Tacoma Ramble

it was drizzly & cold

none the less .. still a wonderful day to be at the beach

gray & overcast

and a tad foggy

I forget what an industrial city Tacoma is

always busy

you don't realize the scope of the Sound until you see a giant ship that looks very tiny

it's all perspective

the rain doesn't stop Washingtonians!

a cloudy day

is no match for a sunny disposition

William Arthur Ward

Tacoma Narrows .. and fog

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers

from the seas and the streams

I bear light shade for the leaves when laid

in their noonday dreams...

Percy Bysshe Shelley ~ The Cloud

socked in

we are buried under a shroud of clouds

Olympia sits at the south of Puget Sound

 an inlet of the Pacific Ocean .. so gathers weather

it is a complex estuarine system of interconnected 

marine waterways and basins

here one must truly find appreciation in the shades of grey

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds

Henry David Thoreau

my good buddy (lovely daughter) & I set off to Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

a mere 10 minutes from home •• yipee!

snapped a few photos for my little ZiBagz shop

Black Mesa Shoulder Bag

  

she gladly obliged to be my model

I told her I would try not to get her "goosebumps"

it was in mid 40s .. not really that cold

but our Alaska blood isn't as thick as it used to be!

Bohemian Winds Shoulder Bag 

**both of these gorgeous bags are created using

 repurposed leather jackets .. much out of style but now recreated to live a new and wonderful life!

we love the Nisqually barns

this land was homesteaded early 1900s by the Brown Family

 the farmer built 4 miles of dike to drain 

1,500 acreas of salt marsh

in 1974 the area was purchased and in its place the refuge was created to provide habitat for a great variety of nesting waterfowl and migratory birds

clouds come floating into my life

no longer to carry rain or usher storm

but to add color to my sunset

Rabindranath Tagore

.. enjoy ..