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

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. 

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

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..

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."

Temperate Rain forest

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...

Mothers Day 2014 at Lake Quinault Lodge

Beautiful streams, falls, sunsets, good food, many blessings at this favorite rain forest in the PNW!

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!