Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge Revisited

 Warbler

 Swallow

 Canada Goose

 Tricolor Blackbird

 Osprey

 Great Blue Heron

 Dowitcher

 Blue-winged Teal

 Pied Grebe

 Bald Eagle

 Great Blue Heron

 Sparrow

 Marsh Wren

 Canada Goose

 Tricolor Blackbird

 Cinnamon Teal

 Nutria

 Wood Duck

Bald Eagle in its nest

Hulda Klager Lilac Garden Revisited!

 I never tire of visiting this beautiful lilac garden just north of Vancouver, Washington!

 Hulda Klager was very progressive for her time! She learned how to develop many varieties of lilacs, and now visitors from all over the world can visit her beautiful garden and historic home.

Horse Training With My Nephew Patrick

 My nephew has a gift with horses.

 This is Patrick with his mom, my sister Candy. He loves the home they recently moved into!

 Candy in the kitchen

 Mother and son enjoying a moment together

 There are some wonderful flowering trees and shrubs on the property.

 A very curious cat lives there.

 Running up to check us out

 There are beautiful horses on this ranch!

 Pat in training

 One of the horse owners is in love! Can you tell? Scratch my ears!!!

 One horse is cleaned up and ready for inspection by a potential buyer, and one is NOT!

 Pretty pose, mud and all

 Pat is training a different horse.

 Here is another horse he works with.

 We have a visitor.

 A past Olympian takes a look at a horse.

 Working with one more horse before the end of the day

 Pat took Candy and I on a hay ride around the ranch.

 This is the home where he lives with his family.

 Riding trails in the woods

 Fiddleheads

 Salmonberry

 Trilliam

 That was so much fun!!!

Beautiful horses on such a beautiful ranch!