Up in the treeeee, on treestand, (used for deer hunting) and taking off a large limb that is infringing on our satellite dish reception! Is a healthy tree, so the whole tree stays! Rock checking out how to "work" the tree stand! I didn't try, but there IS a knack to doing it!
All turned around , this is usual position for "waiting for deer" to come along! haha (but a lot higher on the tree than this!)

These are 3 rock fountains on WHidbey Island we looked at while at the nursery where Suze bought her 4 cherry trees! Rock thinks he can make one for the side yard in GA-and I think he can too!! This is on way home from WA leaving Chicago and "tipping" around to go south! What fun-as I LOVE flying (esp the going up and down part!)
This is the CHicago skyline with Lake Michigan in the background, VERY polluted! but beautiful from the air! I can almost see Oprah's place! hahahaha

This is a crossword puzzle we put together at Suze's--talk about a mixture of colors! Was fun though. This is Louie's cat, Amy! We "babysat" her and Buzz for 3 nights while David and Louie were on a trip. She is so attentive!!
Another beautiful sunset from Suze's porch!

While walking in Langley, WA one day, a bunch of these flowers bursting with color lit up the landscape. They were absolutely beautiful, and I don't know what they were! Rock and I drove to the mainland via going north to the end of the island, crossing over Deception Pass, a most photographed bridge! The tides are treacherous, but the place is beautiful.
This is down the road from Suze's, a flea market one Saturday morning. Looks like fun!

This really IS JOY, seeing and walking through a lavender farm on Whidbey Island, WA Suze and I enjoying every minute!! and both of us taking lots of pics.
There are many kinds of labyrinths--------this is one!

Lavender Fields, forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rock on the neat driftwood bench!
Making words from driftwood !

Finally, I'm back to my blog!! I'll start with a pic of Mt. Rayonier from our airplane on route to Seattle to visit Suze and Jonathan! Lucky we were on the left side of the plane as we could see Mt. St Helens, Mt. Hood, Mt. hhmm, and the "3 sisters" mountains. How beautiful a site it was! Going across the Rockies was absolutely beautiful too. This is lavender! We visited a lavender farm on the island and took many pics! It smelled heavenly! I could live on a place like this!
They are "distilling" lavender oil here. Quite a process-the woman is shaking the blossoms off the plants (they are not dry) and they follow through all these steps till the oil drips out into the jar! THAT is why lavender oil is expensive, and all other oils that might be more rare than this one. They were 2 weeks behind so were working day and night. They even sell lavender ice cream! and an assortment of soaps, mustard (I couldn't resist that one) creams, etc.
Took several pics of the farm, will post those later.