Hi! You guys out for a walk?

We've lived here for almost 30 years and we've never seen deer quite as friendly.  Yesterday evening this one didn't seem to mind us both clicking away with our cameras, but he or she decided to head for the trees when a fire engine siren startled it.  

More foxglove!

This is pretty good, but perhaps just a little more seasoning...

Even near the end of its time the rose is beautiful...

A southbound jet as darkness falls...

Nature's beautiful colors!

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The only poppy for miles around...

A starling estate...

Every year a starling pair builds a nest and raises a family in the hollowed out part of the back side of a fence post-- just up the road from our house.  The nest is only about 4 feet above the ground, but they seem to like it.  The fence post is behind the mailboxes in my picture from last Monday.

Peonies-- is there any flower more beautiful? They're with us for such a short time...

Here's Mama--- Baby's snoozing in the bushes. All of this happened just a short distance away, Monday afternoon.

I'm coming Mama!

Pardon me, have you guys seen my mom anyplace?

Otherworldly...

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From Coldwater Ridge, across Johnston Ridge, Mt. St. Helens is playing peekaboo behind the clouds...

All out on his own...

Feeling a bit squirrelly...

Nature's artwork...

A whole galaxy in the garden...

Impatiently waiting...

Remember... Everyday: Laugh out loud. Tell the people you love that you love them. And be glad you have the chance to do so.

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Honeysuckle just waiting for a hummingbird...

An osprey, all alone in the darkening skies over the wetlands...

Shhh--- a quiet moment at Coldwater Lake...

Stumped... more blast zone artifacts and beautiful wildflowers!

Indian Paintbrush on Johnston Ridge-- after a little rain...

This tree on Johnston Ridge was blown over by the eruption of Mt. St. Helens 39 years ago. The wildflowers are out, beautiful as always.

Looking the opposite direction from yesterday's picture--- Mt. St. Helens from Johnston Ridge, 39 years after the eruption...

By the way, the mountain was named for the Baron St. Helens in 1792.  He was the British ambassador to Spain, and he never saw the mountain.

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Johnston Ridge is open for the season once again---- the wildflowers are out and saying hello. This is Minnie Peak from Johnston Ridge...

Beauty in the simple things...

Wildflowers are a reminder of how beautiful the world can be...

And then it rained!

Happy!

Late in the day, a perfect afternoon in the wetlands...

The shack in the woods...

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Flowers!

Up the road from us is an cute old house formerly occupied by an older widow.  She was taken in by one of those “reverse mortgage” schemes, and lost her home.  But down along one side, flowers are growing through the overgrown grass and weeds--- Just to show that the spirit of her home is still alive.   

Red buds burst into paper lace flowers...

Very green!

A big sky at the wetlands-- with Mt. St. Helens glowing in the distance...

Somewhere there's the sound of someone playing a flute-- or is it just a happy bird...?

Sometimes it's the simple things that are the most beautiful...

Stairway to the top...

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Harvey the Heron is sneaking up on dinner...

He's been a very happy tree for at least a couple of hundred years...

Surrounded!

Falling into beauty...