"Me, me!!  My turn!"  Barn Swallow babies, almost ready to leave the nest -- but as long as food keeps coming, why go?   Ahh, life is good.

    

                                                                                            Starfish Racing.

                                                                          Very low tide, under the North end
                                                                                            Vashon ferry dock.

       

Blackberry blossoms                                Blackberries:

                                                                                Vashon's most prolific crop!

         

Maidenhair Fern,                        Buttercups in the ditch            Skunk Cabbage,

letting down her hair                                                                                   also in a damp ditch

           

     Icy Alder:  cones and buds                    Wild Sweet Peas

                                                                                They bloom every summer along the roads