Silver Lake

Adjacent to the wetlands

Have a beautiful weekend

my dear friends

~

Of Yesterday

 

 

The many shapes

of rust

~

Pretty Pastels

 

Columbine

from the wilds

of our wild

backyard

~

Walking the Wetlands

Blooms everywhere

Oh I love Spring

 

 

 

Swallows vigilantly guarding their

under the boardwalk nest

 

The wetlands

~

A Quiet Place

Makings for

a quiet reflective day

~

You are the Wind Beneath My Wings

For my brother Barry

1948-1969

Vietnam

Lest We Forget

all who are and have served

our country

~

A Walk in the Park

 

 

 

  along the way

~

Rain Bedraggled

yet still so lovely

~

 

Sharing with Floral Love

A Hint of Pink

Roses

  so pure and perfect

for one brief moment in time

~

Sunset Over the Pacific

 The sun had just disappeared

from the horizon

here in Washington State

~

A Riot of Rhodies

These native lovelies

I spied in a meadow

deep in the woodlands

~

 

Sharing with Floral Love

Designed by Rust

 

 

Rust

has a beauty

all its own

~

 

Dainty Delights

 

 

Demure yet

very determined 

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

In the Clouds

Mt St Helens

in a cover

of clouds

 

Thirty-four years ago today

Mt St Helens violently erupted

devastating the region

~

Under the Arch

The trail goes under this

beautiful arch

One of my favorite places

~

She Wore Wild Roses in Her Hair

Memories of old

that never fade

away

~

Lonely Little Marker

Once upon a time

these colorful markers

identified plant life along a forest trail

Now they sit mostly hidden

covered in moss

~

Above and Below

 

Forest greens

with a splash of violet

 ~

Rhodies are Blooming

The Pacific Northwest

is bursting with colorful

Rhododendrons

~

In the Company of Ferns

 

 

 

Being a rainforest

ferns grow 

  with wild abandonment

~  

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

If

If doors could talk

what tales be told

Of shelter offered

the wet and the cold

to weary travelers

both young and old

~

Rust on the Diagonal

 

 

Rust

intrigues me

~

Sweet Columbine

We've reverted our far garden

giving it back to nature

Wildflowers have found

a new home

~

So Many Raindrops

 

falling from the sky

oh my

~

On the Vine

Blossoming beauties 

  adorning

 the grapevines

~

Powder Puff Pink

 The  power

of pink

 ~

Where Magic is Made

Sit quietly

and you may see

fairies and sprites

amongst the trees

~

White Delights

Among the many blues

  a few white

Lily of the Valley

bloom

~

Pondering the Wandering

As this mass of power

rumbled by

 

I noticed the last car's door

partly open

and for one brief moment

  my mind's eye

rode the rails

~

Simple Pleasures

 

From the Divine

are simply

divine

~