Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Photography
Three it is!
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge I went looking for threes and found these! Three turtles sunning – Three chairs waiting – Three foxgloves growing – Three giants standing – Three! ~ Susanne
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One Old Fire Truck for Sale
On our recent travels through Eastern Washington we passed through the tiny town of Douglas and found this old fire truck for sale. We stopped to inspect it, but decided against the purchase. Shared with Cees’ Fun Foto Challenge – One. ~ Susanne
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Dry Falls, the Largest on Earth
This week we camped east of the mountains and enjoyed a landscape completely opposite to our Seattle area scenery. We drove through Grand Coulee, formed over millions of years by eruptions of lava which solidified and was later dug away by ice age floods.… Continue Reading “Dry Falls, the Largest on Earth”
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Flower of the Day – Orange Rose
My orange roses opened up a little more today and I thought you might enjoy seeing one of them. Shared with Cee’s Flower of the Day. ~ Susanne
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Lighthouses of the Oregon Coast
This week’s Friendly Friday photo challenge, ‘Illumination,’ reminded me of the many lighthouses we saw on our recent trip to the Oregon Coast. Heceta Bay Lighthouse stands 205 feet above the Pacific Ocean on Heceta Head north of Florence. The light shining from the… Continue Reading “Lighthouses of the Oregon Coast”
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Clematis Three Ways
I planted this clematis in my garden many years ago and it’s been happily climbing ever since – up the fence, around neighboring shrubs, and over everything in its path. It doesn’t ask for fertilizer or any special care, just a place to spread… Continue Reading “A Photo a Week Challenge: Clematis Three Ways”
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Beautiful Cat Eyes
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge Eyes, here’s the handsome Benji resting in the garden bed, clearly focused and seeing all. ~ Susanne
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Something there is that loves a Bridge!
I don’t love walls but I do love bridges so I had to share a few favorites for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. I’ll start in my home state of Washington and move down the coast. First up is the Vantage Bridge carrying Interstate 90… Continue Reading “Something there is that loves a Bridge!”
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Lady’s Mantle with the Dew
As long as I’ve had a garden it has included Lady’s Mantle. Not for its flowers, tiny and yellow, appearing like clouds atop its stems. Not for its fragrance – there is none – or its medicinal uses – there are many. I grow… Continue Reading “Lady’s Mantle with the Dew”
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Dazzled by the Tulips at Roozengaarde
I was completely dazzled at the Tulip Festival this week and thought I’d share a few more pictures I took at Roozengaarde Farms. According to their website, “William Roozen emigrated from Holland in 1947 with years of experience in the bulb industry and started… Continue Reading “Dazzled by the Tulips at Roozengaarde”
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