Nope, the title is not a typo. Western Washington has the nickname Pacific North-Wet since we get a fair amount of rainfall in fall and winter. Not the kind of deluges you see on the East Coast where the heavens open and everything is soaked through in moments. Just a steady light rain, where you …
On Sunday, we packed up and headed home from the Accordion Celebration. It was a warm, sunny day, and we were in no hurry to get home, so we stopped at Deception Falls. Deception Creek runs under US Highway 2, and there is a nice nature trail along the creek, with a newer bridge and …
Continue reading Refreshing interlude on the drive home from Leavenworth: Deception Falls
Yesterday I took a break at work, and went for a walk in the wooded area on the south side of the business park. Here are photos. The path in front of me The path behind me Big log covered with moss We live in an old temperate rain forest, so most trees get a …
A couple of miles south of my house, next to a Les Schwab Tire Center, is a small wetland, populated by mostly dead trees. I have always wondered what that piece of property started out as, and how it got to be the way it is now. Last week, I took my camera and got …
Continue reading Strange Beauty-Twisted, yet Supporting Life
Anywhere there can be Life, there IS Life: Even on a seemingly inhospitable surface as a granite rock, lichen and mosses grow. Nature's God fills every niche, and some niches support life, upon life, upon life. This is especially so in the Pacific Northwest, where ample rainfall encourages growth year-round. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/close-up/
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