Author Archives: Lindy Le Coq

~ Wordless Wednesday + Color Your World – Razzmatazz ~

          

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~ Tuesday Two by Two + Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day March, 2016 ~

Thanks to John Viccellio for leading me down some new garden paths! Today is Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day, sponsored by Christina at My Hesperides Garden. Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) is a long-time favorite of mine, since it is perennial, with early spring … Continue reading

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~ In A Vase on Monday: Early Spring Mix ~

In an effort to spice up my posts, I’m trying out new challenges. This one, In a Vase on Monday, is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Daffodils though still bright, are looking rag-tag from the wind and rain … Continue reading

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~ Cormorant Deference Dance ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Dance ~

A Double-crested Cormorant riding driftwood in the tide performed a series of submissive moves, as it approached and passed a dominant Double-crested Cormorant. Notice how stark still the dominant bird remains upon its stationary float. This happened quite a distance … Continue reading

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~ Kitchen…Items – Cee’s B&W Challenge + WPC – One Love ~

My mother gave me this mixmaster for a wedding gift. Whenever I use it, I am filled with the love of home cooking she instilled in me, and the love she gave so generously to Dad and their four children. … Continue reading

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~ Color Your World – Purple Heart + Cee’s Odd Ball PC ~

Someone was having fun! Now that someone is me!! I saw this as Creighton drove us into Ilwaco, Washington on our way to the Long Beach Peninsula.  Later I made a point to go back and snap some shots!    

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ In The Fog ~

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~ One Love – Weekly Photo Challenge ~

Ours is one of those “love at first sight” stories. We met when I was a freshman at the U of Washington, in fall of 1967, and married in September, 1969. This photo was taken in February, 1970. Forty-nine years … Continue reading

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~ Roofing the Roof ~ Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge ~

Roof:  ORIGIN Old English hrōf, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hróf ‘boat shed,’Dutch roef ‘deckhouse.’ English alone has the general sense ‘covering of a house’; other Germanic languages use forms related to thatch. Thatch is not an option … Continue reading

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~ Lovey Doves ~ Weekly Photo Chalenge – One love ~

For the past few years a pair of Mourning Doves have made our backyard part of their spring to fall habitat. They are such sweet birds. All afternoon into this evening, they gleaned in the primrose rock garden, drank at … Continue reading

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