Monthly Archives: June 2015

June 21, 2015farm, landscape photography, natureblue willow lavender farm, Froggey, Froggie, gardens, key peninsula, landscape, lavender, photos, relaxation, scenes from the lilypad, solaceFroggie

http://www.bluewillowlavenderfarm.com/Blue_Willow_Lavender_Farm/Welcome.html

This place is a bit tricky to find but I promise if you are a lavender lover and are in the neighborhood it is totally worth your time to walk around, inhale the scents, and absorb the peace of the entire farm. There are multiple places to sit, strategic places next to trees where there is shade. The store is amazing and glowing with brilliantly flowering roses and lavender.

Tracy, the owner, is as kind and earthy as can be.

Truly a beautiful experience.

Two Orange Baby Buffalo!

June 21, 2015From the Lilypad, landscape photography, photography, Scenes from the Lilypadanimal babies, animals, bison, buffalo, buffalo babies, buffalo herd, daisies, farms, feeding wild animals, Froggey, Froggie, key peninsula, ladybugs, pnw, Scenes from the Lily PadFroggie

DSCF7384 — Little Man is the alpha of the herd, there at the front. If you call him, he’ll come running. The herd follows right behind.

DSCF7386 — Heading to the food source…..us. We feed them celery, apples, sweet bell peppers, and bread. Lots of bread!

DSCF7388 — Baby always stays very close to mom. Both calves are approximately three weeks old.

DSCF7389 — They’re acting much more alert than my last visit.

DSCF7402 — There are two different kinds of buffalo, and this mom has the horns that go up and straight as opposed to horizontal and curl in.

DSCF7420 — Got them both in one shot. And luckily enough, I got mom tongue for each! 🙂

DSCF7415 — You can see the real color contrast in this photo.

DSCF7432 — Baby was pretty curious of us.

DSCF7446 — What are the odds the Good Year blimp was flying overhead? (things that make you think)

My friend Sami and her two daughters with their two friends (and Sami’s friend) came out to meet and feed the buffalo. It was fascinating to watch the buffalo respond to the girls. They followed them up and down along the fence line. Maybe it was their energy level.

This next photo set are of the girls collection of wild daisies, discovering an abundance of ladybugs, and offers to “ladysit” each other’s bugs. It was quite the picturesque activity!

DSCF7460 — Collecting flowers for a giant daisy cluster

DSCF7463 — The girls really took a liking to the ladybugs

Orange Baby Buffalo

June 14, 2015baby animals, bison, buffalo, farm, nature, orange baby, springFroggie

Yes. They really are born orange. New arrivals in Lakebay, WA. This little tyke is about three days old.

DSCF7162 — Heading for the shade under the trees.

Shades of Monet

June 11, 2015froggie, landscape photography, nature, old buildingsalgae, barn, flowers, Froggey, Froggie, Home, key peninsula, lakebay, landscape, monet, photography, pnw, Scenes from the Lily Pad, scenes from the lilypad, tide, WAFroggie

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. ~Claude Monet

Rock Haiku

June 7, 2015landscape photography, natureflowing, Froggey, Froggie, haiku, mist, nature, river rocks, rocks, scenes from the lilypad, time, waterFroggie

Memories whisper

silently through river rocks

mist envelops time.

~Froggie

Blue Willow Lavender Farm

June 1, 2015froggey, froggie, landscape photography, nature, photographyblue willow lavender farm, key peninsula, lavenderFroggie

http://www.pugetsoundfresh.org/farm/blue-willow-lavender-farm, located in the key peninsulas west of Gig Harbor, Washington.

“There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic