Beautiful bits of Lichen, complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga or fungus that grow in symbiotic association with a solid surface such as the bark of trees, fell during our recent winter storm. They seem like exquisite lace in the sunlight amidst the snow.

Flowers in Winter. Five blooms all at once. Year two on these bulbs! #beHappy #beBeautiful

How do you make a raised bed vegetable garden in 5 acres of woods? Use logs from trees that fell during the winter and locate the garden in a sunny part of the yard. Add a deer fence and hope for warmer weather than tonight’s 30 degrees! #beHappy #Gardener

The start of “parking out” a bit of our cedar forest into our very own lovely park. Leaves and branches removed on a sunny Spring-teaser day. Snow this morning!

The daffodils are in bloom in the Skagit Valley farm fields below our mountain. It’s lovely to see them on drives down to town. #beHappy #daffodils #SpringFlowers

Daffodils in the Skagit Valley are in full bloom in spite of a late Spring. #beHappy

The sun came out tonight after seven days of rain and snow…the little maple tree outside my kitchen window has had enough winter! #Behappy #MaybeSpring

Blue sky for merely five minutes in the day is even uplifting. #beHappy #giveThanks

The forest is in bloom…salmonberry brambles. #beHappy #SpringFinally

“Adapt and overcome…”with the Douglas squirrel hogging the squirrel feeder, the grey squirrel decides to take over the bird feeder! The deterrent system, a slinky on the bird feeder pole, had fallen off to his delight. #beHappy #smartSquirrel

The garden has its first plants: strawberries, thyme, rosemary and blueberries. They can survive the 39 degree nights. #beHappy #sunPlease

A Northern Flicker stopped by today. (I took this quick grab shot photo with my handy iPhone.) It’s looking for the bird feeder. I better get it back out there!! #beHappy #birdwatcher

Out in the yard early this am. The rhododendrons are beautiful!

Strawberry time in the Pacific Northwest ❤️ Freezer jam and strawberry shortcake time!#beHappy

Breakfast blueberry…lovely! Nature is a reflection of creation’s perfection! #beHappy

Morning visitor-our resident buck deer. He’s growing this year’s antlers. #beHappy

Cool new way to photograph birds in the yard coming to our feeder…#birdbuddy. The feeder takes automatic photos viewable on our phone ❤️ #beHappy