Mom's Day

Pretty House

Magnificent spring green of the willow and welcoming perfume of wisteria.

Red-Osier Dogwood and Boxwoods filling out.

New pink azaleas heavy with the weight of blossoms and the forsythia growing wildly.

Pretty deck, thanks to my mom's vision and cousin's skill, took in the winter weather well.

"Sun" day Hike

Beautiful sunshine opened the month of May.  Sunday was a perfect day for listening to the Lord, soaking up sun, and going for a hike in the late afternoon.  Marshal has recently run all the trails in Deception Pass and took us to one of his favorites.  Gabe has become obsessed with birding and has his eyes completely in the trees and shrubbery.  Both Gabe and Lydia impressed me with their sudden knowledge of bird identification in both sound and sight.  They would recognize the song and then find the bird.  I never would have thought there were so many different birds out there, and for differentiating and recognizing their tweets?!

I did recognize that one!  Bald Eagle

Passionate in whatever they do.

On top of Goose Rock.  Trekking poles helped my knees on the way down.

Villagers in Frozen Preview

Lydia's Ballet Slipper studio is performing Frozen this June.  They gave a little preview at our community Holland Happenings celebration.

Lydia Center

Pretty Poise in Back

Village Dance

Local Bounty

One of Marshal's patients brought him pounds of fresh Penn Cove mussels on ice.  Friday night, I referenced James Beard on how to steam and serve while Marshal and Lydia washed them for the pot.

A Bowl of Nettles - Put them in a brown bag to dry.  We'll see how that works out.

Showing Off Natural Beauty

Daisy Chains

Blood Sun

Counterpart to our recent Blood Moon sighting.

Such a dull, red color that you could watch it go down with the naked eye.

Camera lense picked up the fire ball rather than the muted tones, but here is a taste of the special effect.  Sun and plane merge in my lens in their descent.