Seasons & Tuesday Treasure - July 13, 2016

 Welcome!  - Today I'm joining Jesh (St. Germain's) and Tom (The Backroads Traveller) for:





SEASONS and TUESDAY'S TREASURES - Click on the links to be taken to either Meme for the other participants entries.

Last year I attended an event here in Walla Walla known as the "Wings of Freedom Tour" - But only posted one photo taken from that event.  As luck would have it the same event was held here again this year.  So today I'm sharing a mix of photos from both last year & this year.

 

 

This is a promotional van for the tour.  I thought it was worth showing as well as the planes.

 These WWII planes were here in Walla Walla and you could take "walk-thru" tours of them.  We didn't want to pay the price to actually go inside the planes but were offered a ride in a golf cart to get up closer to them for free so we decided to do that instead.

 B24J-Liberator - (Witchcraft)

Some of the Graphics on the Liberator.

 

Another view of the Liberator

 

 

B17 Flying Fortress - (Nine o Nine)

 



 

 

Graphics on the Flying Fortress

 

 

B-25 Mitchell - (Tondelayo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics on the B-25 Mitchell

 



 

P51C Mustang (Betty Jane)

 

 

 

 

 

There were some other planes owned by local people on display as well.  This is one of the By-Planes that was on display. 

 

If you click on the links next to each of the planes you'll be taken to the Collins Foundation for information about each of these restored planes.

 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing them.

 





Seasons and Tuesday Treasures

Welcome - No book review today - I thought maybe you all might want to see some photos instead.

Joining Tom (The Back Roads Traveller) for TUESDAY TREASURES
and Jesh (St. Germains) for SEASONS 

Spotted this old Studebaker parked on the street one night while out on a photo walk.  I thought it would be great to share for Tuesday Treasures.  I don't know the year of the vehicle though but I do know it's not a new car for sure.

Another treasure we spotted out on one of our walks.  This old wheelbarrow that has been transformed into a lovely planter.

Tis the "season" for gorgeous flowers.

Speaking of flowers...

We spotted this cactus growing in someone's yard and stopped to snap pictures of it.  The lady came out and offered to let us dig some up after it finished blooming.   I have no space to plant one but it did remind me of a story that you might enjoy.  Stories can be "treasures" too.

Years ago I was with my parents out around the desert region of our state (Washington) where we spotted some cacti much like this one growing out in the wild.  My mom decided she wanted some to plant at their house so we drove down into the area and begin to dig some up.  Soon a State Patrol car drove into the area and asked what we were doing. 

They had seen us with shovel's digging in the area and apparently wanted to make sure we weren't burying any bodies.  We explained that we were just digging up some cacti and they said, "No problem" and went on their way.

It was unnerving at the time but also funny as you just don't know what people out in the desert might be doing with shovels!

A drive up one of the backroads the other afternoon produced this lovely scene of our Blue Mountains, a farmer's wheat field and some awesome clouds. - Summer is an amazing season in our area.

Finally last night produced some seasonal thunderclouds which as the sunset in the west reflected this gorgeous color onto the clouds east over our mountains.  A true treasure indeed.

Seasons and Treasures

Welcome! - Today I'll be participating in 2 Memes:

TUESDAY'S TREASURES hosted by Tom (The Backroads Traveller) and a brand new meme:

SEASONS hosted by Jesh (St. Germains Blog). - I hope you will check them both out.


First up for my Tuesday's Treasures shot:

I spotted these lamps on the side of a building in Weston, OR and just had to stop and take a picture of them.  I don't think they work anymore but in their time I'm sure they were a real "treasure" of beauty.  Even now they still look pretty cool.

Now here is my entry for the Seasons meme:

Yesterday I took a very long walk and on the way home I spotted this tree starting to bud and bloom.  I had to take a picture...spring is just around the corner. 

May you enjoy all the "treasures" and "seasons" in your life. - Have a great day.

Tuesday Treasures

I've been hoping to join in with Tom (The Backroads Traveller) for his new meme:  Tuesday's Treasures for a few weeks now but just haven't managed until today.

I just have one photo today and I'm not sure what year or make this Van is but it does seem to be fairly old and I'm sure it's a "treasure" to whoever it belongs to.  Plus I think it's pretty cool looking myself.  I spotted it while out walking one afternoon and just had to take a picture of it.

Please check out the other "treasures" by visiting Tom's blog and clicking on the participants entries.  -  Have a great day!