Afternoon at the Lake

Blue skies

puffy white clouds

Tiny new leaves

sparkling in the sunlight

Peacefulness

that recharges the soul

~

Spring Alive With Color

Everywhere

there is new life

and hope

~

Plums of Plenty

Delicate

petite 

  and brilliantly white

~

Awakenings

A joy

to behold

~

Woodland Wonders

Scattered among the fern and moss

Trillium bloom

~

 

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Stormy Weather

 

Though dark and stormy

with little mouths to feed

the Osprey fly

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The Trouble With Tulips

They're so perfectly

perfect

and so lovely

I want to photograph

every one I see

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Glorious Spring

When love

is in the air

and hearts

abound

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Shades of Purple

I have a passion

 for purple

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Afternoon Glow

Flowers bring hope

laughter and love

~

Coldwater Lake

Calm clear waters

Born of a volcano

~

Life Renewed

And bursting

with vibrancy and beauty

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Love Embraced

May we find the way 

on this

Easter Day

~

Tranquility

Watching the sun go down

at Silver Lake

~

Spring White

Always so

fresh and bright

~

Morning Mist

Silver Lake

at first light

~

You Can't See Me

I'm hiding

Behind this blade

of grass

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Afloat

Gently swaying

in a soft breeze

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At the Edge of the Forest

Forests need to be

forever

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A Spiritual Place

Communing with nature

makes my soul sing

~

Fresh Starts

Bursting out

bright and shiny

Welcoming Spring

~

In the Shadows

Beauty hides

~

Under the Weather

A soft tranquil veil of clouds

rested over

Mt St Helens

~

Pussy Willows

 Happy fuzzies

to welcome in Spring 

~

Into a Fantasy

A path that leads

to anywhere

and everywhere

~

High Flying

Looking for that perfect

place to land

~

Flowers of the Wild

Creativity is as endless

as the imagination

~

Poignant Beauty

A manmade storm

blew through this forest that was

Now

there is only silence

~

Welcoming In Spring

Spring truly is

a delight to the eye

~

Daybreak

The dawning of

a beautiful new day

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Morning Fog

The hushed softness

and haunting beauty

of morning fog

~

Perfect Weather

 

for a paddleabout

at the wetlands

~

The Awakening

  Of joyous

glorious

Spring

 ~

Clinging to Existence

Tenacious and determined

to be

~

Pathways

 So many

winding through

our lives

~

Cloaked in Winter Blues

An island

pristine

~

In the Quiet Chill

They patiently wait

for the warmth of laughter

from children at play

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Into the Sunset

I fly

~

Flight of Fancy

 To dance

in the wind

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Lollygagging with Lilypads

Loving all the fresh new

lilypads

  emerging at the wetlands

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Signs of Spring

Early bloomers

Always make me smile

~

If Walls Could Talk

The volumes

they could tell

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Just to Be

To walk a lonely beach

  to smell the fresh salt air

to gaze out into infinity

and be caressed by the warmth of the sun

If only for one day

These memories will last

a lifetime

~

Snow Cone Glow

Mt St Helens

 Lost its perfect peak

in 1980

But it will always be

my favorite mountain

~

Playing Leapfrog

As the sun fades away

the wetlands

becomes a place of play

~

Reflecting Light

Late afternoon sun

transformed the river

into a forest of light

~

What Lies Beyond

Always eager to see

where the trail may lead us

But darkness was falling

it was time to turn back

We'll save it for another day

~

Buds and Blooms

Early arrivals grace our eyes

on this first day of March

~

 

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