When you live in the Pacific Northwest, you can be "on the water" in moments, from most places. We have the Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, and numerous lakes and rivers within a short drive. Silver Lake is less than five minutes from my house, and I never get tired of taking pictures of it. Its …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #155: On the Water
The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most momentous single document in American history, and maybe even in the history of Western Civilization. In July of 1776, after long deliberation by a group of remarkable men, they laid out the many reasons for the decision to separate the thirteen colonies from Great Britain, and by …
Thanks loads to my friend, photographer Cee Neuner, for hosting these fun FOTD challenges. For the Wet Grass challenge, I just had to go out to the back yard and water the plants. Now, we don't have a lawn in the back yard, since I decided I'd rather have something that looked more like a …
Continue reading Ooh, fun! New Flower of the Day Challenge for July 3, Wet Grass
My readers will know that I have never used Facebook (or Twitter). I hope that my readers are also fully aware of the censorship that Facebook actually announces to the public, so no one should be surprised to see them take it to the next level. Around the 2020 election and after, they announced that …
I like flowers, but no way can I grow them. The azalea bush below has grown near my front door since I moved into my new house in June of 2000. My real estate agent gave it to me as a housewarming present, and it has flowered most years since then. Not bad, for …
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There are certain benefits of being retired, one of which is being able to take day trips on weekdays, when destinations may be less crowded. One of the most popular photos on this blog has been a picture I took many years ago, from the Deception Pass Bridge, which connects Whidbey Island with the Washington …
Dictator Inslee perfectly embodies my new favorite Covid-politics aphorism, which I coined. Absolute Power, once gained, is rarely yielded. And today, I am adding a new corollary to that aphorism. The Left never yields Absolute Power, and they are the ones who seek it most. Here is a quote from a KOMO article today, demonstrating, …
Yes, there is definitely a heatwave here in Western Washington. Every local news web site has multiple stories about the high temperatures being felt here, where 80 is normal summer. Here are a couple of screenshots of what I see on my phone right now. We have been in places where it was this hot, …
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This week's theme is one that I actually think of quite often. If I see something picturesque, I normally try to capture it more than once, from two angles, or zoomed in/out. Most things are beautiful in multiple ways. Take the big pine tree I captured last week along the Wenatchee River. Standing right at …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #154: One subject, two ways
Well, the President of the United States told us this week, that: "No amendment, no amendment to the Constitution is absolute," he said. "You can’t yell 'fire' in a crowded movie theater — recall a freedom of speech. From the very beginning, you couldn’t own any weapon you wanted to own. From the very beginning that the …
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