A Red Barn and Trumpeter Swans

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Skagit County, Washington.
(Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)

A Morning with the Birds

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Spent the morning with the birds yesterday. (Heron at Padilla Bay and trumpeter swans in Bow, Washington.)
(Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)

Heron at Sunset

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Skagit County, Washington: Heron at Sunset
(Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.)

Trumpeter Swans in the Snow

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Trumpeter swans in the snow.

Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.

Trumpeter swans in the snow in Skagit County, WA.

Finches in the Snow

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

A red house finch fluffs up in a tree in our backyard; finches flit around our bird feeders.

Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.

A Walk in the Snow

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Pictures from a walk in the snow in Bow, WA…

Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell.

Tree Feathers and Swan Leaves

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Tree feathers drifting
Swan leaves haloed
in sunlight slanting
through November’s
silver sky. The horns
and honks of happy
flapping trumpeters
and snow geese fills
the Skagit Valley.
This is my home.
– Karen Molenaar Terrell

Trumpeter Swans Fly over Skagit Valley

Living Tree Ornaments in Western Washington

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

Living tree ornaments in western Washington…

Right after I got a new camera I spotted this eagle posing in a tree for me…

Eagles in Tree in Western Washington (photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell)

Heron in Tree in Bellingham

Owl in Tree at Lake Padden

Pair of Eagles in Skagit County

Crow in Bellingham, WA

Kingfisher in Bellingham, WA

Robin in Bow, WA

Bellingham, WA

Hummingbird in Bow, WA

They Got You Through the Winter

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

They got you through the winter, Karen
They got you through the grey, the rain, the cold
They got you through dreary days and showed
you beauty in the muck, grace in the mud
And now it’s just dawning on you that they’re gone
they’ve left your valley, returned to their summer
homes. As the fruit blossoms bloom and bud
and the earth grows green again with new life
and you celebrate the joys of spring, there’s a part
of you still feels a little the loss of them. But they’ll
return when the nights grow long again, when
the earth freezes and hardens and loses color
They’ll get you through the winter, Karen.
– Karen Molenaar Terrell

Snow geese and trumpeter swans in Skagit County, Washington. Photos by Karen Molenaaar Terrell.

Snow geese in Skagit County, WA. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell.

Trumpeter Swans in Bow, WA (photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell)

Snow geese in Skagit County, WA. Photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell

In Celebration of Mother Earth

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Karen Molenaar Terrell

“Nature voices natural, spiritual law and divine Love, but human belief misinterprets nature. Arctic regions, sunny tropics, giant hills, winged winds, mighty billows, verdant vales, festive flowers, and glorious heavens, – all point to Mind, the spiritual intelligence they reflect. The floral apostles are hieroglyphs of Deity. Suns and planets teach grand lessons. The stars make night beautiful, and the leaflet turns naturally towards the light.” – Mary Baker Eddy

“Presence is needed to become aware of the beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature…You have to put down for a moment your personal baggage of problems, of past and future, as well as your knowledge; otherwise, you will see but not see, hear but not hear. Your total presence is required.”
– from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

“For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
– Isaiah 55: 12

(Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell)