Early morning Mt. Rainier

I took this picture at 7:10 AM January 30, 2009.
From my bedroom deck.

Red Barn........

...........In the Stilly Valley in Stanwood.

Ferry boat to Whidbey Island

Went to visit my Mother on Whidbey Island. Returned at sunset. this is the passing ferry.

Todays flowers

I took these pictures this morning. See the snow.
1. Pieris japonica with buds and snow.
2. Viburnium bodnantense--also called Dawn Viburnam. Blooms from fall to Spring,bearing loose clusters of very fragrant deep pink flowers that age to pale pink. But freeze in coldest NW winters. As you see it may be cold here but not too freezing cold. Notice the snow.

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Last Spring

A pair, maybe the same pair, come and visit our pond and stay and raise their goslings. April to June--it seems a miracle that from a hatched egg in April to full grown by June--off they go. Do you see the baby? MB

Baby, it's cold outside

Heavy frost this morning---It looks so pretty. MB

First one this year.....

First Red-winged Blackbird I have seen this new year. They always nest at my pond and are fun to watch.