On the way up to Camano Island, north of Seattle in Washington, for a past Thanksgiving dinner we passed this river and the Cascade Mountains behind it. Can you see the tiny specks of all the birds resting on the water?

Many birds alight on the Stillaguamish River in Washington

Participating in Scenic Weekends, Outdoor Wednesday, Skywatch Friday, A Piece of Heaven, Water World Wednesday, Nature Notes Wednesday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Saturday Show Off. Thank you for your visit here today and please come back soon!

I brought these roses from my garden to my sister’s house on a Thanksgiving past. Nothing like November roses to tug at the heart of the gardener. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

November roses for a Thanksgiving bouquet

Linking to Pink Saturday, Ruby Tuesday 2,  Mandarin Orange Monday, Orange You Glad It’s Friday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, My Romantic Home, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, Blooming Friday and Saturday Show Off. Try a new tag from the tag cloud at right, why don’t you? “Bouquets,” perhaps?

Here’s a peek into the other side of the year. These purple lupines were blooming in my backyard in May.

Brilliant spring sunshine lights up purple lupines and some red rhododendrons in the background

Linking up with Outdoor Wednesday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, My Romantic Home, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, Blooming Friday, Macro Monday, I Heart Macro Saturday, and Saturday Show Off. Thanks for your visit here, and you might click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above to see all the latest photos.

Sometimes the archives from the opposite time of the year are what I want to post. I guess I must be in tune with “down under.” These hydrangeas in the Volunteer Park Conservatory from May speak to me, somehow. Hope you enjoy them.

Pink, blue and purple hydrangea macro

Linking up with Pink Saturday, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, Blooming Friday, Macro Monday, I Heart Macro Saturday, and Saturday Show Off. Click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above to see all the latest photos.

This bouquet of yellow roses, some with magenta-pink edges, were a gift for my daughter on her birthday last year. Here they are again, in all their perfection.

Yellow roses with reddish edges in a bouquet, with soft shadows

Participating in Monday Mellow Yellows, Pink Saturday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, Blooming Friday, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, Macro Monday, I Heart Macro Saturday, Saturday Show Off and My Romantic Home. If only one photo shows here, click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above for a few more recent ones.

It’s getting dark pretty early these days, and these crows were hunkering down for the night against a cloudy sky with rain on the way. You’d think this was old black-and-white film!

Crows roosting in bare trees

Linking up to NF Winged, Scenic Weekends, Outdoor Wednesday, Skywatch Friday, A Piece of Heaven, Nature Notes Wednesday, Saturday Show Off, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Camera Critters. Thank you so much for stopping by; please do come back soon!

I went to the most wonderful exhibit last night in Burien, WA: Hope in Hard Times, a pop-up museum that is well worth popping into. It’s only there through January 4, so if you are in the Seattle area, it’s well worth a visit. Many of us were strongly influenced by Depression-era culture. I know I was, through my mother. Here are some exquisite table linens that some anonymous artist made:

Handmade cotton table linens from the 1930s Depression era

Linking up to Saturday Show Off and My Romantic Home.

Browsing through some photo folders I saw this image from a July day on Lake Burien. Straight out of the camera!

Sunshine on lakeside houses reflect on the waters of Lake Burien, WA

Linking to Monday Mellow Yellows, Pink Saturday, Mandarin Orange Monday, Orange You Glad It’s Friday, Scenic Weekends, Outdoor Wednesday, Water World Wednesday, Weekend Reflections, Saturday Show Off, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, and Wordless Wednesday. Thanks so much for visiting. Don’t forget to click on Sara’s Fave Photos Blog above if you see only one image here.

This photo was taken exactly one year ago, but the recent rain and wind has mostly taken the pretty leaves around the neighborhood by now, this year. Don’t you think this looks a bit like a pointillist painting?

The yellow leaves of a birch tree in fall in the Pacific Northwest

Linking up to Monday Mellow Yellows, Pink Saturday, Scenic Weekends, Outdoor Wednesday, Nature Notes Wednesday, Saturday Show Off and My Romantic Home. Thank you for stopping by; come back soon!

The flower vendors at Seattle’s Pike Place Market really know how to put flowers together. You will find plant combos unlike anyplace else. And so cheap!

Ornamental cabbage, kale, strawflowers and dahlias in brown paper at Pike Place Market in Seattle

Check out the great posts at Monday Mellow Yellows, Pink Saturday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Today’s Flowers, Floral Friday, Blooming Friday, Shadow Shot Sunday 2, Saturday Show Off and My Romantic Home. Thanks for stopping by here and be sure to come back soon!