Country Roads with some Good Fences

Come along with me 

and we'll take a little drive

along the country roads 

in my neck of the woods - 

Western Washington State, 

near Mt. Rainier. 

The wild cherry are blooming, 

lighting up the woodlands

with their delicate blooms. 

We are driving on my mountain road

and you can see a child's tipi

on the far right under the cherry blossoms. 

Oh, to be a child again, full of imagination......

I have stolen away to do a bit of marketing, 

as my Dear Grandmother, Bea used to say. 

It is a cool and overcast day, 

but these are best for photos-

no shadows to interfere. 

You can see the very tall Douglas Fir

in the background with its gangly branches, 

along with a beautiful Hemlock, with branches

reaching skyward. 

Douglas Fir is the main crop for 

our logging industry here. 

It is grown and farmed on vast acres

of land along the uninhabited foothills

of the Cascade range. 

This beautiful flowering tree catches my eye

as we descend to the plateau. 

I am guessing it might be a red-bud? 

This large specimen is just starting to bloom. 

This is a flowering cherry called Kwanzan. 

This variety is very popular here. 

The pretty fence displays the hazards of 

the climate .....moss! 

Pressure washers are also something 

very popular here! 

I love a tree lined drive....

You can see the fields are greening up nicely, 

but last year's dried growth still stands. 

We had no snow this year to flatten it down. 

It was an unusually mild winter. 

This little beauty is a pink dogwood. 

This has to be my very favorite type

of flowering tree! 

This one is still mostly in bud. 

The road ahead is so straight, but the speed limit is low. 

This gives me time to enjoy the scenery. 

xo

I could get a lead foot on a road like this....

But who wants to speed by scenes like this? 

Sometimes I just want to stop and run across 

the fields. 

I can hear the farmer saying to his wife as he looks out the window.....

"Who's that crazy lady running in the field?" 

- as I fall in a cow pie, head first. :)

I'll just have to be content with driving - 

Sheryl Crow on the CD player....

"All I want to do is have some fun-
I've got a feeling, I'm not the only one!"

Can you see the little school bus shelter at the end

of the fence? 

We get lots of rain.....

I love how the road bisects the tall trees in the distance. 

It is like driving through a tunnel. 

Cherry trees frame a small red barn. 

There are some very happy cows in this emerald field. 

A ranch fence meanders through the forest. 

As we head home after 'marketing', 

the skies turn moody near

the foothills. 

Black cottonwood rise above 

red alder and a lovely hemlock. 

Black cottonwood is the tallest, fastest

growing hardwood in the Western U.S. 

They can reach heights of 150 ft. and 

diameters of 60 in. 

They can live 200 years. 

They are preferred nesting trees

for raptors of all types due to their 

great height. 

Love this. 

Another view of the Kwanzan. 

And the red-bud. 

Wild cherry in the forest as we start to climb

the hills to home. 

A pretty little farm. 

Almost home. 

My little dirt road. 

We take a left right here. 

Open the gate....

(and don't forget to shut it

when we get through!)

Home Sweet Home! 

Now who's going to help me

bring in the groceries? :) 

Thanks for coming along today! 

  

xoxo

'Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, 

for then the journey is over and it is too late. 

- Robert R, Updegraff -



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