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
6.6.14
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..
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..
15.5.14
Quinault Rain Forest
Trees Grow faster here in Washington than anywhere on earth
Temperate Rain Forest
"There is an average of 10 to 15 feet, (120” - 140” up to 180”) of rainfall each year. Moisture is evident everywhere. Clouds, fog and forest growth help keep temperatures moderate summer and winter. This moisture and moderate temperature ensure plant growth and provides habitat for a wide variety of critters year round. And it’s the rainfall that makes this area unique."
12.5.14
Mothers Day Canoeing Lake Quinault
Two hours canoeing the lake...
Watermarks were amazing...
Very cool seeing houses from
The lake, chasing ducks a little and paddling down to The largest Sitka Spruce in the world.
The largest Sitka Spruce, much bigger than it looks here...
11.5.14
Mothers Day 2014 at Lake Quinault Lodge
Beautiful streams, falls, sunsets, good food, many blessings at this favorite rain forest in the PNW!
10.5.14
The Quinault Rain Forest...
175" of rain annually.
It's a temperate rain forest. Trees grow faster here than anywhere on earth.
Mostly it was all cut down 100 years ago by Weyerhaeuser. It's a wild place. A temperate jungle. Cool temps. Giant trees were 1000 years old.
Typical rain forest green.
Abundant water falls..
Picturesque lakes and rivers...
My home :-)
Beautiful!
Our weekend at Lake Quinault Lodge for Mothers Day....
The lodge built in about 59 days time.
It gets 175" rain annually, so had to get it built
Before rains set in.
It cost $90,000.00 when it was built.
Such a great temperate rain forest!
One if 5 in our state of Washington.
One of many waterfalls. We hike to them and it's so Amazingly beautiful.
We 're at the river here...
30.4.14
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