Varied Thrushes and Robins are ground-feeding birds. They are carnivores, and everyone has seen or heard of robins rooting around on the ground for worms. I caught this Varied Thrush on the fence in my back yard. He looks indignant, and I think this photo cries out for a caption. Can my readers supply one? …
Category: Nature
Photo Challenge, Collage. One Natural, One Man-Made
I love living in the Pacific Northwest, where the abundant rain contributes to a profusion of plant life. Here in the temperate rain forest ecosystem, life grows in many layers. Green growing things have other growing things on top of them. Take this tree, for instance, at Rockport State Park, in the foothills of the …
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Photo Challenge: Delta…Transitions and the Passage of Time
In the Inside Passage, the strait separating Vancouver Island from the mainland of Canada and Alaska, there is an intersection, where the protected waters of the Passage are met by the rougher waters of the North Pacific Ocean, between islands. You can actually see where the waters meet, because they form a whirlpool with rushing …
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Photo Challenge……Transient
If a huge thundercloud isn't transient, nothing is. We outran this one in Iowa in the summer of 2010, on our way to Hillsdale College in Michigan. It nearly caught us when we stopped for lunch, but we got to our destination before the storm broke. I took this picture through the front windshield of …
Photo Challenge – Order – All Lined Up
See the differently-colored punts, all lined up on the banks of the River Cam, in Cambridge, England. They are just waiting for some people to come along and rent them for a lazy trip down the slow-flowing river. Perfect for a summer afternoon. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/order/
Friend..ly Photo Challenge
My friend likes to sit on my lap, whenever I'm sitting down. She leaps very quietly onto the chair or bed I happen to be using, and purrs loudly to get my attention. My lap is always warm when Kikyo the Aristo-Cat is on my lap. She also likes to snuggle up to her glass …
Weekly Photo Challenge…Evanescent
What could be more evanescent than cut flowers? Once cut, they only last for a few days, but those few days immeasurably improve the lives of those who see them. My best girlfriend gave me pretty flowers for my birthday last month, and we put them in a vase on the kitchen table. Remarkably, they …
Danger! Photo Challenge at the Grand Canyon
When I saw these young people at the Grand Canyon, I said a little prayer that no one would trip. They are brave! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/danger/
Photo Challenge…Earth
I admit it. I'm a Pacific Northwest Chauvinist. I believe that I live in one of the most beautiful places in the USA. We are never more than 2 hours from the ocean, or the mountains, here in Western Washington. Here are some of my favorite, beautiful, places in my corner of the Earth. …
New Header Photo for Spring
Daffodil field in the Skagit Valley, around Mount Vernon, Washington. Note the gray skies-it was raining, and we found many flooded fields. The Tulip Festival runs through April, and if Sunday was any indication, the tulips will be late this year. The Skagit Valley has some of the most fertile soil in our state, and …
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