A FINE PLACE

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January Storm

Started with snow.

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Across the street from our house.

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Freezing rain covered every thing in ice.

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Trees and branches broke from the ice.

We were lucky, no damgae to our house.

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We started 2011 at Ocean Shores, WA.

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A little January snow at our house.

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Sun on the first day of spring.

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Spring must be coming,

the Indian Plum is blooming.

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The Falcon's nest way up there.

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Trilliums are awake.

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Misty sunny view

from the dinning room window.

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Amelanchier, Serviceberry

in the front of my house.

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Tapestry of succulents.

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Tegan has been here. :)

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On the back deck.

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Volunteer pumpkin in my garden.

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Autumn Joy!

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Sky over Shelton, Washington

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Lovely architecture

Hover Dam, Nevada

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A view from Lawrence-Dumont stadium.

Wichita, Kansas

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A beautiful tree in Riverside Park

Kamloops, BC, Canada

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Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird

I would fly about the earth

seeking the successive autumns.
~George Eliot

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Lovely color by Tegan's school.

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A morning walk along Lake Fenwick.

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Reflections!

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Hobbit Tree House

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Summer 2010

was rather wet and cloudy. But enough sun for fun.

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Camping...

Lake Easton

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Family fun...

Glen

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Flaming Geyser State Park

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Green River

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Baseball...

Tegan

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700 wins for Coach Barry!

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My neighborhood...

Ocean Spray

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My backyard...

Merlin Falcons

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Took a trip to Moab, Utah

Dead Horse Point State Park

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Park Avenue, Arches National Park

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Good job, balancing that rock.

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An elephant from the Parade of Elephants area.

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Skagit Valley, Wa
painting by Burt Rulon

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These pictures where taken on a walk through the RoozenGaard,

a lovely display garden in Mt Vernon, Wa.

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The fields are very sticking. The weather was crisp,

just like the look of tulips.

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The February sunshine steeps your boughs

and tints the buds

and swells the leaves within.

~ William C. Bryant

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Trail by Lake Fenwick

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Lake Fenwick reflection

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Along a road about 5 miles from my house.

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May Valley

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2009-10-18T15:03:00.002-07:00

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Even if something is left undone,

everyone must take time to sit still

and watch the leaves turn.

~Elizabeth Lawrence

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In my neighborhood

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Just before the death of flowers,

And before they are buried in snow,

There comes a festival season

When nature is all aglow.

~Author Unknown

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We have a little garden,

A garden of our own

And every day we water there

The seeds that we have sown.

We love our little garden,

And tend it with such care,

You will not find a faded leaf

Or blighted blossom there.

~Beatrix Potter

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End of May

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Blue Corydalis, pretty blue!

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A neighbor...

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Spring is here!

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Here we are on a great vacation in the British Virgin Islands.

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Marina Cay, one of the lovely sights of the British Virgin Isalnds.

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Beautiful ocean color.

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See the Sea Turtle

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Some January color...

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