Tag: Pacific Northwest

This Morning’s Breakthrough

Daily Prompt: Calm Clothed in Beauty

I looked about for calm and found it in scenes of beauty. ~  Susanne, from the calming beauty of the Pacific Northwest via Daily Prompt: Calm

Wintery Walk at Coulon Park

Today was just another walk at Gene Coulon Park along the shores of Lake Washington.  But it’s never ordinary to me when the beautiful snowcapped Olympic Mountains appear and I think to myself, ‘do I really live here?’ Feeling blessed. ~Susanne

Stopping for a Sunset

It was late in the afternoon and I had to run to the store for some last minute items.  When I returned to my car it seemed that storm clouds were gathering and the sky had become a strange mix of color. I was… Continue Reading “Stopping for a Sunset”

Before the Sun Sets

It is late afternoon and I am looking out my window as billowy white and pale gray clouds are drifting across soft blue sky. The sun will set soon but I don’t wait. This is our version of a sunset.  The ordinary beauty of… Continue Reading “Before the Sun Sets”

A beautiful November week …. at least for the weather

Whether November turned out to be beautiful for you or not..  well, we won’t go there.  Instead, let us look to the skies at the beautiful weather we are having here in the Pacific Northwest. After a record breaking rainy October, we reached 70 degrees earlier… Continue Reading “A beautiful November week …. at least for the weather”

The bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle? or did you mean Saguaro?

The bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle, or so sang Perry Como back in the sixties.  Which really begs the question;  have you ever been there?  First of all let me say that I am a native and as such reserve the right to… Continue Reading “The bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle? or did you mean Saguaro?”

North Cascades Timed Right

October means fall and time to celebrate our anniversary.  We decide to head up to the North Cascades for a couple days while we have good weather before the big storm hits. Timing is everything. The first day we stop for lunch at a restaurant in the small town of Marblemount and enjoy the… Continue Reading “North Cascades Timed Right”

Reflections on the Snohomish

A beautiful day for a walk along the Snohomish River…. ~ Susanne

Mt Rainier on a summer day…

We don’t usually make the drive to Mt. Rainier on a sunny Saturday in the middle of summer.  But this past weekend that is exactly what we decided to do, heading from Renton through Enumclaw  to the Sunrise side of the mountain.  We didn’t… Continue Reading “Mt Rainier on a summer day…”