Choo choo??

How did this old passenger train car end up in disrepair in a pasture??
Question of the day!!
April Fools Day!!
MB

S.O.S--Sign # 18

Sign seen on many farms in the Valley.
S.O.S=Save Our Salmon

Shadows

My Mother's backyard.

Little barn for barn Charm

Down across the freeway. Used for 2 horses.



Get yourself over to Tricia's Barn charm and be charmed--
http://bluffareadaily.blogspot.com/

Raspberry Canes.....

Soon blossoms with pop out and by summertime we will make Raspberry Jam.

Lots of fields of Raspberry and other types of berries growing in the valley.

Chief Seattle/Sealth

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves

Step into my Parlor.....

Looking at Saratoga Passage, Langley Wa.

More Tractor Work

This tractor was working along with the one in the previous post. Only this one wasn't turning over the soil he was spraying some nasty brown stuff----What is it????
MB

The first cut.......

I took this today as I was crossing Stillaguamish Valley in Stanwood.
Spring is in the air and the ground----time to turn the soil. MB

They want to stay forever.........

These Snow
Geese come into the Skagit and Stillaguamish Valleys every October through April---the farmers hope they will leave in March because the green goodies are stirring beneath the ground---Yummy!! say the Snow Geese. The farmers usually lose the first cutting of hay. These guys need to get moving and head North to Russia and the frozen tundra where they breed, have babies and forage until they return next fall. They are here by the 10s of thousands. Count is somewhere near 100,000 and that's a lot of noise. These geese are cool to watch specially when they are in flight. And yes I was very close to them MB

Necklace

I received these two pieces from a farm friend in Mass. Her husband carves these out of bison bone. They both are Native American--she Choctaw and he is Micmaq.
Aren't these nice. MB

Scents--The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

This is Daphne odoura (also called Winter Daphne) a very beautiful little flower with a very sweet and longlasting scent. Plant it by the front door to catch the scent as you walk by. It is evergreen and blooms at the end of winter.




Well here are the bad and the ugly.
Skunk Cabbage---the flower when disturbed emits a foul odor hence the name skunk.
One of the early Spring plants. Grows in ditches and wetlands.

Kinda windy out, Ma...........

....I believe you are right, Pa. My feathers are getting a bit ruffled.



Let's head for the nest Pa.
Ma, I think you are a bit of a hussy, giggle snort!

You may click on the images to make them larger.

Good Housekeeping

I noticed today that the Redtail Hawks are busy getting last years nest ready for this year. The nest is just down the road. I am glad they are back and hope the tree leafs out soon as we have been having lots of rain. Don't want soggy babies. MB

I complained about all the rain.......

.....so overnight we got a touch of snow----WAHHHHHH!!!!

HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY.

At the museum.......

.....in Lynden, Wa.
This poor ol logger is strapped up forever---and even if he could get down he has a big hole in his head---I guess that's how come he a logger.
Western Washington is mostly logging country----as long as the trees last. MB

Cracking Color---Daffs

These Daffodils are a few weeks late in opening but they surely will. I took these pics yesterday in the nasty rain. It has been wet and extra cold slowing down the bloom time. But bloom they will as will the Tulips. they should be out mid April in stead of the end of March. The Tulip Festival starts April 1st and goes for a month and on. Come and enjoy--more pictures as they bloom.
Skagit Valley is one of the nations largest bulb growers so all these beautiful flowers will be snipped off one day to save the bulb. So you have to come and enjoy. Oops I said too much---Just wait a few weeks for LOUD COLOR. MB

Cows work hard

What the Dairy farmers (and the cows) in Skagit valley are doing.

Startled

I haven't seen any Deer around lately (probably doing what deer do in the early Spring). I just happen to run across this and liked it so now you get to see it. Taken around here last summer.

Read the back of the Menu. Funny!

Mother and I went to lunch at Captain Whidbey's Inn. Judge Still's tavern is the restaurant in the Inn now. They serve lunch and dinner Thursday through Sunday with brunch on Sunday. Yummy!!
I had the Steak Caesar and Mother had the Divers Scallops and we both had the Blackberry CremeBrulee--extreme!!
Captain Whidbey's is in Coupeville on Penn Cove known world wide for there excellent Mussels.
This is the lunch menu. Read the back click to enlarge if need be.