And this is what I found outside the door. Those are some pretty big books! Classics that everyone should read.
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Sunday Stills Color Challenge on Tuesday: Cobalt Blue
Before I went on a cruise across the North Pacific Ocean, I had never seen water this blue. I don't think there's a better illustration of the cobalt blue that Terri asked for, do you? What about the evening sky, just outside my front door? Looks cobalt to me. Cobalt blue flowers, in a pot …
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Camouflage! Find the bird in this photo.
Our backyard is a mess at the moment, covered in cedar scales from the tall trees on two sides of our property. These form a near-perfect camouflage for our Varied Thrushes who visit. Can you spot the bird in this photo? Or this photo?
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #229: Perfect Patterns
I'm always on the lookout for patterns in the natural, and man-made world around me. And I am always thankful for my trusty iPhone 13 Pro which is always with me to capture intriguing patterns, since you can never know when something will catch the eye. Yesterday afternoon, I had a bit of shopping to …
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Sunday Stills: My Town, and my Favorite Town (not the same)
So Terri gave us alternatives this week. Photos of our town, or our favorite town. I live in Western Washington, in a small city considered a suburb of Seattle. This is the waterfront on Puget Sound, just north of the US Navy Base in Everett. This is Silver Lake, just south of my house. And …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #228: \\\ Diagonals ///
Sorry, I just couldn't resist the urge to put a couple of keyboard diagonals in the post title! Even the "number or hashtag" sign is made up of diagonals. Nature presents us with diagonals all the time. This shrub-steppe hillside in Eastern Oregon presents an obvious diagonal against the sky. For that matter, the clouds …
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Snow came. So did the chickadees.
This morning over breakfast, I looked out the glass door to the backyard, and spotted a couple of our chickadees taking advantage of the suet feeder. The one on the left is a Chestnut-backed Chickadee; the one on the right is a Black-capped Chickadee. I also managed to capture the one on the left fluttering …
Early snow in Western Washington
Today, just as forecasted, we got our first snowfall of the winter. It's really early for our area, and so far the snow isn't very heavy. Of course, the first thing I did this morning was get out my trusty iPhone and go out in the backyard to get some pictures. This is the east …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #227: Home, Sweet Home
My husband and I are fortunate to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, surrounded on all sides by water, mountains, green fields, and spectacular landscapes. We are also fortunate to have been able to travel to many other places in this Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Starting in our own neighborhood of Western Washington. …
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What I saw on my little drive through the Skagit Valley
Yesterday afternoon, before meeting up with an Internet "friend I hadn't met yet", I took a little excursion through the Skagit Valley. The day was gray, and the clouds were spitting rain occasionally, but the roads were quiet and I was able to stop in the road to take pictures without causing anyone to have …
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