I got home yesterday from a trip prolonged by snow in Portland!
Here is another early spring photograph from Kai Tai Lagoon.
And here is another park photograph:

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
I got home yesterday from a trip prolonged by snow in Portland!
Here is another early spring photograph from Kai Tai Lagoon.
And here is another park photograph:

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
For Ceeβs Flower of the Day.
From Kai Tai Lagoon, three days ago. You will start to think it is sunny here. Nope, rain since.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Taken two days ago at Kai Tai Lagoon.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
The maple in my back yard is thinking of spring and getting ready.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
I took this last May. Let’s celebrate with watermelon balloons hanging from the ceiling! They are red like the Valentines though they are green too. I thought they were awfully cheerful and rather unexpected.
Happily, these are not suspected spy balloons and do not need to be shot down.
Meanwhile, a zoo has gotten creative about ex partners. For a small fee, they will name a cockroach or a carrot after your ex and feed it to a zoo animal. I hope they don’t get indigestion. That really is delightfully silly and creative.
There are still people found alive in earthquake rubble: more prayers and let’s celebrate that.
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: celebrate! Welcome to our newest prompter, Perpetua.
And here is a celebratory song:
Let’s see: sand. We have lots of sand, but the beach here is mostly cold. The water temperature is 45 degrees F today. It ranges from 45-55 here over the year. Wetsuit, drysuit or well, my daughter and her friends would go in. Brrrrr.
I love walking the beaches here though. We can walk 6 miles from North Beach to Cape George if we time the tides right. Marrowstone Island has miles of mostly deserted beach as well. Sand and agates and rocks and eagles and great blue herons and coyotes and sea lions in the water.
Not everyone likes sand though. Here is an example:
And while we are at it, another sea ditty and a favorite: The Crabby Song. I used to sing it at work under my breath. Very professional, right?
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
My ornamental plums are just opening up.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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