If we were having coffee…
How are you?
We had a good day on Friday visiting the tulip fields in Skagit Valley (Washington State). The day was perfect in many ways: not too hot or too cold, plus there was a breeze and a light cloud cover so it wasn’t too hot for the dogs.
Managing the deeply rutted roads and the gravel was a bit challenging with the lightweight convertible walker/wheelchair, but we managed to get Grandma close enough to some of the flowers to feel like she was there.
As a bonus: we saw this field of snow geese (?). At first glance it looked almost like a field of white flowers a little past its peak.
As Grandma’s heart is not in the best shape, it felt important to fit this outing in before I take off for a couple of weeks.
We did have one scare: she couldn’t get up from the toilet unassisted at the restaurant where we had lunch, and I had no clue how to assist. We managed in the end, but not on the first try, and I was running through the “what should we do next” scenarios in my mind before we had success. It really made me aware of her vulnerability…and how glad I was that we did this trip.
Who knows how things will go in the future. But, however they go, we had the time together enjoying the fresh air and beautiful surroundings.
Wishing you beauty and joy in the coming week…and if you know what kind of birds we saw please share.
XingfuMama 
Beautiful photos of the flowers.
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Those pictures que beautiful!
I wish your grandmother a lot of strength and I hope that everything will be alright.
Enjoy your Subday.
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I have always wanted to visit the tulip and daffodil fields of Sakgit Valley. Geting out chairs is hard on limbs. I need to pull myself up. It often takes a number of tries to succeed.
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My grandma has the same problem.
I really hope you get a chance to go and see the flowers. Even though the trip tired her out and we had that scare she was really happy that we went.
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The pictures are awesome and the context of the post is heart warming.
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What a lovely post and beautiful flowers. Wishing you a great week ahead.
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Looks like you had a wonderful outing! You got some great photos. I especially like the closeup of the red-streaked yellow daffodills. Going by what I’ve read on other blogs from people who into birds and photography, those are indeed snow geese.
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Thanks. I hadn’t seen them before, but I know Skagit is well known for them.
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