You know, it does help to live in a place with mountains on all sides, like we do in Western Washington. To the West are the Olympic Mountains. This photo was taken years ago, from the deck of a Washington State Ferry, just shy of the Kingston Ferry dock on Puget Sound. To the East …
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And this has absolutely nothing to do with the anti-social network known as Twitter. Real birds dropped by our yard this morning. Over breakfast, these two Steller's Jays visited and had a drink from the birdbath. Next, our Red-shafted Flicker dropped in. Neither species "twitters", and both have calls that are very distinctive. I'm so …
I have managed to capture many of life's fleeting moments in my backyard, with my iPhone 13 Pro. What has more fleeting moments than most? That would be birds. Every moment is fleeting for them, and they do not concentrate on any one activity for more than a moment, because they always have to keep …
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My friend Bryan G. Stephens is a mental health and management professional in Georgia. The following excellent essay was originally posted on Ricochet.com. Welcome, Bryan! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Morality in society is driven by what is possible. I can use many examples, but I am going to focus on three: Slavery Child Labor Women’s Equality The best …
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Like Tina, I am no flower expert, so I often don't know what a flower is called when I see it. But I always try to get photos of new flowers, and new versions of old ones. I think that my very favorite flower is the azalea that my real estate agent gave me for …
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Not far from home is the Narbeck Wetland Trail, consisting of boardwalk and earthen trails around ponds and general wetland. I found most of the wetland dried up this afternoon. Here's what I saw. Used to be wet (above). Unauthorized trail. Leaf mosaic on the pond surface. Here's the Link to Terri's Original Post.
These are only the ones I caught in photos. The Townsend's Warbler came by, but I didn't have the camera ready. Steller's Jay. Visit my Rumble site for video. There are two Juncos in the photo. Can you find them both? Again, video on Rumble This little Red-breasted Nuthatch is one of my favorites, and …
First, let me offer condolences to Terri on the loss of her beloved dog, Aero. It's hard to lose a pet whom you have loved for a long time. Since I don't have a dog, I will stick with Lava this week. Terri informs us that she was in Hawaii in 2018, and so were …
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Whenever I am photographing something I like, I always take multiple shots from different angles and distances. A pleasing subject is often pleasing in numerous ways. Take the beautiful vase of flowers my husband sent me for Valentine's Day this year. It had so many different flowers, different colors, and different angles, I just had …
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If you have been paying attention to the news at all this past week, you will be aware that a hurricane has hit Southwest Florida and the Carolinas, causing extensive damage. The storm surge of ocean water propelled by 150MPH winds drowned a good part of low-lying Florida. It turned out that people in the …
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