It’s been nearly 8 years since Larry and I drove to La Conner for the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. I’d remembered the best fields for photos, the ones with the old barns and outbuildings, with rows of tulips arranged for the best sunlit shots. With my brain on auto-pilot I drove to my favorite field […]
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Celebrating Spring
Okay, I’m officially embarrassed…nearly 2 years since my last blog post. But the good news is my new website with a shopping cart is up on the web. It’s still a work in progress and for those of you wanting to order notecards that page is in the making. Soon! I’m going to jump in […]
My Owl Buddies
Barn Owl Maybe it’s their eyes, maybe the shape of their face or the amazingly soft feathers that I find fascinating about owls. Whatever it is I’m grateful we have several that roost in our trees and awaken me at night with their hooting and distinctive calls. Mostly I hear the Barred Owl and […]
Celebrating Dia de los Muertos...
Almost every year Larry and I attend the Dia de los Muertos celebration at Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World’s Fair. The iconic Space Needle is no longer the tallest building in the city, as it was in 1962, but is still a landmark and visited by nearly 1.3 million people each year. Some confuse […]
Point Reyes National Seashore
Last week Larry and I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite parks, Point Reyes National Seashore, to prep for Larry’s upcoming mural image for the park’s new map. Point Reyes lies at the tip of a narrow peninsula which sticks out some 15 miles into the Pacific Ocean. Although known for its foggy and windy weather it […]
The Olympic Marmot
Olympic Marmot Adult This is one of my favorite times of the year. Summer has finally arrived in the Olympic mountains and the sub-alpine meadows are an array of vibrant and fragrant wildflowers. The timing was perfect but my plan for photographing the flowers took a backseat when this furry marmot family on the windswept mountain slope captured my heart […]