What do you think of when someone says landscape? The wide-open spaces of the prairie? Big mountain ranges in the distance? And what is a waterscape? The ocean? A winding river? How about all of the above! Just last Sunday, we drove home from Leavenworth on US Highway 2. It was a beautiful day, and …
These days, I live in a suburb. The closest big city is Seattle, 20 miles south of our home in Everett (where the airplanes are made). I was born and raised in Seattle in the 1950's and 1960's, and lived there from the mid-1970's until 1990. I do not recognize the Seattle of my childhood …
Today's challenge is a "You pick it", and being that it's April 4th, I decided to make my post about April. April is the first full month of Spring, and the lengthening days bring out so much new growth in all the plants around us, you can't help but notice. For me, the most important …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #142: April Foolin’
This afternoon, my husband and I defied the "stay-at-home" order, and drove our car up to the Skagit Valley. It was bright, sunny, and around 80 degrees out. LaConner is admittedly a "touristy" little town on the Swinomish Slough, with dozens of little local stores selling just about anything you might want. Not one store …
Continue reading This is Sad. And Criminal. LaConner, Washington
About 35 miles north of our town of Everett, Washington, may be found the Skagit River Valley. The Skagit Valley has some of the most fertile soil in the United States, and its farmers supply animal feed, corn, potatoes, vegetables, and flower bulbs locally and around the world. The entire month of April is the …
LaConner, WA Marina.
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