Our next castle visit was on the isle of Anglesey. Beaumaris castle was never finished because it was started very late in the King Edward I’s war to subjugate Wales, but was really imposing none-the-less!

This should have had another story on top of it!

it had an impressive moat all the way around:

It had impressive gate houses

and impressive towers, even when the stairs are gone

And the views to outside the towers are fun:

There were so many amazing views and objects on the Snowdon hike that I couldn’t whittle my choices in photographs down, so this is part two of the photos I chose. I hope you enjoy!

Another view of the road home..

There were so many amazing views and objects on the Snowdon hike that I couldn’t whittle my choices in photographs down, so this is part two of the photos I chose. I hope you enjoy!

This was a neat bridge to walk over!

Ooh, stairs up!

Talk about the road going ever on and on; it was amazing.

There were so many amazing views and objects on the Snowdon hike that I couldn’t whittle my choices in photographs down, so this is part two of the photos I chose. I hope you enjoy!

up up up…

and looking back down

This was a very picturesque sheep!

There were so many amazing views and objects on the Snowdon hike that I couldn’t whittle my choices in photographs down, so I’m going to be putting them up for the next several days.

with a new lens; what could be better?

It really does warm your heart (and body) to have beautiful sunny days this time of year—it reminds you that summer is on it’s way! But even on gloomy days with the rain, we have lots of new plants budding, so that’s always good too.

We got off to a late start on our Deception Pass hike, but we still had quite a bit of sun to hike through, and some amazing views of Mount Baker “peaking” through the trees.

In the first picture, there are two bald eagles!

And here is the sun setting as we finished our hike.

We had an active weekend, and then a rather busy beginning of the week, so I’m just now getting caught up on posting pictures.
We went for a walk at the Tiger Mountain Highpoint trailhead and it was…well, usually on hikes in the woods, we’re all happy and contented, but this time both of us were grumpy the whole time we were out there…
Consequently the only photo was a rather trite, if pretty, view of the Round Lake there, complete with swimming duck:

Then we had a sunny afternoon and took a walk around Greenlake and all the plants were still just waiting…. It has been gorgeous all week long, but it’s definitely still winter here, and the plants know it, but seem impatient (like us) for it to be over. But, there was a Coot posing nicely for me in the water:

And today Mount Rainier was just gorgeous reflected in the UW fountain, which has it’s token alligators present!

..turned out to be a very nice walk, and while a lot of the scenery is just waiting to explode into spring, it definitely isn’t there yet.
One of the bits of scenery which was vibrant and excited were some new ducks (Hooded Mergansers) in the water, and this fellow and his mate were just hanging out in the sun.

By the end of the walk however, even the clouds decided to be picturesque and I was able to see this from the grandstands:

We got a little bit of sun over the weekend, and though it was cold, a good long walk was really good!
We caught the sun as it was peeking out over Greenlake:

and there was a flock of ducks that was moving about 40 yards away in shifts—one bunch would fly overhead and then half a minute later, another bunch would fly over. It was really fun because all the ducks as they flew were squeaking like little dog toys, something which didn’t come through in the pictures..

We got a lot more snow yesterday and today!
We have over 6-inches of snow; in Seattle!
It is quite silly out, and a good opportunity for nifty photos.

Hope everyone’s keeping warm!

The sun peeked out today!
Yaaaaaaay!
Though there were lots of clouds around, it was a nice break from the rain!