Tag Archives: daffodils

A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on May 17, 2021 | 12 comments

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” -Helen Keller

Daffodil

“Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.” -Walt Whitman

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Daffodil

“O, Sunshine! The most precious gold to be found on earth.” -Roman Payne

Daffodil

“Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” – Thomas Mann

Daffodil

“Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

Narcissus

“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo

Narcissus

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Forsythia

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” -William Makepeace Thackeray

Forsythia

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

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Tagged Anthony J. D'Angelo, daffodils, forsythia, garden, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Hans Christian Andersen, Helen Keller, LCsCottage, Roman Payne, Thomas Mann, Walt Whitman, William Makepeace Thackeray

Saint Paul’s Mission Part 2

Posted on April 20, 2020 | 4 comments

Continuing with my hike and camera practice at Saint Paul’s Mission:

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I tried a few camera settings while taking photos of the eagle. I didn’t hit on the right combination but I enjoyed the time with this magnificent (and very patient bird).

The reflections in the lake were wonderful!

Fort Colville (Fort Colvile) would have been where you now see the drawn down river in the photo below.

The only large gravestone left is pictured below. There are a couple of rusted metal markers. That is all. None of the other gravesites are marked now.

I missed another perspective opportunity by not taking a photo of this ant hill in its entirety. This is a very large colony!

The Oregon Grape is in bud. Soon there will be yellow blossoms growing wildly all over the area.

Meantime, back home in the garden, the daffodils cheer everybody up!

Small Grecian windflowers are blooming, too!

The apricot tree blossoms provide a lovely backdrop for the showy forsythia!

Stay safe! Stay healthy!

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Tagged anemone, Columbia River, daffodils, forsythia, Fort Colville, Grecian windflowers, Kettle Falls, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, LCsCottage, Saint Paul's Mission

Traffic Jam One – It’s A Flimsy!

Posted on March 26, 2020 | 11 comments

It is a bit overcast today, and a good time to show you the progress on Traffic Jam One.

It has been a flimsy for a few days now, but work and a couple of sunny afternoons prevented me from taking photos.

I had a bit of trouble finishing up this flimsy. Call it ‘airhead moments’, ‘senioritis’, or just a lack of concentration.

I thought that I had miscalculated and did not have enough cut green squares.

So I cut and cut and sewed my borders.

And my borders were too long.

And I miscalculated my miscalculations and never really miscalculated to begin with.

Here is what is leftover:

I will find a purpose for the parts eventually.

Of course, that defeats the original purpose of using up all of those scraps… in this quilt… in the first place.

Looks a bit like a stained glass window from the back:

Traffic Jam Two in progress:

Previous Traffic Jam Posts:

Pat Sloan’s Pattern

Traffic Jam One Update

What was I doing on the sunny afternoons after work?

Why, pruning and raking, and making discoveries in the garden, of course!

Here are just a few of my discoveries:

Lots of crocus!

Lots of daffodils (and larkspur)!

Stately Crown Imperials!

Fragrant Hyacinths!

Lots of budding shrubs, including this elderberry!

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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Tagged crocus, crown imperial, daffodils, elderberry, green, hyacinth, LCsCottage, pat sloan, patchwork, Rainer Maria Rilke, scrappy quilt, Traffic Jam