a photo hike

I have like a million post planned. But the sun came out. For all of you NOT from Seattle, you have to understand what this means. If you ask a Seattleite when summer starts, they will say, July fifth. It's ALWAYS the day after Independence Day. Memorial Day weekend (that's this weekend) is notoriously rainy. Last year all the local CSAs were sending out apologies because it was so cold and rainy the only crop growing was lettuce, and even that was tricky. So the fact that the sun is out and there is nary a cloud to be seen, well, I haven't gotten anything done. The house is a mess, laundry is everywhere, sewing lies unsewn, photos sit unedited, blogging remains unblogged.

BUT, I have treated it like a mini vacation, and have been outside quite a bit. So here I am to share with you the beauty that is the Pacific Northwest (heretofore PNW), the reason Seattleites brave the dreary fall and winter. Summer here is like no other, and spring like this is even better.

Ronnie and I decided to take advantage of this amazing weather and we headed to a hike that I haven't been on since Bella was a few months old. It's rather steep, but very beautiful since it snakes along a river and crosses over two water falls. (Hence its name, Twin Falls).

Ronnie was a wonderful hiking partner and never once rolled her eyes (that I could see!) when I asked her to stop (yet again) for the camera. And to change my lens. And to pose on a bench with Bella.

The forests here are not at all like the ones I grew up with in New England. The PNW forests smell sweeter, somehow (maybe all those wild berries), and have moss hanging from every branch. And it seems to me that there are way more water falls here! Anyhow, enjoy this little photo tour of the PNW in spring: