You know who you are......

True Blue

Isn't this a beautiful Poppy. (Meconopis betonicifolia)

New sign

I have seen No parking signs
Tow away zone sign
But not this one.

Signs everywhere

Isn't big brother always telling us what to do or not do. MB

Chess anyone???

salmon Bench

Another sign

I got this for my daughter--she knows who she is---she laughed and said "thanks".

Lonely spur......

A little sauce for the spur. Kinda cool, huh. MB




Why did the spur turn sideways when I wasn't looking? I did this twice and it turned. Both pics are the same size. Baffled I would say.

This is the same spur untreated but somehow turned. It bugs me!!! MB

She is there.......

Mount Rainier showed herself briefly yesterday morning and then was gone for the rest of the day. She must have gone shopping. ???? MB

'Nuff said..........................................................MB

Fun in the wind

Fun in the wind and these guys think it's fun in freezing water too. MB

The last of the tulips...............................................

In the next few days the beautiful tulips will be beheaded. The the High School kids will quickly pick them up and take them back to school. There they will make beautiful Tulip petal murals on the front lawn of the school. After all. the object of the Bulb Companies is to raise bulbs, not flowers. The green foliage will remain on the plant to give it nourishment and energy and then will be harvested in mid-summer. In the Fall they are shipped all over the world. It is sad to see the beautiful flowers go in their prime but they will be back next year. They will be in different fields as the farmers rotate every year. This summer Cabbage and Kale will probably be planted there or another seed crop. Seed crops will be harvested not this Fall but the following Fall. MB

Watching for whales

I went to Whidbey Island and the town of Langley--the village by the sea---to visit my Mother and run errands for her. I always like to watch for Whales and Orcas and Gray Whales have been sighted--but I didn't see any and this boy with his dog by his feet wasn't talking. I wonder what he has seen. This is Saratoga Passage which goes up to the San Juans and to the Pacific Ocean.

Gentlemen--Start your engines!!

This is what is going on in the Valley today. It's time. MB

Gorge Creek Falls

This is just part of the falls. It starts way up in the mountains and falls all the way to the creek I am standing by.

Raindrops keep falling on my.........................

..................all my flowers.

1. Bleeding Heart (Gold Heart)

2. Heuchera (Berry Smoothie)

3. Tulip

4. Helleborus (Ivory Prince)

ain't he cute.

Drove up to the North Cascades--home of the American Alps. Nice weather, nice mountains and this cute little guy. I believe he is a Red Crossbill. There was a pair and this one posed so well. MB

Barrow's Goldeneye

I caught these guys hanging around the Ferry dock. Up to no good--I am so sure!!

The Barrow's Goldeneye is primarily a bird of the western mountain region of North America. It nests farther north than the Common Goldeneye, and in some cases even north of the tree line. The Barrow's Goldeneye prefers small, clear lakes and ponds.


Barrow's Goldeneyes are diving ducks, and whole groups of goldeneyes will dive at the same time. They forage around pilings, and most of their foraging is under water.
Female Barrow's Goldeneyes have gray bodies, brown heads, and yellow eyes. be

Big sky--looking East across the valley

Looking east across a fading daffodil field. Big sky and fat clouds.
Taken today 4/9/10