You Are Getting Sleepy..

..now hand over

your lunch

~

Delightful Discovery and My Random Five

Discovered this little sweetie

deep in the woodlands

all by its lonesome

But it seemed happy

catching a ray of sunlight

every now and then

~

My Friday Random 5

1) It's raining.. lots

but it wouldn't be Memorial Day without it

2)  Our flowers are loving all this rain

as are our webbed footed friends

3) I bought a curling iron to straighten my hair

it works!

4) I love research..

especially when new photographic toys are involved

5) And brain teasers.. Remember the one eyed one horned

flying purple people eater..

Is he purple

or does he eat purple people?

 

Joining in with Nancy's Random 5 Friday

Lilies and their Pads

Enjoying what sunshine

they can find

~

Playing With Light

Let it shine through

~

Rooms to Let

Unfurnished

~

                  

Raindrops on Rhodys

 

Hope your week is off to a good start

~

Leaves of Green

Youth 

~

Mt St Helens.. 33 Years Later

Thirty-three years ago

on May 18, 1980

Mt St Helens violently erupted

Today the mountain is quiet

but doesn't sleep

~

 

Sharing  with Sweet Shot

Hummingbird Sports Bar and Random Five

The little hummers love

this trumpet wildflower

Blooming profusely

in our woodlands

~

 

My Random 5 for Friday:

1) My seriously unruly curly hair

nearly got cut off. Sweet hubby said he liked my mop

so I walked away from the scissors

for now...

2) I love my coffee freshly ground

hot black and strong

3) I use a whole bean mix of

  French vanilla, hazelnut cream and double chocolate

yum...

4) As I grabbed my towel 

a gigantic huge monster spider

ran out and off across the bathroom floor

5) I seriously freaked out

so much so I swallowed my mouthwash

Oops...

 

Sharing with Nancy's Random Friday 5

 

Flowers That Had Their Day

make way

for flowers anew

that come in May

~

Happy Little Lily Pond

at the wetlands

overflowing with life

~

Trillium... Pretty in Pink

Somewhat hard to find around here

 this little pink Trillium was  

  a delightful surprise

and a treat for the eyes

~

Lily Pad Jamboree

The dance floor

was a bit crowded

~

Mother's Day Wishes

to moms

near and far

living or not

you are in our hearts

and will be loved

forever

~

Passionately Purple

  Rhody season 

is in full bloom

 ~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

Gone Fishin'

Late afternoon

at the lake

~

In a Sea of Color

In the midst

of many blossoms and blooms

this little guy looked forlorn and lonely

So I clicked his pic

and I do believe I spied

a (wind assisted) nod

~

Volunteers

When native trees sprout up

we usually let them grow

This is one of them

and it has the most beautiful 

Springtime flowers

~

Fairyland

Where dreams

  sprout wings

~

Clean White and Softly Bright

There's nothing

quite like

white

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

 

Ferns Unfurling

The forest awakens

~

A Rhody That's Ready

 to burst open

~

Away From the Things of Man

Seaquest State Park

 

My Random Five for Friday

 

1) My happy place is deep in the forest

away from the things of man

which is where I was today

2) Of course always with my trusty Canon 7d

3) I usually go to the state park or the wetlands

both just a few miles from home

Today I wandered the state park.. had it all to myself

4) I always carry water.. and pepper spray

in case I meet up with a bear

5) I've yet to encounter Sasquatch

though I've heard many a local tale

I think it'd be neat to see Big Foot

roaming the hills and dale

~

Happy Friday!

 

Sharing with Nancy's Random 5 Friday

 

Ruffles and Ridges

and really

rambunctious

~

Wild Thing

Tiny and so delicate

growing in the far regions

of our jungled yard

~

Bluebells...

  always

make me smile

~

One Little Lily

in a sea of lily pads

~

 Anyone for hopscotch?

Sunbreaks and Showers

Strolling at the lake

~

Riotous Red Rhody

When rhody 

is full of bloom

sunglasses are needed

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

Plum Pretty

Plum blossoms

 on our little plum tree

~

Taking Their Time

The leisurely ones

who leaf out

later

~

All Decked Out

 Wearing a lovely hat of moss

in the company of faithful ferns

this little trail marker

 celebrates Spring

~

 

Sharing with Top Shot

Room Dividers

Nature's mysterious 

dividing lines.. Creating forest rooms

Some light and full of life

Some deep and dark where little grows

all magnificently beautiful

~

 

 

Very Mellow Yellow

Found these beauties at the lake

I don't see yellow Rhodys very often

Do you?

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

Riverside

Watching the trees

leaf out

~

Pink Serenity

Happy Weekend

May yours be beautiful

and serene

~

The Cycle of Life

Old

sheltering new

~

Evening Paddle About

 Spring run-off

makes wonderful

temporary ponds

~

 

 Sharing with Rurality

Wildflower Afternoon

Fresh and clean and new

trillium and other wildflowers

  carpet the forest floor

making me smile

ear to ear

~

Saddened

My heart is hurting

my mind unable to grasp

these senseless acts of violence

 My thoughts and prayers 

for the many victims

~

 

The Foothills

Nearby hills

waking up

..and then some

~

Bright White

I love white flowers

so bright and clean

and pure

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

 

Leafing Out

Everywhere

signs of Spring

..finally

Hope you have

a beautiful weekend

~

Raindrops

 falling from the sky

~

Still Winter at Coldwater Lake

It's still very much winter

in the Cascade Range

~

Tulip Time

These lovelies

don't seem to mind

our unseasonably chilly

and very wet

weather

~

 

Sharing with Top Shot

Old Barns Old Homesteads

There are so many

never looked

never saw

now I do

~

 

 

 Sharing with Rurality

 

April Showers

make happy flowers

~