Washington State has a diverse landscape.
This is how East Washington looks like:
Moving West-wards, here's Snoqualmie Pass where we go skiing every winter, our home snow mountain.
Moving further west, in the Sound area, pebble beaches like this are pretty common:
A bit further more West, more and more evergreen trees and forests await.
Until reaching the Ocean Shore, here, meet with sandy ocean beach.
It is true that Autumn marks the start of rain reason; It is also true that Autumn is a photography-frenzy season.
Autumn vibrant colours are on full display everywhere, all I need to do is to step out of the house, have a leisure stroll in the neighbourhood. Once a year, this is the time of the year to soak my sense in the Autumn Paradise!
Rocky Mountain is awe-inspiring, California Dessert is breathtaking, New York City is bustling.....
I'm fully soaked and embrace myself when I am in a new city and surrounding.
But despite my excitement and eagerness to explore, after a week or two, I start to miss the green forests, fresh after-rain air, and blue ocean water.
If I must name a few things that I would never be tired of seeing, it would be green trees and blue ocean water. What was exactly what I searched when my husband asked me whether or not I wanted him to accept the job offer and move to Seattle. "Well, it's by the water, and lots of trees, so sure, why not!" answered I.
Though the reality was quite different from what I originally painted in my head, looking back, I started to feel, Washington State is beautiful and I actually love living here.
I mean dogs ARE welcome in Washington State Parks, not just on paved roads, in car parks and campgrounds, but also on trails and beaches.
I had always taken this "dog right" for granted, until, when I was holidaying in California, and realised Jasper, my baby boy, was not allowed in most of the state parks and sandy beaches.
Although we did have a good vacation with some sandy beach water fun, thanks to the google search and help from the locals, this got me to re-think how awesome Washington State Parks are!
Not sure if I got the term right, I mean the Yellow Line in the middle of the road, to separate the traffic of opposite directions.
This saves my stress and life! It doesn't matter if it is 4-lane south 1-lane north or it is 2-lane south 2-lane north, I am in no panic when doing a left turn thanks to the super helpful Yellow Line !
I have been experimenting language learning via mobile apps, youtube channels and websites. Recently I discovered that I could use paid version of Mango Language app/website with my King County Library Account.
How Wonderful!
I have had several apps installed on my Android mobile phone, except for Deutsche Welle, a cost-free and ad-free app, thanks to the Deutsch government, all other apps are commercial advertisements filled, being a free version.
And now, I have this Mango Language, with no ads, though feature-wise, it is quite similar to my other language learning apps, but hey again, no ads, it has climbed the ladder, becoming my second favourite app, (sorry but Deutsche Welle is still my Number One favourite).
Every time, opening Mango Language, I say "Thank you, King County Library"! :-)
