Hubby and I spent the week after Labor Day in Bigfork, Montana, at a Ricochet meet up that had been planned for over a year. There was no way we could have predicted that most of Washington, Idaho, and Montana would be shrouded in smoke from multiple wildfires in Eastern Washington and Montana. When we …
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Photo Challenge Structure
This is A Structure. To wit, a city apartment building, seen from about a block away. Seems pretty ordinary. But move closer, and its fine structure becomes more visible. And more pleasing. The bow windows lend a bit of class, and make the room inside bigger, and bring more natural light into the room. Then, …
Photo Challenge…….Corner
This structure is in a pretty desolate corner of the world, on the bluff overlooking the Columbia River in north central Washington State. It also has a multitude of corners, angles, and intersections. You wouldn't want to get caught by the sharp tip of one of those blades! Stationary, it almost looks like a piece …
Ooh, Shiny! Look at that cool bird! (Edit: see below for addition I just couldn’t resist)
I love bird-watching, and when I'm outdoors I try to find them. But sometimes, when I'm doing something else, one will catch my eye. This guy was on the roof of an accessory dwelling in the back yard of a friend in Colorado. What a place for a feeder! We were surprised when a family …
Photo Challenge…Elemental…Water
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we live nearly surrounded by water. In Western Washington, anyway, you are rarely more than a mile from some body of water or other. Lake Washington, Puget Sound, the Green River, the Snoqualmie River, and Silver Lake are minutes away. No two bodies of water or rivers are exactly the …
Photo Challenge…Textures
It seems counter-intuitive for a plant to be both soft and prickly at the same time. This Arizona cactus, at progressively-closer views shows two entirely different textures. Seen from relatively far-away, it looks soft, with rounded curves. Seen closer-up, the big spines look pretty dangerous, and the plant looks like you wouldn't want to get …
Satisfaction…Human Ingenuity
I am always impressed with the products of human ingenuity, many of which were designed and built thousands of years ago, and still remain for us to marvel at. Every time I drive down a mountain road, I can't help thinking of all the engineering and labor that went into that road. When I look …
Photo Challenge~~~Unusual
Varied Thrushes and Robins are ground-feeding birds. They are carnivores, and everyone has seen or heard of robins rooting around on the ground for worms. I caught this Varied Thrush on the fence in my back yard. He looks indignant, and I think this photo cries out for a caption. Can my readers supply one? …
Photo Challenge, Collage. One Natural, One Man-Made
I love living in the Pacific Northwest, where the abundant rain contributes to a profusion of plant life. Here in the temperate rain forest ecosystem, life grows in many layers. Green growing things have other growing things on top of them. Take this tree, for instance, at Rockport State Park, in the foothills of the …
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Photo Challenge..Is it a Table…Or a Bridge?
This particular dinner table is....wait for it...Both! The people at this table journeyed from miles away to meet with the Honored Guest, a remarkable young man from Romania. This Gentleman (capitalized because he is the epitome of Gentleman) is known to all of us online, and the friends at this table, along with dozens of …
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