A Beautiful Holiday To You

Some winter scenes from Eastern Washington for your viewing pleasure. 

My wish for you is to have a beautiful holiday season,
may the New Year be wonderful for you.

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I am going to take a break from blogging

until sometime in January - probably be back 

by the 4th because I won't be able to stay away too long.

Thank you all for being my friend in this blogging world

we enjoy together. 

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Grape Leaf

After posting my missed grapes I just knew 

there were more grape related photos.

Here is one from a short lived snowfall

we had in mid-November. 

I thought it was pretty enough to share.

This one was pretty a few weeks before the snow!

Frosty and Raindrops

All of these different plants grow 

in pots near our front entrance.

I've been trying to figure out how to capture the thyme

in a manner that shows off how pretty it really is, the frost 

sent it over the top!

This is last year's ornamental kale still plugging along in

a pot on the front step - it's getting tall but still pretty.

This pot was sitting empty, apparently the various poppies

thought it needed filling up. There are probably some 

other plants popping up in there, either way it's 

looking pretty good to me. 

I'm certain you all must be as busy as I am!

I hope we all will get some quieter time soon!

Frosty Oregon Grape

I really really really like my Oregon Grape shrub.

It's a native plant.

It's evergreen.

It produces edible fruit which makes the BEST jam.

It fills in a space wonderfully.

It's pretty.

It flowers.

And frosty it looks stunning!

I Missed This One

When I harvested the grapes I missed this little bunch.
I tasted one and while they are still on the tart side they

are perfectly fine to eat!

Random

This is from a hike we went on last year, I don't know what

this plant is though. 

The cool leaves soothe my soul.

Frosty Strikes Again

This is from the past week when we had

 super frost!

I find it interesting how the camera chooses

what to focus on, I have to give it half

the credit for the photo. 

A Malva Blooms in December

A couple of photos of the same flower, a flower that is

 blooming in December!

This is at the mostly sunny edge at the shade under our pine tree.

Does that make sense? I put a shade garden under the pine

tree and these plants are on the sunniest side so they 

actually help provide some of the shade. 

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I was late posting this today because I was trying

to remember what the name of the plant

is in the first place!!!! Malva it is.

Surprise Blooms

We have been having some not so cold weather

so I am outside looking for anything!
Imagine my surprise when I find flowers.

Yarrow is rather hardy but I wasn't really expecting to see this.

I found another flower in bloom also but you will have to come

back to see it tomorrow!!!

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I want to say thank you to all that stop by during this busy time

of year. It is difficult to find the time to get everything done

which is why my blog posts are posting late mornings now!
I'm hoping after the holidays I will be able to visit others

blogs more, so again thank you for stopping

by during a time when we all are so busy.

Random!

 As I look through my album from this blog

I see a lot of photos I haven't seen probably since

they were used in a post. I like looking at them

so much that once in awhile I am going 

to randomly post one.

Here is the first random post from the past.

I had a different camera, the photos aren't as clear but I love

the colors and it's nice to see this on a cloudy day.

More Frosty

I can't help it, I really am loving the look.

Frosty Beautyberry

Wow these frosty nights!
This morning started out quite foggy and frosty,

this afternoon was quite sunny and

tonight is clear and cold - as I write this it's 32°.

Not the coldest weather but it's already quite

crunchy out there with the frosty layer returning.

I love the photo opportunities.

Foggy Morning

We woke to fog, not super heavy in our yard

but there is a very thick layer of frost

on everything.
I took a bunch of photos

and would love to show them to you all at once.

I'm not going to do that!
Instead here is my front flower bed/wildflower bed,

it is my favorite and I've showed 

it to you more than once.

Here is the view this morning.

If you go here you can see what this bed

looked like in the summer and at the

start of winter

 (I know it's not technically winter yet).

Alright I can't resist showing you one

frosty picture. 

This was the first photo I took this morning.

Love the frosty leaves!

Flowers WHAT!!!

We've had some typical fall to winter weather, cool temps, sunshine

pops out maybe once or twice a week for a few minutes

at a time - some rain, some fog, some mist, who knows

what's next?!

When the dogs go outside I try to spend some time

in the yard appreciating whats going

on even if the yard mostly looks like crud!
My reward for being outside is usually watching

the little birds flit around but a couple of days

ago I spotted this yellow primrose!

Lovely to see at this time of year.

More Frosty-ness

I had such fun taking pictures of these. 

Our Christmas Tree

I'm a bit late posting this morning, I discovered

the Christmas tree was easy to take

pictures of during the day, 

although I thought it would be prettier at night

it was difficult to get a good photo so here it is during the day.

Isn't this a pretty poinsettia?  Locally made ornaments and

the bell my Grandma  made when I was little - it's been on

the tree since I was little.

A new ornament- 

My oldest son  and his wife when to San Francisco this fall

and brought me this back. 

Frosty-ness

These radish leaves really caught my eye.
While the frosty roads around here can be difficult for people,

 I love to see it on the plants.

This one is my favorite, if memory serves me right then

this is sweet william. 

Christmas Tree Time

We went for a drive yesterday to get our Christmas tree.

What views they have.

I think this is Mt Pilchuck of the Cascade mt range.