Miso

leaves and berries with olives..and cukes.

Snow Geese, Mt Baker, Skagit Valley

The Snow Geese are back down from Alaska. 

The Trumpeter Swans are as well. 

Also in the right area you will find the bald eagles wintering here.

I have photos here of snow geese, some swans may be mixed in.

 The swans are nice to watch in spring when mating dances go on, and I love their honking.

Baker at sunset is a true gem.

Methow Valley

Snow Country

It's cold here! 

Colder than in Yellowstone where snow is dry, powdery,

 and yet altitude is almost painful there, dryness is so noticeable.

Here frost forms over night even if theres no snow, and it clings to trees like this
becoming  quintessentially
 frozen, and beautiful against a blue sky in particular.

Mule deer, my favorite kind of deer has big ears!

I love icicles, in my home in PA they hung to the ground, 

were huge, and clear , and shortly used as weapons, very shortly. ^^

 It's beautiful here. But I have but gotten many photos.

We enjoy visiting the Snow Geese that Visit in The Skagit Valley

I added this Mt Baker photo For City Daily Photo, which this blog is a model of, even tho Mukilteo is a tiny city, it is a portal to my wider world of travel. A video apparently shows up blank on the CDP site. 

A view of Helena Montana....snow. Mountains. A few houses.

Where the Antelope roam

The Little Blackfoot River, Montana.

Snowy scape and sky.

Seattle tonite

Presents,...

A present. Under the Tree. For me!! From Kobo!!

Beginning...Crissmiss! Joy to the World!!

A string of lights brightens a beautiful tree. So green.
Tomorrow we will add a string, and for tonight some birds were added.  A few ornaments.
But really have to wait for more lights.
I think this calls for some homemade cookies.
Milk.
A little cheer
An intimate party;
To celebrate this upcoming event.
Dancing and singing!
Peace and Joy!

It's Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas..

@ Mt Rainier...

Crissmiss Cookies. I live with the Cookie Monster

I made these little cards as ornaments and for gifts one year

My daughter made this angel in HS

The black Madonna

Dear Blogger, for Christmas, I need a border for my Header Photo

The Thing is, I need it Now! Ok?

One early present is all I ask..

As you can see, I can't make this design work, without a border..

Yours Truly,

Sherry......

PS.

I know you can do it....

....and I have been a very 'amazingly' good girl, under the most challenging 
circumstances "give or take a time or two"!

Apologies to Leonard Cohen

**Oh, and a font between small and normal would be nice..

Northgate Seattle.

Majestic Portraits of My Home

 Mt Shuksan

 Heather Lake in N Cascades

The latest suzani. Needs cleaning. It's huge. I think I know where to put it!

 Samarkand Suzani
It's beautiful. I appreciate the women who did all this embroidery. 

Thank you. 

One day maybe in a museum?

Kiku slideshow with musica La mélopée de Falbala

                                                  Kiku through....Sherry McDonald

 Music through...Vladimir Cosma and Danielle Licari

 La mélopée de Falbala

Astérix et la surprise de César (Bande originale du film)

Thumbnails of Samarkand Suzanis. Embroideries from Uzbekustan.

 Amazing designs used by women of Uzbekistan to create suzani.s, embroideries, used for dowry.
However when Russia took them over, they wouldn't allow women to sew these embroideries. Now they prefer computers which aren't nearly as stunning as these are.

Suzani's from Samarkand tradition and area of Uzbekisten..
They have these large sun and moon motifs.

Goethe

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" 

But in truth, there is no you to accomplish, only life animating a sense of you, ( a separate you) a life that you take credit for or that you blame for your misconceptions of it. This is where judgments arise, and all kinds of things deluded. Causing delusion to take a seeming place of reality.  Reality is non judgmental, unwavering, pure love and energy beyond compare. SS