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29.6.14

1 at beach getaway trip, Quileute Nation

We had so much fun per usual running logs and playing in surf. 
Stuff like we always do around here! 


"Thousands of winters before the arrival of the White Drifting-House people (ho-kwats), the Quileute Indians and the ghosts of their ancestors lived and hunted here. 
For as long as the ageless memory of legend recalls, the Quileutes flourished in the territory which originally stretched from their isle-strewn Pacific beaches along the rain forest rivers to the glaciers of Mt. Olympus. 
Today, Quileutes need only lift their eyes to see the burial place of chiefs atop James Island, or A-Ka-Lat -- translated as "Top of the Rock". This sense of cultural continuity is their birthright and heritage. Though much has changed, Quileute elders remember "back in the days" when the "old people" dared challenge kwalla, the mighty whale, and who recounted the exploits of wily raven or bayak, who placed the sun in the sky."Quileute Nation





Log strewn Beach, I used to run these logs, me and my Daisy..






Recent Beach Trip to 1st beach , LaPush

Climbed around on logs and played in surf. 



Beautiful days and enjoyed the resort
So natural there. 
Had to laugh. A man paid for his room and said," got a pool, right?", the girl answered, "yeah, we have the whole Pacific Ocean!"

Still chuckling...




These are common on our beaches



16.6.14

My Summer garden. But it's not summertime until the sun stays to shine..

Astilbe 
Red and pink





Hotlips and delphinium, 

bougainvillea and Buddha
My homemade birdbath...
.......on a tree stick
And other bird baths. 


Peony
And
Suzani from Samarkand. 
My handmade pitcher as a vase. 




6.6.14

Flowers from our gardens


Some flowers blooming now






Peony finds a home in my handmade pitcher

Peonies and dahlias from our gardens. 
My pitcher- vase that I made...

Suzani on right, from Uzbekistan



4.6.14

Vancouver BC a few weeks ago

We came here for some fillo and international cuisine, and shopping Granville island, walking, and staying at the Sylvia..English Bay..

                                      Virginia Creeper grows all over the sylvia Hotel


Granville Island..

This tree on the beach is amazing..


A stormy View from the beach.


Hosta hosta hosta



 The lobby, someone gets to be in my picture.. poor fella..
so beautiful all around Vancouver, can't wait to go back and go to some new places..

Beautiful tree

Iris

The sea wall





 From our room nice view, pulsating city life..



Some flowers from the garden,

Some flowers from the garden, and a picture of me a few years back in the Minneapolis Airport where friends met me with some gifts and a lunch. 
Friends always make me smile..

 Need to catch up on posting pictures, I have been several cool places since my last rain forest post. Vancouver BC for one. It was great..
So..stay tuned..