Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
It wasn’t easy to choose but for the final Weekly Photo Challenge of the year I give you a few of my favorites from 2017. I’ll start with sunrise over the Siuslaw River in Florence on the Oregon Coast. And follow with my two… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge 2017”
The rain finally came to an end, so I thought I’d try to catch tonight’s sunset in the park at the end of the street. When I arrived, I found blue patches of sky hidden under billowy clouds. It wasn’t long before pale peach… Continue Reading “Stages of a Sunset”
First of all, my apologies to the Grand Canyon. When I did a story a year ago on Favorite National Parks it didn’t even make my list! (See that story here ) Boy was I wrong! Honestly I’d only been to the Grand Canyon once… Continue Reading “The Grand Canyon”
“Susanne, are you awake? You’ve got to see this.” My husband the early riser had been out for his morning walk when the sun was starting to rise. I was awake and jumped out of bed hoping to capture that temporary morning glow before… Continue Reading “Temporary Morning Brilliance”
For this week’s photo challenge I bring to you a sunset over the Strait of Juan de Fuca from a recent cruise to Alaska. Glow
The Tiffany Park Woods are mostly gone but these trees still stand as a remnant, beautiful by the dawn’s early light. ~ Susanne
This happened tonight over Lake Washington during my birthday dinner. Really. The Appetizer Main Course Dessert I couldn’t have scripted it any better. ~ Susanne
As if it wasn’t enough to break the all time record for rain earlier this year (144 wet days, and almost 45 inches of rain between last October and April) we are now set to break the record for most days without measurable rain… Continue Reading “Rainless in Seattle and the Orange Sun”
Nearing the end of another hot, dry, summer day, with temperatures soaring and no rain in sight, skies otherworldly, milky and dim from the forest fires north in British Columbia, all is well in the backyard, where I turn on the stream and the… Continue Reading “End of a Hot Summer Day”