Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have a varied terrain, ranging from the high Cascade Mountains splitting the state North to South; and lowlands in the West, going down to the Pacific Ocean. Today, there are signs of Spring from both places. First, The North Cascades Highway (Highway 20) runs from the small city of …
Last night, Hubby and I went out to dinner at one of our favorite place. When we got there, we discovered that there would be a 40-minute wait. So we took a walk around the parking lot, where we discovered a road behind the restaurant that we hadn't known existed. We found a creek running …
Nature designed the world geometrically. We just build on that natural geometry. However, Nature doesn't use very many absolutely straight lines, so one way to spot a man-made structure is to check for straight lines. Just a few weeks ago, on one of our day trips up to the Skagit Valley, I happened upon a …
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My readers will have seen my previous posts on trips to Uwajimaya, our local Asian grocery store. On previous trips, I just took photos of the vegetables, which the store arranges meticulously so they are very photogenic. Just today, my husband needed to restock his Udon noodles, so I went along to get a change …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140: Change of Scenery
Take a look at what happened last night in Iceland. A volcano that had been dormant for about 6,000 years erupted, lighting up the night sky near the Iceland Capital of Reykjavik. Isn't this beautiful? It demonstrates the raw power of Nature. Maybe it thought that the humans were just getting too complacent, blaming the …
Continue reading In case you needed proof that Nature is more powerful than we are…
I had a doctor's appointment this week, in the city of Edmonds, which is on the shore of Puget Sound. The day was bright and sunny, and on my way to her office, I noticed that I could see a very beautiful view across to the Kitsap Peninsula. So, after my appointment was over, I …
Life is full of Special Moments, if you will only open your eyes and notice. It's all in how you look at things. Just this past week, I was in my computer room, writing a post for this blog. When I write, I am pretty much oblivious to most of what's going on around me, …
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I have always said that, on our Planet Earth: Anywhere there Can be Life, there IS Life. And again I have been proven correct. It seems that a group of researchers in Antarctica have drilled a bore-hole a half-mile through an ice shelf, and found life at the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean, where no …
Continue reading Once again, RushBabe49 is proved right. No niche on Earth is sterile.
Then why hasn't the government outlawed carbonated beverages? Big drinks companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico use large quantities of CO2 daily in making your Diet Coke. And when you open a can of Coke or Pepsi, some of the CO2 escapes. Why haven't they forbidden SodaStream to sell its machines in the US? Their …
This week's challenge allows us amateur photographers without all that fancy indoor lighting setup to shine. Literally! Living in a place surrounded by bodies of water lends itself to taking pictures of sunlight glinting off the water. I have always liked the sparkles generated by the Sun on moving water. It almost makes the water …
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