California Poppies on the Patio

California poppies are growing and blooming!

Peony

After three long years, peony flowers!  So lovely!

God Bless America!

On this Memorial Day, God Bless America, the land of the Brave and the home of the Free!

Geese Day Care Update at Brookwood

An update on Geese Day Care!  The parents are so careful to move the brood around to different areas all the time.

Geese Day Care

The Geese have it figured out.  We always see about 6 parents and their goslings.  Like when a goose can no longer travel with the flock, a pair of geese escort the goose to the ground.  If/when the goose is able to travel they meet up with the flock or if the goose passes on, the pair are free to go.  The Geese have it figured out, it takes a village to care for the young and the infirm.

Ooops - Our California Poppy Flower!

I've never seen California poppy flower buds bloom before!  Sorry, this post is being corrected.  When I planted the poppy and cosmos seeds, the labels got mixed up!  

The California poppies start out looking like garlic spears and slowly change color.  Oh, excitement!  See the bud on the left photo and see the beginnings of the flower on the right.

Today in Our Backyard Park

Birds in our backyard park braving the rain…

Finches waiting for the rain to stop

Wren looking for goodies

Wren spouse looking for goodies too

Another Day at Brookwood Park

Another very peaceful day at Brookwood Park.  Every so often we take a walk along the trails and find fascinating things to photograph.

Blue Jay posing

Redwing Black birds

Geese landing

Commonwealth Park

The residents and their children.

They are so adorable!

7 May the Glorious Mt Hood

The day was so beautiful, we drove up to Timberline just to see the snow!

Our Fuchsia

Good morning!  Despite an earlier incident, the fuchsia is doing very well.  Goes to show nature heals itself.

And, the lovely peonies are doing well too!

Commonwealth Park Today!

What a day it was at Commonwealth Park!  3 sets of ducklings.  Mama ducks are very busy.  Here's my favorite.

Brookwood Park Today

Only the resident ducks, geese, birds and nutria are hustling and bustling about.  We saw our first ducklings today!  Excitement.  Proud mama was ever vigilant in keeping them among the water iris.  You go mama!

Black bird

water iris

Redwing black bird

Duck family

Sunny Seattle!

Spent a couple of days in sunny Seattle!  I've been going to Seattle off and on since about 1989, but had never seen a sunny Seattle.  We were lucky in getting an early dinner reservation at Sky City.  The view was incredible.

Mt Rainier

Ferries

Lake Union & the
Olympic Penninsula

Monorail