Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Photography
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…
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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…
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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…
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Camellias
I love the camellia plant, her flower rivals any rose. Her leaves are dark and strong and glossy, some to brew as tea. Even her name is lovely. For Cee’s Flower of the Day. ~ Susanne
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Another One of my Favorite Trees: the Madrona
I recently shared a few of my favorite trees (here if you missed it) but didn’t have room to include them all. So this post is dedicated to another beauty – the Pacific Madrona – or Madrone if you prefer. A native of the…
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Garden Art
I’m so glad that spring is here and I’ll be spending more time in my garden; not an ordinary garden but one full of treasures most of them installed by my creative husband. Though we do have a wood burning stove, the logs below…
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Shiny
Cannon at Fort Casey, Whidbey Island Firebird sculpture at Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC Winter sunset over the Skagit River All are Shiny. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. ~ Susanne
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Raindrop Jewels
We’re cold and rainy for a few days here in the Pacific Northwest so I curbed my plans for today’s outdoor activities. Even so, I found the raindrops on our maple tree to be exquisite and wanted to share them with you. ~ Susanne
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Murals in Black and White
My portfolio is rather lean when it comes to murals but I did manage to find a couple of pictures in my collection from recent travels and bleached most of the color out of them – I hope they don’t mind. 🙂 The…
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Kitty Patterns
Benji and Tiger have lovely patterns in their fur and are happy to show them off. But sometimes they are swallowed up by other patterns. For Cees’ Fun Foto Challenge, Patterns. ~ Susanne
