perfect Pacific NorthWest day

the sun is shining

the sky is blue

the birds are singing

...  SuMMeR  ...

our life is frittered away

 by detail

simplify ~ simplify

Henry David Thoreau

destination Staircase Rapids

Olympic National Park

wild flowers in the beautiful Skokomish Valley

Foxglove 

SalmonBerries

tasty .. not as delicious as raspberries

make a wonderful jam or syrup

my firstborn

and her favorite activity

so glad .. some things never change  ♥ 

forget not that the earth

delights to feel your bare feet

and the winds long to play 

with your hair

Kahlil Gibran

Hoodsport at lowtide

the beach is littered with oyster shells

a little oyster stew anyone?

lowtide

lunchtime at El Puerto De Angeles

how did this Mexican Beauty end up here 

in the NorthWest????

we're here!!

Staircase ~ Olympic National Park

to sit in the shade on a fine day

and look upon verdure

is the most perfect refreshment

Jane Austen

easy trail along the river

ferns everywhere

growing on everything

all I have seen

teaches me to trust 

the Creator for all 

I have not seen

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I only went for a walk

and finally concluded to stay out till sundown

for going out

I found

was really going in

John Muir

enjoy! ♥