Skylight Moon

...last night in the wee hours, I rolled over in bed...and suddenly came wide awake as I caught a bright glow coming from the living room.  Had I left a light on?  I was pretty sure it had been dark when I'd switched off my bedside lamp. I discovered moonbeams shining through one of the skylights, like a beacon in the velvet night...

The Gloaming

...last night, after days of relentless rains and wild storms, the skies broke apart just as the sun was beginning to set.  I've always thought the gloaming was a magical time--a brief moment between the fading light and coming dark. The valley below my house seems to glow in that transition...

Be Yourself

...in the multitude of brilliant poppies growing wild on my back slope, this perfect, creamy-white bloom appeared. Though alone in a crowd it might be, there's no mistaking this poppy's uniqueness in standing tall--and perhaps defiant--amongst all that orange...

Harmony

...I love the perfect symmetry of these blue and white mosaic columns. They caught my eye on an Easter Sunday walk through the WSU campus in Vancouver, Washington with my sister, her husband and our dogs.

Sunny Faces

...walking in the warm sunshine this morning through a field of cheerful daisies, so bright against the soft green grass and foliage...

Out of the Storm

...after days of rain and storms that blocked any glimmer of the sun, the clouds seemed to burst apart last night for this incredibly beautiful, technicolor dream of a sunset...

Saturday Morning

...the mists floating in the valley this morning were beautiful. As the sun rose, gilding the distant vista with an ethereal glow, shadows danced across the valley floor...