Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Tag: Sunday Stills
Celebrating #Earth Day with a Walk through the Redwoods
Today is Earth Day and we celebrated early by walking under the shadow of the giants a few days ago. We just returned from a road trip to California, which included a stay in beautiful Napa Valley, America’s wine capital – more on that… Continue Reading “Celebrating #Earth Day with a Walk through the Redwoods”
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Grand Canyon in Purple
The grandest of canyons is of course, beautiful during the day, where you’ll enjoy walks along the rim, and have many photo opportunities for yourself, and the wildlife below. But the real magic occurs at sunrise and sunset when the canyon walls turn various… Continue Reading “Grand Canyon in Purple”
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Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, Rain or Shine
We first discovered the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon, during covid. It was our first road trip in 2021, after we’d (mostly) been released from our quarantine and social distancing. Even though we were outside, we still wore masks. Fortunately, it was… Continue Reading “Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, Rain or Shine”
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Take a Walk in the Park – at Gene Coulon Memorial Park
Did you know March 30th is #National Take a Walk in the Park Day? Well now you do! I myself only learned it today from #Sunday Stills which inspired me to create this post! Firstly, I pondered. Shall I pick a national park? We… Continue Reading “Take a Walk in the Park – at Gene Coulon Memorial Park”
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Rainy Days and Gardening
We’ve had a soggy start to spring, but my garden beds are in need of serious renovation. So despite the rain, I headed to the garden center yesterday and found water pooled in the parking lot, forming interesting designs, including a giant cockroach! (Not… Continue Reading “Rainy Days and Gardening”
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Happy St. Pat’s Day from the Coulon Walkers!
Unlike me, they are all dressed up with no place to go! Sharing with Sunday Stills. ~ Susanne
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Stark Landscapes of Washington State
Huh? I’m from Washington, the Evergreen State, so called because of the lush, green landscape on its west side. But the middle and east side of the state may come as a surprise to you with its stark contrast of desert, scablands and canyons,… Continue Reading “Stark Landscapes of Washington State”
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A Fresh Start
This is the view from my office where Benji keeps watch from the window seat Bob built for him. It turned out to be timely, as it wasn’t long afterwards, that Benji was confined to the house. I’ve done my best to entertain him… Continue Reading “A Fresh Start”
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Frosty Scenes
Our winter arrived late but made up for it with snow and icy cold temps throughout February. I’ve already shared pictures from this month’s snow, so for Sunday Stills Frosty Winter Scenes (there’s still time!) I went through my archives to find other pictures… Continue Reading “Frosty Scenes”
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A Red Faced Duck at Coulon Park
We’re in a deep freeze here in the Northwest, but I bundled up anyway and went for a walk at Coulon, hoping to find some red for this week’s Sunday Stills challenge. I started near the hotel where there were lovely reflections in the… Continue Reading “A Red Faced Duck at Coulon Park”
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