She gave it a good try.....

At seven o'clock this morning Mt. Rainier was trying to break out from under the raspberry and cream clouds.
She tried most of the day but lost the battle around 2 in the afternoon and it has rained ever since. Fall has fell!!




Struggling to break through.......



Half way there......




She just couldn't stay out and the curtain of clouds came down and so did the rain.

Police escort and view from the ferry

I went to visit my Mother today. I took the ferry boat to whidbey Island. It was a beautiful day-crisp and clear.
We got a police escort on the ferry. A little homeland security.
Mount Baker was out as were some of the other Cascades. The last picture is of Everett from the ferry boat.
Isn't that just a cute police boat. I am sure it is 'armed and dangerous'.

Sepia scenes

This barn is way off the road down in an excluded valley. Very beautiful area and barn.




To see more Sepia scenes go to http://sepiascenes.blogspot.com

Pineapple Sage

Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) is a very sweet scented sage. I have always liked it and grown it. Sometimes it comes back and sometimes not. Weather and location makes the choice. Hummingbirds love it AND it is blooming now--FINALLY. It is an early Fall bloomer but I was wondering about it.

It is snowing....leaves

I have 4 large Sycamores plus a Birch and Japanese Maple by the driveway near the front door of my house. I love the leaves as they fall. I leave them through the winter for mulch on the wooodland garden. But early Spring means lots of raking.
Sycamores have huge leaves that look similar to Big-leaf Maple.

It's the Plover not the Minnow

I took this picture at some boating happening at Semiahmoo. All kinds of boats on the water. This one is historic. But I don't think Gilligan was there.The ferry boat MV Plover plies the narrow inlet between the Blaine Marina and the end of Semiahmoo spit. Built in 1944 to carry workmen from Blaine to the salmon cannery on Semiahmoo. Like the bird it’s named after, the Plover is small and seldom far from shore. Crafted of fir and cedar, it measures 32 feet long and less than 10 ft wide, yet weighs over 11 tons. The Plover is the oldest foot passenger ferry in the State and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.




The vessel is Coast Guard rated to carry 17 passengers, but bicyclists, strollers, and even well-behaved dogs may also come aboard when there is room. The two-person crew provides interesting commentary on the Plover’s restoration and the many diverse sights along the short crossing. Sights which may include British Columbia's Coast Mountains, basking seals, soaring eagles, stalking herons, and maybe even a shipwreck

Waiting for your turn

These tankers are waiting their turn to dock at the oil refinery and load up and be outa here. They are at Padilla Bay in Skagit Valley. And I believe those are the Canadian Cascades in the distance. . MB