Just passing thru

So longed for, pined after, in this temperate clime...yes, that beautiful SNOW, it did come. It teased, it dawdled, it dabbled... then silently and deftly blanketed our worlds, daring us to embrace our loved ones, to laugh, to find joy and contemplate our needs.

Simplicity calling...

Noticed these sitting in a jar at a friends place on a table outside in the sunshine and started thinking about the beauty of simplicity. How very complicated beauty is and how simply it seems to be arranged and ordered by God.

One Vein

Featured in November 09 issue of Town & Country Gardens Blogspot in the Flora Now section, see "Sweet Gum"

Rice Paper

I took this photo at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. It was published in Schmap Seattle's 9th addition, which is a visitor's guide to the Seattle area.

The Light...it spoke to me

My New Year's Resolution,

"Hold onto my light".

Remember it's whisper

behind the clouds,

remember it's strength,

it's power and glory

when all is clear

it never falters.

Here's wishing you clear skies and beaming rays of light in 2009

Poem and photo published at www.authentictimes.com Jan 09 issue

Close up View of Mount Rainier

"This is a shot I couldn't resist while we were hiking up at Mount Rainier. I was busy taking shots of the summer flowers, trying to get sweeping landscape images when I looked up and noticed my daughter on her father's shoulders. The glacier that was directly in front of our little hiking crew, kind of jumped out at us. It was a complete surprise. Powerful, majestic and beautiful. It made us all feel rather insignificant. It was hard to keep walking so we just stopped and stared a bit." --Kim Scott-Olson

published at www.todaysphoto.org