127/366 A Walk at the Port of Skagit!

Today we decided to take a walk along the pathway by the Port of Skagit. It is next to the airport here and has a nice wetlands area that the walking path goes around an through. It was very nice out today so the walk was very nice. Took us an hour to go the entire path. Along the path we go by an waterway using plants as part of its filtration system. In the first picture you see a close up of how it comes out of each tunnel into a marsh area. In the second picture you see how the waterway goes through several tunnels and marsh areas as it goes along.

The last picture is of a set of blossoms on a tree along the pathway. We are not sure what it is but it appears to be an apple or some sort of something very similar!!

Vana

Photos taken in Skagit County in Bow, WA. The Beautiful Pacific Northwest of the USA!

126/366 - Supermoon (and another puppy!)

So, I haven't really had much to take a photograph off this week, however last night was the night of the so-called "supermoon" where the full moon coincided with the moon being at perigee (the closest it gets to the Earth on its elliptical orbit). It was rather cloudy last night and I only had my mobile phone with me, so it's not the best photograph in the world! (The white light below the moon is a street lamp, not a star.)

Supermoon from MRCC Liverpool

In order to make up for such a woeful photograph, I'm also posting a photo of a Springer Spaniel puppy that my boss has just taken home. He's called Flak and is 8 weeks old.

Flak, the Springer Spaniel puppy.

126/366 Green Leaves... And a Squirrel Again

The birches on the neighbour's yard are getting green:




The leaves of the rowan in the front yard are quite big already:




And, this fellow was busy digging something in the back yard:



:D

by Rowanberry

125/366 Cuddle Pup.

My little sister spent the weekend with me, and there was hardly any point when I looked up that she didn't have one of the four pups. She loves animals, especially dogs, (she wants to get into search and rescue when she grows up) but Mom and Dad won't let her have a dog right now.
The pups are now two weeks old, all have their eyes open, and all the boys have homes lined up. Still trying to place the girl puppy.

125/366 The Kids

This was taken at Manly beach Sydney, earlier this year

124/366 Rites of May

The 1st of May is a public holiday here and quite full of different meanings. It's Labour Day if you're a worker, a Marian holiday if you're Catholic, and Lovers' Day if you're courting. 

In parts of the country, especially the countryside, the latter meaning is often kept by erecting May Poles in the village centre and village feasts. 

A more private tradition, that is keeping up well in town, too, though, is the May Tree for your girl. The idea is that the hopeful lad goes off to cut a young birch tree in the night before May Day, decorates it with ribbons and puts it up outside the house of his beloved to show her his devotion. 

Nowadays, going off and cutting young trees is of course discouraged, so they are often sold, or you see what are clearly just branches taken from (hopefully) the giver's own garden. Still, the tradition remains very popular and you can hardly walk a hundred metres without coming across a May Tree.

124/366 Here & There where I live

A neighbors yard

Honeybee in our crabapple tree

Our Pippin wandering in the yard

A local park

Rose
Southeast Wisconsin, USA