The first day in Wales again brought up lots of memories of our last trip there, ten years ago. I immediately set off across in a straight line, across field and gate to get where I wanted to go. Luckily, on the way back to town (after a long day of tramping across the countryside) there was as a path that was neatly nestled between ivy-covered trees.

And here is one of the niftier ivy-covered trees:

The fall Welsh countryside is usually predominated by green; lots of green grass, lots of heather, and lots of gorse bushes, without too many of the flowers that make up it’s springtime brightness. So when I found this delicate flower blowing in the wind, I was more than happy to spend a few minutes trying to get it to hold just so for me.

It’s rose season!
And lots of other flower season too!
Wheee!

and a doggy.

As the finger pointing above shows, he is at fault (mostly) for my lack of posting here. Integrating a doggy into a household takes a huge amount of time and effort. He’s well worth it and is a great companion!

I have taken a few pictures between walks with him, and a few of those have even come out pretty nice. There was a very nice bee who let me get close and take photos of him:

There is a nice under-water looking plant which was conveniently above water:

And a nice two tone flower which had it’s babies all in a row behind him:

We have had lots of rain here lately, with rather lower temperatures than are normal.. But today we got a break from the rain, and so I snuck out and grabbed some photos of flowers and blossoms!

Here are some beautiful cherry blossoms, and I couldn’t decide between these two:



though I think I prefer the second one..I like the contrast of the first a lot too.. If you have a preference, please leave a comment!

But, onto more rich colours here:

and the beautiful ring around the water droplet in this one:

Tonight I-5 was absolutely crawling through Seattle, and I’m sure it was because there was this amazing sunset that everyone was looking at.
Nothing at all to do with traveling for Thanksgiving, nothing at all!

Safe Travels everyone!