My back yard is teeming with local wildlife, and I try to get photos of as many creatures as I can. We have a seed bird-feeder, and two suet feeders; one with regular suet, and one with a hot-pepper suet that squirrels hate but the birds love. This pair of Steller's Jays drank from the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #225: Wildlife Close to Home
What colors are my autumn universe? Why, Red and Yellow. Everett Public Library, red and yellow. The yard next door. My backyard. My new pride and joy. Red Rover. Here's the Link to Terri's Original Post.
I have a few favorite trails, here in beautiful Western Washington State. The nearest, and probably least-known, is the Narbeck Wetland Trail, which is right across a major thoroughfare from the biggest building (by square footage) in Washington, an aerospace factory. The trail winds through wetland ponds (when there's not a drought-this year was very …
I just love the colors of Fall, my favorite season of the year. Finally, after a summer of drought, our Pacific Northwest weather is back to normal. Rain, wind, gray skies, and cooler temperatures. Maybe due to the summer drought, our fall colors are especially bright. Starting in my own back yard, our Japanese Maple …
The destination for our road trip was Boise, Idaho. It had been a while since we had been there (2013). The convention hotel was located in the center of downtown Boise, and during the conference we didn't venture very far outside the hotel. I did notice a few interesting items in the vicinity, however. This …
I decided that it would be fun to add some photos of my state of Washington, from our recent road trip to Idaho. Both ways, we drove down Highway 823, the Yakima Canyon Road, a more scenic route than the Interstate. The hills rise on both sides of the canyon, framing the sinuous, wide, shallow …
Here are some seriously mysterious photos. Some are almost eerie. This one was just meant for Halloween, wasn't it? Will a pirate ship materialize out of the fog? This really was scary. At the top of Logan Pass, on Going-to-the-sun Road in Glacier National Park, the construction left absolutely nothing between that rock wall and …
Continue reading Sunday Stills: Focus on the #Mysterious, if you can
We have just returned from a road trip to Boise, Idaho for a Hillsdale College Economic Forum. My readers know what Washington looks like already! Here are some photos from Eastern Oregon, on I-84. Holey Stump, Batman! Seen in Pendleton. The Blue Mountains, snowy near Baker City. My favorite Shrub-Steppe Terrain near Baker City. More …
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 …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #222: The Mountains are Calling
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 …
