Bright Flower for Black Friday

This is a native Columbine taken in my yard this summer. It is bright and shining just like anticipation for the up coming Christmas Holiday. I love Christmas and this year my Christmas wish is to protect this beautiful flower and it's surroundings so you can come and enjoy their blessings someday too. Thank You for the nice comments about my header picture. It was taken from my neighbors deck and is a nice view out at our beloved valley.
If you are out shopping on this black Friday consider buying one gift that will benefit a plant or animal of this world of ours. And if you are reading this I hope you get to look at one incredible Natural sight that brings you JOY today.

Many Blessings,
Erin

Happy Thanksgiving

If you are reading this know that I am THANKFUL for YOU! And very grateful to know so many wonderful places, people, plants and animals right here in Clark County, Washington.

Many Blessings for a Holiday filled with all you hold dear.
Erin



Pictures include: Cedar Creek which my creek feeds into, my 600 year old fir snag, pumpkins I grew this year, fir snag and 50 year old alder woods surrounding it, closeup of nature's detail.

Friday's THANKFUL Flower's

This has been a challenging year on so many levels but as with all challenges potential for incredible GROWTH exists, I AM Thankful for the lessons that have come my way this year. Grateful to be meeting so many dear and important people. Glad to have been able to grow and see so many beautiful plants and flowers. To try so many new recipes and ideas. To cultivate some very dear new friendships, rekindle other family and friendships. To Harvest the best wishes of many and to anticipate planting positive viable seeds for next year.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to YOU and your family
from mine.

On Dole Valley Bridge

My previous post showed pictures from Dole Valley Bridge it has been a place to go for peace, splendor, healing and just to stop for a moment and catch your breath in this fast paced world we all call Home. The poem below by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) speaks to such feelings for me, hope you enjoy these thoughts.

Composed upon Westminster Bridge

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie
Open unto fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will;
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!

Snow and the River

My peaceful little valley has had its first snow already. The 500kv powerlines I have spoken of in earlier posts are proposed to cross the East Fork of the Lewis River either side of the Dole Valley Bridge. I think it would be quite a shame to lose views such as those from the bridge.

Friday's Flower

Today picture a community uplifting each other with her hopes and dreams of better, safer, more caring tomorrows with all needs met in the most positive way. A place where everyone takes action to make sure each person, place and thing in their life is well.
I AM grateful for the many prayers and each one of you special people, places and situations encountered this week.
Be Blessed,
Erin

Foggy Fall

So here is the entrance to my home in the hills. The fog rising from the fir covered hills was amazing. Maidenhair Ferns on the right will soon disappear and will sleep hidden in the rocks from which they spring back to life around April. The Red Alder are dropping their leaves to tuck everything below them in for safe winter keeping. You can feel the quiet peace rising from the valley floor as Winter begins.