Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Nature
My Anna’s Hummingbirds
As temperatures continue to plunge, I’m taking extra care to keep the hummingbird feeders thawed out and replenished. That means remembering to bring them in at night and returning them first thing in the morning; otherwise they are frozen solid. My sweet little birds… Continue Reading “My Anna’s Hummingbirds”
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Windshield Art – Frosty Squares
This morning when I started my car, I saw lovely ice crystals on the windshield of varying shapes and sizes. These are extraordinary, I thought to myself, all the while realizing how very ordinary, they were. Works of art, I thought, so I explored… Continue Reading “Windshield Art – Frosty Squares”
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More Birds in the Winter Garden in all Sizes
As the temperatures have dropped, I’ve had to keep the water thawed and available for the birds, and the hummingbird feeders, as well. Today they appreciated it as dozens of birds, visited throughout the day. Starting with Chestnut-backed Chickadees, and Golden-crowned Kinglets. Townsends’ Warblers,… Continue Reading “More Birds in the Winter Garden in all Sizes”
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White and Wonderful, Snow and Clouds
For this week’s photo challenge, Sunday Stills, #White I’ll look to the pure driven snow and the snow-white clouds for inspiration. No snow so far in Seattle this year, so I’ll use some photos from past year’s glories, accented with two of my favorite… Continue Reading “White and Wonderful, Snow and Clouds”
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A Burst of Color on a Dreary Winter’s Day
We’ve had a rather dull start to 2025, from the point of view of the weather: drizzly when not pouring rain, cold but not enough to snow. It makes me long for spring but we’ve quite a ways to go! In the meantime, I… Continue Reading “A Burst of Color on a Dreary Winter’s Day”
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Would You Like to Live in a Rainforest?
Anton Kestner did. Back in 1891 he built his home deep in the rainforest on the north side of Lake Quinault. After taking the Maple Glade Trail, we visited the old homestead. Looks cozy to me, the low clouds like smoke from a still-burning… Continue Reading “Would You Like to Live in a Rainforest?”
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I brake for Roosevelt Elk – on the Olympic Peninsula
Last week we spent a few days on the Olympic Peninsula and I was impressed once again with the raw, natural beauty of my home state of Washington. So much so that I don’t know how to unpack the pictures I took, how to… Continue Reading “I brake for Roosevelt Elk – on the Olympic Peninsula”
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World’s Largest Spruce Tree
A foretaste from the Quinault Rainforest, Washington, my home. Susanne
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Here Lies a Tree
I’m thankful that none of the evergreens surrounding our house came down in the bomb cyclone. But in the park at the end of my street, a giant fell. A maple? an oak? I don’t know for sure. He was the tallest one on… Continue Reading “Here Lies a Tree”
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About that Bomb Cyclone
It hit last night with a vengeance. Hundreds of thousands in the region are without power, including us. I’m posting on my phone, then will head outside to help clean up the mess, branches and debris everywhere. Fire in the fireplace and cats are… Continue Reading “About that Bomb Cyclone”
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