Trailblazing

Note to self ...

Always carry a compass !

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A Most Serene Scene

Mr and Mrs Mallard

out for an early evening paddle

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Shrouded Sound

I love the sounds of snow

Ethereal

Like an echo hushed 

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Sharing with Sweet Shot

Oh Sweet Valentine

Would you

be

mine

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Shine On

 and then

the sun came out

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Six Degrees of Rust

Rust is a

barn charmer!

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Sharing with Barn Charm

and Rurality

Stillness

Absolute

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Sharing with Top Shot

Low Fog Forming

Fog rolls in

over the wetlands

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I Squint a Glimpse of Spring

and dream

of all the beauty

it will bring

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Softly Glowing

in the afternoon light

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Sharing with Orange Friday

A Lake Was Born

Coldwater Lake

born from the eruption

of Mt St Helens

in 1980

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Sharing with Top Shot

 

Along the Columbia River

the river is long and wide

it can be ravenously wild

or as serene as a baby's bath

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Sharing with Watery Wednesday

and Rurality

Daydreaming...

Through the Misty Light

Mt St Helens

peeking through

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Sharing with Sweet Shot

Mirror Image

Water so calm

it blended into

  the sky

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Between Raindrops

Everyday is a good day

for a stroll through the woods

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Misty Blue

As far as the eye could see

which was just a wee bit past

the end of my nose

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Pale Moon Rising

and the sun

yet to go down

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Twilight Time

When day

turns to night

~ 

 

 

Sharing with Top Shot

Rolling Hills

Wintering-over crops 

with their many shades

of green

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Sharing with Barn Charm

Sitting Idle

Waiting for Spring

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Lollygagging

Happy Sunday!

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Pink Powder Puffs

I love when a day

ends this way

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Let the Sun Shine In

We go a bit giddy up here

when the clouds part

and the sun comes out to play

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Sharing with Top Shot

Teardrops From Heaven

  the vastness

of His beauty

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Golden Moments

When the day

turns to night

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Sharing with Watery Wednesday

In the Morning Mist

Life goes on as usual

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Sharing with Barn Charm

Gracefully Swaying

I love listening to

the gentle soothing sound

of reeds  

rustling in the breeze

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Mountain Pass

Where frozen fog reigns

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Forever in Awe

Sometimes I forget

what hides behind

our prominently gray skies

and then I remember

~

Mt St Helens

 

 

Sharing with Weekend Reflections

and Top Shot

Days of Gray

My imagination

is on vacation

Somewhere warm

where the sun shines bright

where flowers bloom

all day and into the night

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Sharing with Orange Friday

 

Winter Medley

Whiling away the day

dreaming of Spring

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On Frozen Pond

A favorite hang-out

for our local ducks and geese

is a bit too frozen over

for their liking

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Double Dating

and for one or two 

I was the entertainment

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Sharing with Barn Charm

Falling Waters

Beautiful

lush

and very cold

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Sharing with Watery Wednesday

Cast in Shadow

Clouds cast a blue shadow

over the Toutle Valley

Peeking through the clouds

is Mt St Helens

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Of Days Gone By

 Little home long forgotten 

I can hear you filled with life

see you filled with love  

if I but imagine

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Wintry

The wetlands

frosted over

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Sharing with Top Shot

After the Rain

Somewhere...

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Sharing with

 Watery Wednesday

and Orange Friday

Swirls and Curls

And sprouting driftwood

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Neatly Tucked

Hidden amongst the trees

complete with babbling brook 

I felt I was peering

into another world

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Sharing with Barn Charm

 

 

Quiet Waters

On a Sunday afternoon

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Sharing with Sweet Shot

The Green Scene

Disco dancing

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Setting Sun

Sometimes

we're gifted with

a really awesome

sunset

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Droplets

Dangling from

a spider's web

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Sharing with

Top Shot

Berries for the Birdies

Mother Nature

taking care of her own

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Misty Morning

Walking the wetlands

on a chilly foggy

beautiful

New Year's Day

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Sharing with Little Piece of Heaven

A Surprise Snowfall

It snowed 

New Year's Eve

It rarely snows

here in the lowlands

So it was a nice little

end of year treat.

Happy New Year!

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