Morning solitude

Morning Solitude

Trees alive with singing birds

Nature rests my soul

I love wandering the garden in the early morning when the yard is alive with birds, chirping and flitting about the trees. It's a restful sound.

Our hybrid spirea is in it's glory; the lovely chartreuse leaves make a gorgeous setting for the bright pink blossoms. This morning I see hearts among the bright colors. 

Our wild strawberries are ready to eat. I am pleasantly surprised that the birds have left us some; they've been devouring the Salmonberries!

And joy of joys, the mondarda (bee balm) is starting to bloom.

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Sharing today with Guest Heart Thursday,, Share the Joy Thursday 

and Haiku My Heart Friday

Spring morning

Perched high in the Hawthorne trees, a chorus of birds joyfully serenaded me as I wandered the garden this morning. The garden changes daily this time of year, and the early morning ramble soothes my restless mind. 

The hybrid bleeding hearts have thrown their blossoms in the past few days. I've been impatiently waiting; a short cold snap delayed them a bit. Our native bleeding hearts must be shy. I can't seem to get a good photo of their pale pink blooms to share. 

Grape hyacinths are in full bloom this week, poking up everywhere. I transplanted some last year when we were moving a garden, and it's fun to see just where I put the bulbs. Some are coming up in places I'm sure I did not plant. Perhaps the mole who visited us last year helped a bit with their relocation. *wink*  This little clump seems happy under the lavender bushes with a little white stone bunny as a companion. Bunny may move as the season progresses, though for now, he's quite content. 

Sharing today with Guest Heart Thursday, and

Share the Joy Thursday

Pansy love

Cheerful little face

growing in a greenhouse pot

fills my heart with joy.

I recently realized that there are no pansies wintering over in pots on my deck. Not sure how that happened.  They are sturdy little fellows and winter over well, as a rule. I've been wanting some for early spring. I just adore pansies! 


After sharing lunch with my husband this weekend, (I adore him too!) I got a quick tour of the greenhouses to see what was blooming. Isn't this little pansy face cute? And do you see the heart on the bottom petal?  :)

Linking to 

Guest Heart Thursday  at Random Hearts
Share the Joy Thursday at Meri's Musings

Haiku my Heart at recuerda mi corazon

Seaweed Heart

Lazy afternoon

wandering a sunny beach

brings us a surprise. 

Impromptu beach visits are easy for us, living on Bellingham Bay. One of our sunny day drives brought us to Chuckanut Beach, where hubby was busy looking for raptors. (We did see a couple of bald eagles and red tailed hawks) I wandered looking for interesting rocks or other treasures, and came across this heart shape on the seaweed covered shore. I can see one on the rock as well, but you already know how fanciful I can get. :) 

Linking to 
Guest Heart Thursday  at Random Hearts
Share the Joy Thursday at Meri's Musings

Haiku my Heart at recuerda mi corazon

Rusty Heart

Just a rusty heart

made by an amazing man

because he loves me! 

We saw these yard art hearts at the NW Flower and Garden show in Seattle last week. 

I really, really wanted one. 

My husband mentioned (rather than buy it on the spot) that he could make me one. We have an old whiskey/wine barrel planter that has finally fallen apart, so supplies were at hand. 

And yesterday he surprised me with it for Valentines Day. 

Now we need to go to the ReStore for some corrugated steel siding, so he can make me this:

Yes, I know how lucky I am. 

Every day is valentines when the one you love fills you with joy! 

Linking to 
Guest Heart Thursday  at Random Hearts
Share the Joy Thursday at Meri's Musings

Haiku my Heart at recuerda mi corazon

Snow Day

Quiet day of joy.

Snowflakes falling softly down

blanket winters gray.

The special joy of a snow day. No reason to go out into the cold, so we stay inside sipping our tea and and watching the birds at the feeders. They have discovered with exuberance the new suet feeder and scattered seed, placed on the deck just for them. 


This photo is of my backyard, the snowball tree covered in snow. My fanciful eyes noticed a couple of hearts outlined by the snowy branches... do you see them? 


Sometimes it takes a quiet day like today for me to really pay attention to the joys in my life. My husband, my son, a warm house, books to read and art supplies. Blessings abound! 








Linking to Share the Joy Thursday, Guest Heart Thursday, Haiku my Heart, and Writing on the Wall. 

Heart Full Day

A beautiful day

exploring the mountain trails

before the snow flies.

Peaceful looking view

A distant sound of thunder

Avalanche occurs.

It has already snowed at the higher elevations, as you can tell from Mt Shuksun. The sun warmed the snow enough for a small avalanche while we gazed at the view and took pictures. It was a slight flurry of snow in one of the crevices.

This heart happened along as we wandered on one of the paths. Looking at the picture later, I see a few other hearts. It's amazing how they just appear.

It was a beautiful, peaceful, heart-full day out in nature with my husband. Life doesn't get better than this.

See more random hearts with Clytie at Guest Heart Thursday

Sharing my joy of a beautiful day with meri on Share the Joy Thursday

and Haiku my Heart Friday with Rebecca @ recuerda mi corazon