Snohomish for evening shopping , and a swan landed in town!

A nice pub

The swan landed and was hit by cars but 

After being dazed a bit managed to take off

Over the river. 

He's a huge bird!!

Cute

Christmas happenings.

We are having great fun and have

Plans for cheery holidays per usual coming along. 

Wishing everyone a good holiday season. 

Hi to my fans in Ak who are reading enthusiastically!!

Especially from N. Pole. 

Winter sets in now and sipping tea and cocoa...

While remembering the days gone by, is sweet. 

The beauty of all impresses on this life. 

Winter is Here

It's icy cold here. 

The little Anna hummingbirds need their feeders bubble packed. And the season calls for hearty soups. 

Quilt making, buying, selling...

Pink roses to decorate the tree this year. 

Snow in the snow country ..

The Colors of Christmas

Poinsettias at Molbaks Nursery

In over 20 varieties

And the lingering mums dressed in 

Subdued colors, reveal a beauty that 

only comes with age, and finishing. 

All of life, is beauty, in different forms,

If we create a place to honor it. 

The waning colors of fall, and arrival of ....

......A bowl of Christmas....

Just add The Christmas Flower...

...a mandala in the making, 

or perhaps it's over,,,

The Dala, ready to hang on a green bough

A wreath, all it needs 

are the seed ornaments

Viola. for the birds!

May you make it through this dark cold season with grace and good will. 

Ferry vanishes into fog, a day at the beach....

Sand Mandalas

These are constructed over time. Sometimes minutes, sometimes days, sometimes weeks. 

They're photographed at each juncture and eventually scattered to begin anew. 

Such is life. 

No art is permanent. 

Life's nature is impermanence. 

This slowly becomes this...

Then this...

And...

Finally it became.....

Mums brighter in natural light today.

The mums have been cleaned, cut and rearranged, probably a last time.

Last of the mums for 2013

The cooler they're kept, the longer they stay. 

This one started out bright purple. 

It's finishing full with a lovely faded white center. 

The pastel yellows have finished from

Brighter yellow and mixes now with apricot and 

Lavender, gold and faded pink. 

Early season mums