For my birthday this year, I asked to drive up to the Skagit Valley to check out the tulips, then have my birthday dinner at a seafood restaurant near the marina in Anacortes. It was a perfect day for that drive, even though we didn't see many tulips! We really don't like to pay big …
Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me: trip up to the Skagit
Since all of my photos these days are taken with my iPhone 15 Pro, it's pretty easy for me to find them to post! Since it's April, and the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is in progress, I thought I'd start with this one from 2023. The Skagit Valley of Washington is the second-largest provider of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #391: Phone Photos
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.
I think I took some very good photos last year, and I am quite happy to post them again. I'll start with my very favorites, the best ones I took last year. I think they would make good postcards. They are boats at the Everett Marina, which I took after dark in November. There was …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #379: Favorite photos of 2025
It's time to display the photos I took in 2025, of which I am the proudest. These photos were taken around home, and far away. We took two big trips in 2025, to Arizona and to the Carolinas, and both trips were great for photography, as we visited places where we had not been before. …
Well, Tina has chosen the perfect season for this topic, things that don't last! Changing skies and fall colors definitely are ephemeral! In my back yard, I have three Japanese Maple trees. Starting in mid-October, their foliage goes through two transitions, sometimes almost overnight. They start out green, and gradually turn from maroon to bright …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #372: Ephemeral
Last week we had a wind and rainstorm, and I saw photos posted by a weather guy, of Snoqualmie Falls in flood conditions. So, since this afternoon was sunny, we drove up to see what we could see. Snoqualmie Falls in full flood This is just the top of the falls. All that water falling …
Over the weekend, I was driving around doing errands in the lousy weather, when I noticed a beautiful photo just waiting for me to capture it. When I returned, I discovered that it lacked one feature that is very important to a photographer: Vantage point. The nearest parking place was a considerable distance away, and …
Yesterday, we flew from Seattle to Atlanta. I had the window seat. Seattle area The Mountain’s out! Cascades Columbia River Rockies Thunderheads Reelfoot Lake, Ky and Tenn. More to come soon!
Yes, they do go together. We are in Leavenworth for the weekend, partaking of activities in the Leavenworth International Accordion celebration. We got to town around 5:00PM, offloaded our gear at our hotel, and attended the first performance of the amateur bands. Of course, Tempo Trends Music, from Victoria, BC, had their normal extensive display …
Calling-all-RushBabes 