

We went to decorate Dave's grave

 

a plethora of ......

 ...........Evening Grosbeaks

We have had Grosbeaks come and go at the feeders but today they just swarmed the joint.  Also a jillion other birds too.

The Eagle nest is down the road and this is as close as I could get.

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

I love Clouds

 We have been have some really nice weather---except we really do need some rain.  We are in a drought and are hauling water---but I digress--I love clouds and here are some from yesterday.

I eas outside around 4pm when looking west I saw these beautiful clouds back lit by the sun.  Took the pic with my phone and ran in the house to get my camera and of course all was changed.

The clouds moved and the suns hiding place was gone---still pretty though.

Later that afternoon just before Sunset I saw Golden hour looking East.  I liked what I saw.

Linking up with Sky Watch~~~HERE

Signs

 This memorial in not far from us just down the road by the Rexville Store.   It is a wonderful memorial to the bikers.   It used to up north a bit but the restaurant it was near was for sale so it moved to Rexville.  

Linking up with Signs2~~~~HERE

Spring Green

 And now it is almost summer.  Plenty warm here today.  Low 70s.  

Farmers are busy all over the Valley

Early Spring blooms

Spring green at my house

Roses are getting ready to BLOOM!!!

Link up with Mosaic Monday~~~~HERE

Daughter's Dogs

 Here is a shot of Gus (white) and Monk short for Monkey.   A lady didn't want these dogs anymore and just wanted to get rid of them so one of my daughters said 'ok, i'll take them.  They fit right in with the other 4 dogs.  Here they are playing with each other.

And of course we all love Jacky

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

Ritzville Sunset

 My eldest daughter took this picture Thursday night--5/13/2021--on the ranch in Eastern Washington

Linking up with Sky Watch~~~~HERE

Signs in the Country

 We were behind both of these big guys-----they are big.

We do share the road

Linking up with Signs2~~~~~HERE

Little Treasures

 Just a few of my goodies acquired over the years.

Just thought this was a 'Sign of the Times'.

I have so many of these fun trinkets but I am now downsizing----I love my pie birds though.  I gave some away but kept some also

I used to collect dress forms of various sizes

The Fairy girl and Butterflies are on my kitchen wall and Blueberry is the rag doll

Linking up with Mosaic Monday~~~~~~HERE

Happy Mother's Day

 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THOSE MAMAS OUT THERE

Happy Mother's Day to my Mother smiling down on me from her Heavenly home.

She left us almost 10 years ago at age 95.  She decided she had been here long enough.  All her friends were gone and she could no longer do the things she once could.  She was of sound mind, body and spirit. She lived by herself in Langley on Whidbey Island.  She was a funny, sassy lady.  I Miss Her.

Silly girl---aged 16

On her 95th birthday.  

She was a wonderful lady who loved us all

Wednesday Sky

 It was a nice, work outdoors, type of day yesterday.  We got all our tomatoes in the ground.  The sky was unusual during the day and then into the evening.

7am We have a ring around the sun---pretty cool.  Also known a a 22 degree halo or Sun halo, the ring is caused by sunlight passing through ice crystals within the Earth's atmosphere.

Then later that early evening the sun was barely seen through the different looking clouds.

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

Signs2

The other day while I was in Stanwood I wanted to check out a farm that was for sale years ago .  Was just wondering if it was still a farm or maybe---heavens no---a development of some sort.   Thankfully it is still a farm

Sign on front gate

Linking up with Signs2~~~~~HERE

Monday Morning Mosaic

 Spring is slowly turning into Summer.  We are in kind of a drought here--already.  I am hoping for rain but for now here are some goodbye Spring mosaics.

The Snow Geese and Trumpeter Swan have left their Winter quarters--here in Skagit and Stanwood Valleys.  Returning to their breeding grounds way up North---Wrangle Island and Siberia

The Tulips grown in the Valley have bid farewell too.  To have all the growth energy going to the Tulip bulb the plants are topped at a certain time.  The bulbs are then dug up in September.  They are sold world-wide.

Linking up with Monday Mosaic~~~~~HERE