Pine siskin (from Birds & Blooms magazine)
I think this bird has appeared on my deck – along with numerous other little brown birds of various combinations of brown, white, and black -and yellow and red.
Early evening in Ballard Seattle January 30 2018Sightseeing in the Skagit Valley December 31, 2017
Highly recommended, I went early in December – a wonderful experience.
getting the last of the sun’s rays this morningRain Is In The Forecast
My star in the garden – it has been quietly blooming all summer. Still going strong while everything else in the garden is shutting down.
Sunset Sky September 13, 2017
Sunset clouds – we haven’t seen a sky lie this in a long time – Seattle’s go;den summer!
slow to ripen
Cat Seeking Shade
That’s Katerina under the chair in the corner. Here it is early September and it is still HOT.
earlier in the morning – look how long the shadows are – the sun is so much lower in the sky compared with July and August
beating the heat – Katerina finds a shady spot
