Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
It was an early winter morning at Lake Quinault on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, and all was tranquil. Time to go back. Sharing my photos with Becky’s #November Shadows. ~ Susanne
The Sun is a gift to earth’s inhabitants, enjoyed by us who are 93 million miles away! In the morning it rises and we bask in its rays, even when we can’t see them. We rush to watch its setting, too, and the spectacular… Continue Reading “Heavenly Sunshine!”
The sun rose a huge ball of fire over my backyard, suspended, brilliant, through the trees. I heard the rooster crow and rose to capture the fire on this 7th day of September for #SevenforSeptember, yes, while listening to the crowing of my neighbor’s… Continue Reading “Sunrise on the Seventh”
It even starts and ends each day with it. I once woke to sunrise on Kauai, reassured and thankful that the tropical storm that was expected overnight, didn’t make land. I captured the sunrise below from my balcony at Turtle Bay, on the north… Continue Reading “Nature Loves Yellow and Gold”
Monday, Monday and rain is falling here in the Pacific Northwest. Though I was looking for red and pink for this week’s Sunday Stills Challenge, I firstly found raindrops on green. Fortunately, the green was surrounded by red berries, and even the droplets contained… Continue Reading “Looking for Red and Pink on a Green and Rainy Day”
It was only two weeks ago that I took you to Paradise on the south side of Mt. Rainier National Park – here – if you missed it. But that didn’t stop us from returning again, this time to Sunrise, on the east side… Continue Reading “The Other Side of the Mountain- Sunrise and Silver Falls at Mt Rainier”
Thanks to Terri Webster Schrandt for inspiring me once again with her photo challenge. This week the theme is Celestial and it sent me to my archives to find some of my favorite pictures of the heavens! I’ll start at the beginning with sunrise.… Continue Reading “Inspired by the Heavens!”
We saw torrential downpours on the first day of winter here in the Pacific Northwest. Those further north enjoyed the first snow though none of it made it to the ground at my house. But yesterday dawned clear and cold and temperatures rose during… Continue Reading “The Sun Also Rises”