Come With Me!

My daily walk has been so beautiful lately I've wished for several days that I'd brought my camera, or at least my cell phone so I could capture the sights. The fact is, I quite enjoy my six miles of daily cell phone-free time every day. But today, I thought ahead and brought my camera ...using my camera case as a fanny-pack. It was hot, let me tell you ;) and my walk took significantly longer than normal and included many more squats than normal, but I accomplished what I wanted. So come with me on my beautiful daily walk! (There's a lot of photos, and I made them small for the ease of formatting... fee free to double click and flip through at actual size :) )

Leaving my Apt

Birds Nests in the Making

Squirrel!! 

The Lake was kind of angry today. I kind of prefer it when it's still.

It was too cold and windy for the 3 turtles who usually perch here.

Heading back home

Easter Season

I know that my Redeemer lives. The words to one of my most favorite hymns. I love taking a moment on these special type holidays that tend to become so commercialized and secular and just remember the true meaning. I'm not saying I don't love the easter bunny and pin-wheels and bubbles (my favorite easter basket prizes when I was little). Actually, I still have parts to a medical kit I got for easter from my Grandma and Grandpa when I was little ...I've always known I wanted to be a nurse, but this little stethoscope and reflex hammer kit kind of cemented it for me :)

But on this special day I just wanted to make a note that I'm also especially grateful for the knowledge I have of a Savior who loves me at all times and through all the bumps in my road. The Savior who's rising from the dead we commemorate today. Easter to me is also a symbol of all things coming new again, and a sure sign of spring. I'll leave you with a few pictures from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival that I went to the other day.

For some reason I kind of fell in love with this particular white tulip. In a 17 acre field full of rows and rows and rows of every color, this one was the only one growing away all on it's own.

An Early Glimpse?

Is it possible that it's really starting to be spring?! It's amazing what a little blue sky and sunshine can do to brighten a girls life. It's that time of year. When I am the most frustrated with the dreary grey sky and constant rain and ready to throw in the towel and migrate south. And as happens so often in life, right at your breaking point there is a release. Today that release came in the form of a day off filled with blue skies, sunshine, white puffy clouds, green grass, blue lakes, sailboats, baseball, cotton candy, blossoms on trees, and the beginnings of green coloring the ivy that hangs on bridges and overpasses. It's the time of year when I again become enchanted with this land of wonders that I live in. When I'm reminded of why exactly it is that I chose to make Seattle my home. When it's sunny here there is truly no place prettier. And spring is indeed coming! I can feel it, and I'm so excited!!! I'm even planning an outing to the tulip festival. I missed the daffodil festival, but I'm so excited that 3 of my favorite signs of spring are back!