We visited friends in Bellingham and waaaay outside Bellingham - muffins with lemon curd and crème fres for morning snack, followed by viewing of lovely quilts in progress. Ending in a tour of the house and yard which Suzanne has transformed with a year of labor. It is so beautiful; I particularly enjoyed the birds. Goldfinch, swallows, towhees, house finches, robins, starlings, etc. The hummers dive bombed us because we were too close to their nesting area.
These goldfinch pictures were taken through the breakfast room window.
He posed very nicely at first....
..but I guess he didn't like being photographed and turned his back.
On the grape arbor by the front door is a hummingbird feeder, but I couldn't get close enough to catch a hummer. They were mostly rufous.
We drove to LaConner for a late lunch at "Seeds", definitely on my list of fabulous restaurants. It occupies a building that was once a seed store and has a lovely deck built around this ancient beech tree.
They call it a European Beech, but I wonder if it is a "Copper Beech".
Lovely with the sun shining through the rust colored leaves.
Then we drove over to the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, just a few blocks away.
This amazing tulip was blooming in the flower bed along the house. It was pretty droopy so Reynola held it up so I could take a picture.
We attended the reception for Kitty Pippin (on the left) whose quilts are hanging in an exhibit in the downstairs gallery. We also visited upstairs where there are contemporary quilts by Denise Oyama Miller and Nancy Ryan.
Views from the cupola
Views from the cupola.
Views from the cupola - "Rainbow Bridge on left in background.
The Quilt Birds - Reynola Pakusich, Suzanne Lucy, Mabel Huseby, - and Del Thomas.
And a sunset over Mt Vernon, WA.
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Delightful pictures!!
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