Valentines Day Hearts

 Valentines Day! My sweetie and I had a mid morning breakfast/brunch at our favorite Old Town Cafe in downtown Bellingham. We love that place! Fabulous food and service to match. 

After our breakfast we drove along the bay to Fairhaven and took a very chilly walk along the shore at Marine Park .  Look what an earlier visitor left in the sand.... 

In my never ending search for heart rocks, I did find these. 

Do you see the hearts? Perhaps they are not true heart rocks, but they appear to be hearts from their placement and arrangement of sand. Works for me. :)

Happy Valentines! 

Beach Hearts

There is nothing more soothing than wandering along a beach enjoying the view and admiring the treasures as you go... an interesting shell, a crab scuttling back to the water, starfish clinging to the rocks. The rhythmic sound of the waves and the calling of the birds has a calming effect on my occasional stressed out soul. 

I'm blessed to leave near the Puget Sound, where it's a quick drive to many beaches. And when ever, and where ever I go, I seem to find hearts... 

Under my feet...

And above my head. 

Can you find the hearts in these pictures? 

I hope your day includes something to sooth your soul! 

Mysteries revealed

 

Shrouded rocks and roots

Natures secret calling me

Mysteries revealed

Sorting through digital photos (while cataloging and trying to make some order from the chaos of months and numbers) I came across these from a trip to Artist Point at Mt Baker. Very cool moss covered rocks and gnarly old tree roots on the road down to Nooksack Falls.

If you look closely you can see faces peeking from the moss. And perhaps you'll find a heart or two as well. 

Isn't it fun when nature reveals it's mysteries? 

Linking with Clytie at Guest Heart Thursday

Enjoy more haiku my heart with Rebecca @ recuerda mi corazon

Mountain Trail Discovery

Climbing up a ledge

on a rocky mountain trail

heart discovery

Discovered as I hiked around Heather Meadows with my husband, sharing the joy of a beautiful day with the person who makes my heart full.

It's so interesting to me to look at one of my pictures later, and see the other hearts that appear around the "obvious" heart I first noticed. How many can you see? 

I must stop and pay closer attention as I wander. Who knows what other treasures I am missing. :)

See more random hearts with Clytie at Guest Heart Thursday

Sharing with meri on Share the Joy Thursday

Paths on the Mountain

Drawing energy

amid the autumn colors

on the mountain trail.

Last week I spent a lovely day with my husband at Heather Meadows, near Mt. Baker. This was one of the paths we wandered... headed down to Bagley Lake.
There is something about being out in such a magnificent natural environment, you can feel the energy emanating from the rocks and trees as you wander about.
Quite the rush!

And this is what we discovered imbedded in the pathway as we climbed back up the hill from the lake.

Linking to Lisa's Chaos-Macro Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday, 

 

 Ruby Tuesday

 Guest Heart Thursday

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

Hearts along the way...

I've found many heart rocks on various walks with my honey... this one was a walk along the Skagit River at our favorite camping place.

I am using my "found heart" photos as inspiration for an art project in the works, and thought I'd share them as I rediscover them in my files.

Linking to Guest Heart Thursday