I am on an airplane, going from Seattle to Detroit. Here is some of what I saw from my window seat. Shortly after takeoff: The Dakotas. See the farms Big lake A Great Lake I think we’re almost there. More later.
Tag: Cascades
Lens-artists Photo Challenge #373: Looking back to Challenge #31, Landscapes
I do remember doing that challenge, shortly after WordPress stopped sponsoring them. I understand that we have to keep our photos to only six, so I am going to try using ones that I have not used before. I'm pretty sure that landscape photos can be taken from any vantage point that's not a closeup, …
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It’s the Month of April. Do you know what that means? The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is on all month.
So Hubby and I drove from our home in Everett to see the tulips. It was a perfect day too. Bright and sunny with not a cloud in the sky. Our first stop was not for anything but for Hubs to get out and stretch his legs. I got out and got my first photos …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #231: Favorite Photos of 2022
Unlike Tina, we had no problems with Covid restrictions last year, so we traveled when and where we wanted to. In April we drove to Colorado and back for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. It was a wonderful springtime trip, and we traversed numerous mountain ranges on the way, starting with the Cascades in …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #222: The Mountains are Calling
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 …
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First day on the road. East.
Day one was a sunny cool one. First stop after leaving home was Starbucks in Issaquah for a Frappuccino. Yum!! Over Snoqualmie Pass. Snoqualmie Summit I-90 to rest area outside Ellensburg at Indian John Hill. Great view of the Stuart Range from the rest stop. Next stop at Sand Hollow on the east side of …
Lens-Artists Challenge #107 Winter
I like Winter. I went to Minnesota to grad school in the early 1970s, and I quickly decided I much preferred winter to summer (98 degrees, 98% humidity-ugh!). In Minnesota, winter is bitter cold, with temperatures as low as -45 at night, but the sun is shining most days. There's no more beautiful sight than …
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