Celebrating the New Year With Style

Happy New Year

to all my dear sweet friends

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Ghost Train

Once

a long time ago

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Winter Bones

The beauty of trees

lie in their winter bones

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Snow Covered Peaks

Fresh snow on the rugged peaks

just east of Mt St Helens

Cascade Range

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Droplets of Rain

Glistening in the sunlight

on sleeping trees

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Frosty

Frost covered wetlands

on a cold morning walk

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Leaving the Candle Lit

For weary travelers

on this cold winters night

hearth and home awaits

snugly warm and bright

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Most Wonderful Time of the Year

To all my dear friends

far and wide

May the Joy of Christmas

be with you

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Winter Green

In winter moss clings to our trees

keeping them green

all year long

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Morning Frost

This was tagged at the nursery

as a creeping redwood

Um ... so far it's 30 feet high

and growing

Not exactly a low growing creeper

Whatever it is

I love it

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All Covered in Snow

I love our slightly dented mountain

especially when covered

in freshly fallen snow

Mt St Helens

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Of Yesterday

Log trains of yesterdays not so long ago

chugged along these rails daily

No longer needed they now sit idle

freeing nature to reclaim her land

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On a Dark and Rainy Day

Moody Blue Weather

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Sky Blue Water

A peaceful evening walk

at the wetlands

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In a Quiet Cove

On a beautiful but rare

sunny December day

along the Oregon Coast

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Sunlight Breaking Through the Fog

The Northern Oregon Coastal Rainforests

are beyond beautiful

One of our favorite places

to wander

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Winter is Upon Us

Though not officially winter

winter is here

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Crossing the Columbia

Crossing the Columbia River

from Cathlamet to Puget Island

both in Washington State

on a foggy winter's day

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Summer Dreams

With winter fast approaching

my dreams turn to

warm summer days

and the sweet smell of roses

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Stormy Seas

Watching a winter storm roll in

along the Oregon Coast

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Looking a Bit Like Winter

There's a chill in the air

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Watching the Sails Go By

On an unusually calm

Columbia River

So relaxing

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Seeds of Tomorrow

Winter decor

for today

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Gone to Sleep

Gone are their leaves of summer green

now deep in their wintry sleep

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Stormy

Last light

Oregon Coast

just north of Cannon Beach

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A Little Bit of Sunshine

Nine months of the year

we live under the cover of clouds

with an almost continuous drizzle

I love our webbed foot weather

but when the sun finds its way through

we rejoice

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Pastel Dreams

Walking the wetlands

on a peaceful afternoon

Mt St Helens floating on clouds

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Drifting By

Feathered clouds

crossed the skies

just before darkness fell

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Riverside Woodlands

Years ago Bill and I stumbled across

this small nearly hidden unkempt no name state park

in a canyon alongside the Columbia River

The light that filters through

makes magic

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Lassoing the Moon

A glowing rainbow

lassoed the moon

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Inner Sanctum

Freshly fallen snow

Rugged west facing crater wall

Mt St Helens

cloaked in clouds

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