Z is for Zinnia

I LOVE zinnias. To me, they are the crayons of the flower world--so many bright and vibrant shades, endlessly cheerful. I just wish they came in blue!!

C is for Color

Lavender and chartreuse---what a serendipitous combination! And all because the hydrangea head dipped down onto the hosta planted below...
This bucket of Stargazer lilies at the Farmers' Market was just too glorious to pass up. Breathe deeply---can you smell them?

Sunny blooms

"I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life than the sunflower....Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life." Helen Mirren The Calendar Girls

Ok, so technically they aren't all sunflowers, but they are still all that vibrant cheery exultant yellow that tickles your soul and makes you want to stand up and shout. I mean, who could possibly be down looking at that color?

A-door-able

I know I've been reading too many threads about photo shoot locations and backgrounds when I saw this wonderfully funky freestanding door standing all by itself as an art piece and my first thought is what a cool background it would be for a senior shot, and I don't even DO people!!!!

Just a little detail I couldn't pass up....

Landscapes, and a little something for Angela

Took a quick run out to Rattlesnake Lake last evening to check things out. The lake isn't nearly as low as I'd expected, so the water levels are being managed pretty carefully. Can't wait until fall and the deciduous trees along the shore put on their yellow finery.
Of course, by then these boulders and rocks will be under water! There was just something about the arrangement of sizes and tones of greys that caught my eye.

Angela, this is for you! There was a loud THUD at the window this morning, with a puff of feathers floating down the air, and this is what I found below the window. Yes, it is Waxwing Season. The hordes have invaded, and this one-year old hasn't learned about windows yet. Now he has--the hard way. He sat in the hose for a couple of hours, shaking off the world's biggest headache, then joined his cohorts in the berry feast. (Doesn't he look like he is thinking "Man, I really could use an Excedrin about now!") I thought of you though, when I recognized the window vicitim as a Cedar Waxwing. ;-)

Down to Rock Bottom

A shot taken yesterday downstream from Snoqualmie Falls of the old power plant. The river is EXTREMELY low this year, and there are kayakers, rafters, and floaters galore in the river, and people walking along the banks of the river. The base of the power plant, which is discolored and has the vertical openings, is usually at least partially underwater, if not completely. Like I said, the river is REALLY, REALLY low right now. That will change as soon as the fall rains start.

Click to see a kayaker down at the bottom of the photo...

better bee-lieve it!

looks like he's wearing leg warmers, doesn't he?