My Beautiful Pacific Northwest

I was born and raised in Seattle.  I have lived all but 2-1/2 years in the Seattle area.  We have the world's best climate.  Temperate with a Capital T.  No scorching hot summers or frigid winters.  The Seattle area has the highest concentration of dentists in the US.  Why? The University of Washington has a …

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Weekly Photo Challenge…Landscape

My first thought was...this is way too easy!  Landscapes are a large proportion of the photos I take.  So, it was difficult to pick one that's my favorite.  I figured I'd stay close to home.  I have always been very fond of the "shrub-steppe" terrain found in Central Washington State.  The road that goes south …

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Celebrate our Beautiful Country

Every day, I give thanks to have been born in the Greatest Country on God's Green Earth.  Our country is one of the most beautiful on Earth, with terrain ranging from blazing hot deserts, to grassy prairies, to high snow-capped mountains, to chains of beautiful blue lakes.  The American people are the most generous in …

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One Love (Photo Challenge)…My Love for the Seashore

As long as I can remember, I have always loved the seashore.  I grew up in Seattle, on Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean.  In the summer, my sister and I would join our maternal grandparents and our Portland cousins for a week at Seaside, on the Oregon coast.  In the 1980s, I …

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