Nesting Time

 

 

Every Spring they return to nest

way up high

The beautiful Osprey

~

Afterglow

Dark skies gave way

to glorious sunshine

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

The Scent of a Rose

 There is none so sweet

so pure

as a Rose

 

Happy Father's Day

to dads

everywhere

~

Frozen in Time

Awaiting a fate

that may never come

~

Flower Play

The unpretentious

nearly perfect

Iris

~

The Troll's Toll

I hear the Troll

requests a toll

of a smile a laugh

and a tootsie roll

~

Nature Made

New growth on old

the rainforest

is encased in green

~

Silently With Hardly a Notice

 Disturbing little

this beaver quietly swam by

 in the calm waters

of the wetlands

~

Playing Pirate

The Oregon Coast

holds many treasures

One is this wonderful cave

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

The Mountain Called

 

We heard the mountain call to us

Come visit me

And she proved to be

Glorious to see

 

Mt St Helens and her Crater

~

Within

Even in the shadows

where the sun rarely reaches

there is life

~

Fabulous Foxglove

Tall and slender

always looking pristine and proper

The fabulous

Foxglove

~

Fading Daylight

Deep in an Olympic Peninsula

Rainforest

Where I love to be

~

Morning Fog

Along the Columbia River

~

Reaching for the Sun

Stretching this way and that

in search of

our elusive sunshine

~

Sweet Treat

Gorgeous Sweet

Honeysuckle

~

 

Sharing with Sweet Shot

A Budding Month

A new month awakens

 renewing our hopes

 and dreams

~

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

~