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Walking With Eagles is a collection of original poems and photographs by Lindy Low Le Coq. A lifelong naturalist, amateur photographer and bird enthusiast, Lindy’s verse, composition and photographs open a window into the essence of her subjects. Her poems and photography reflect the rich natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest.
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Bald Eagles mature over the course of five years. Walking With Eagles invites the reader to take a poetic and visual tour of this odyssey.
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~ English Wood Hyacinth ~ In A Vase On Monday ~
Several years ago, after unsuccessful attempts to add Bluebells to my gardens, I tried out what Breck’s calls English Wood Hyacinth (Hyacinthoides hispanica) and they have spread nicely, creating a splash of lavender, pink and white in the gardens at a time when many other bulbs are either finished blooming or not quite open yet!
Wood Hyacinth + Columbine, Iberis (candytuft), Dicentra (bleeding heart)
The invitation to share a vase of what’s blooming in our gardens comes from Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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Ball And Chain By Big Mama Thornton
I never grow tired of seeing and hearing these two women perform the blues!
Are you ready for some Blues?
I’m sitting on my old wood rocking chair, under an aluminum awning, on my back patio. I purchased the rocker years ago, while visiting the Great Smokey Mountains. I’m sipping on Jack Daniel’s and smoking my pipe. A very light spring rain is falling on my tropical garden. I love the look of the plants when they are wet.
The backyard speakers pump out the blues classic Ball and Chain. The song was written and performed by Big Mama Thornton. I have the song on repeat. Big Mama will melt your heart.
Enjoy!
To watch the 1970 live performance, Big Mama Thornton with the Buddy Guy’s Blues Band on YouTube click here.
The Complete Vanguard Recordings [3 CD]
Ball and Chain was also performed by Janis Joplin Big Brother and The Holding Company. I believe their first performance of this classic was the best…
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~ A-Club Dinner – Chez Nous ~ WPC – Dinnertime ~
About four or five evenings a year, for the past twenty-seven years, a small group of friends have gathered to share a meal and discuss a book. Four couples gather at the hosts house (hosting is done in a round robin) and last night we met at my home. Hosts provide a main course and side dish, and if possible, tie their selection to the book. Other couples bring appetizers, salad or dessert, and, since we all enjoy wine, everyone adds a bottle or two to the lineup. Our book assignment this time was The Boys In The Boat, by Daniel Brown. Set in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s, this non-fiction story captivated all of us. In keeping with the theme, I grilled wild-caught, Columbia River King (Chinook) Salmon served with rice on the side.
Our friendship is dear, and our conversations are lively, which is why we came up with the name “A-Club”. Though we are not noteworthy wits writers or pundits, we like the comparison to the Algonquin Round Table of the early 1920’s in New York.
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~ In Lindy’s Garden Today ~
Oh, my! Many perennial shrubs are blooming, while early emerging bulbs like daffodil, hyacinth and trillium are fading. My tulips are mid cycle, and Columbine are lifting their delicate faces to the sun.
volunteer native trillium
candytuft & grape hyacinth
inviting tulip
McKenna Columbine
Sweet Woodruff on the side of the pond.
Sweet Woodruff
Peony about to bust a button!
Peony
Even so, the shrubs are stealing the show!
Mexican Orange
Viburnum
Weigala
Chardonnay Pearls
Red Current and Camelia, are vivid proof of life in process…
Ribes sanguineum
camelia
… an azalea ablaze and rhododendrons opening.
Azalea
Rhododendron
Check back for an update on the 15th of the month!
Thank you, Carol at May Dreams Garden.She invites us to share photographs of what is blooming in our gardens on the fifteenth of each month.
~ Color Your World – Tropical Rain Forest ~
A rainy day in Vancouver, USA though our greens are usually more toward the yellow side of the spectrum.
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~ Wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round* – Cee’s B&W Challenge ~
I just love old farm equipment. Truth be told, I love farms and old tools.
*Doobie Brothers, “Do It Again” Lyrics by Walter Becker & Donald Fagan.
~ Regrowth – Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Future 2 ~
Some things bear repeating.
“Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.”
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Future
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~ Royal Ten Tulips ~ In A Vase on Monday ~
These tulips are from the Holland America Flower Gardens in Woodland, Washington, where I visited yesterday. They are displayed in a pottery pitcher from The Right Place on Orcas Island.
The pink blossoms are Royal Ten, but I’m unsure what the light yellow ones are. In a Vase on Monday, is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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~ Color Your World – Sunset Orange ~
Tulips shots from my visit to the Woodland, Washington Tulip Festival this afternoon plus another gorgeous, lingering sunset over Waldron and Saturna Islands, from Beach Haven, Orcas Island.
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