Weather turned drizzly and chilly...ferry running at dusk..

I’ve been away. My favorite hotel on the Oregon Coast.

This is my favorite room. It's the Collette Room. It has a fireplace and balcony. A queen and twin bed.
It is on 3rd floor and faces the beach and out over the Pacific Ocean.
This room is the same price all year round. As is the Mark Twain room.
Which also faces the Pacific.

This is at Nye Beach.
No TV here folks. Only books.
Nice library. Overlooking the ocean too.
Breakfast, family style.

Recent trip to MT Rainier and Oregon Coast...

MT Rainier at Sunset

Mt Rainier White River and Tipsoo

Adventures in color

It is an adventure, into the garden...

Usually this time of year I'm posting photos of travels. But the garden is really so colorful. So I'm sharing them with you.
Snapdragon, toadflax, and darling bunny nose...daisies, hydrangea, cosmos, crocosmia and Hosta complete with Buddha and Nefertiti!

Hope the colors brighten an days for all who might enjoy gardens trips.

Swallowtail butterfly...

Lovely butterfly. Welcome....
Rate occurrence to have this fluttering around my yard.
We don't have many here where it rains so much.
It's been fascinating to observe its love of flowers.
Here it's on the crocosmia , it flitted off to calendula then hanging baskets with lobelia.

Home sweet Home

Flowers from every window view

Away a few weeks, the garden flowers continued to thrive...