Day Trippin'

Kayak Point Park
Snohomish County WA

Our sense of enchantment is not triggered only by grand things; the sublime is not hiding in distant landscapes. The awe inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention. It becomes valuable when we value it. It becomes meaningful when we invest it with meaning. The magic is of our own conjuring.     ~~Katherine May

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April 30, 2023

I asked the women in my family to celebrate my 75th birthday with lunch and a trip to the Bellevue Botanical Garden. It was a wonderful prelude to my May 1st birthday. 

Above is The Japanese Garden(left) and my Grand Nieces, (L to R) Harper, June and Hailey. 

Below with June on the left. And the whole party above the waterfall on the right. 

"It becomes valuable when we value it."

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The Discovery Garden

Tended by the Master Gardeners of Skagit County, this is a lovely stop in any day to take a break, listen to the birds and see what is growing, depending on the season. 

As Katherine May says "The magic is of our own conjuring." The Discovery Garden was abundant in colors, textures, sounds and breeze powered movement that combined to make the best kind of  break on a Wednesday afternoon. And certainly a new magic will be there the next time I stop in to enjoy the respite. 

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April daffodil fields in the Skagit Valley.

Perhaps the quote from Katherine May will inspire us to think a little differently about what is "travel" in our lives. I know it is working to that affect in my life during these longer days with warmer temperatures. Enjoy your travels. 

Until next time.....