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 …
Woof!! That's the bark. Nah, not really! How about these? They are two different Douglas Fir trees. The one on the left was cut down, and I took the picture to show how thick its bark is. The one on the right is very much alive, growing near Deception Pass on Whidbey Island. Here's …
Continue reading CFFC: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bark and Leaves
Sometimes, you just have to see life in black and white. Most of the time, there are myriad colors all around you, so you can get jaded. I am in no way any kind of professional photographer, and these days most of the pictures I take are with my iPhone. So the pictures for this …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #156: Black and White
Thanks loads to my friend, photographer Cee Neuner, for hosting these fun FOTD challenges. For the Wet Grass challenge, I just had to go out to the back yard and water the plants. Now, we don't have a lawn in the back yard, since I decided I'd rather have something that looked more like a …
Continue reading Ooh, fun! New Flower of the Day Challenge for July 3, Wet Grass
Yesterday, Hubby and I went for a ride. The first stop was a local outdoor mall, in a suburb about 20 miles from our home. For a nice weekend day, the mall was surprisingly empty. We easily found a parking space, and just sauntered around. There were a number of closed stores in this mall, …
Continue reading One depressing sight…and many beautiful ones
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