We took a ride to McAuliffe's Nursery to have a look about. While there were a few flowers to be seen, mostly the season determined that the flowers were gone. Trees and shrubs are the primary plants du jour with a side of flowers no longer blooming.
Yes, Virginia, we have squirrels. There are also birds, but they are few and far between. We do see an occasional Stellar's Jay and Anna's Hummingbirds can also be found (year round!). But there few song birds. Mostly what we see and hear are Crows/Ravens.
These leaves in a neighbor's tree are interestingly lit. Notice that the sun shining on the upper leaf is partially transmitted and results in the leaf glowing on the bottom. The small hole in the upper leaf, no unlike the one in the lower one is glowing from this transmission.
In the image above you can see on the nearby islands trying to imitate a mountain among the extensive cloud cover.
LIke every other place we've been in western Washington, there are blackberries growing wild. I really have never seen so many as there are here.
Some of the flowers at the garden shop were quite interesting in the colors they display.
We finally got out of sight of the house for a few hours and visited the town of Fairhaven. This is nowadays part of Bellingham and forms the historic district. It is a fun little place not far from the campus of Western Washington University.
I thought I'd being with the really good parts and show you a couple rubbish bins on the corner.
I found this tree filled with birds to be an interesting motif for a gravestone. Perhaps these all represent the children and grandchildren.
I took a trip to Everett to visit the Evergreen Cemetery and Mortuary. I'm guessing that Evergreen is a chain of cemeteries around here since we see that name is so many places.
Now, on the shank end of summer here, we see brown grass and blooming weeds everywhere.
Today we swing away from inert things to things that are currently living or were recently in that state. Leading the parade today is a spider I found nearby. There are lots of these fellow (ladies?) here now.
You've seen so many images of flowers from around the neighborhood, I thought that today, I show some things. Non-living bits.
We happened to be driving past the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery and found that the older section of the Jewish portion of the section was open and we decided to visit. I did not have my cameras with me so today's offerings are all from my iPhone.
Even though it is getting to late summer now, it is possible to still find a few flowers. I'm pretty sure that "late" summer comes earlier here than it does in most other places in the US.
We do have a BBQ vendor here in Snohomish. We've eaten there a time or two and it is OK, but not great. There is better BBQ in Lynnwood and Marysville, but it'll do in a rush.
