For much of this week, we have had what the weather guys call an “atmospheric river” bringing heavy rain to our area from that big water to our west, known as the Pacific Ocean. Here are some photos and videos showing our waters. First, Snoqualmie Falls. https://twitter.com/markskaggs10/status/1998898875147628652?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ And here’s one from a helicopter. https://twitter.com/pnwconservative/status/1998872381176344595?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Note …
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, …
Continue reading Lens-artists Photo Challenge #373: Looking back to Challenge #31, Landscapes
We have Ricochet friends who just moved from LosAngeles to Anacortes, and now that they both are up here, we scheduled lunch for yesterday, and included our other friend from Seattle. I decided to extend the lunch a couple of days, since I thought we were in need of a short break from home. Drive …
Continue reading More to come…little preview of our mini-getaway to LaConner
Online, someone asked for a photo with water in it, so I am responding here. Deception Falls Skagit River Everett Marina on Puget Sound Silver Lake Cumberland River, Clarksville, TN LaConner Marina Rocky beach, Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Yakima River Gorge Lake, North Cascades Snoqualmie Falls Flowing Lake Deception Pass The Blue Pacific Ocean There …
Hubby and I took a little spur-of-the-moment trip up to the Skagit late this afternoon, to see if the tulips were out in all their splendor. It was heavily overcast and threatening rain all afternoon. We saw minimal tulips, but we did see some new sights. Like this field of green veggies. And this really …
So..... In a month characterized by a nationwide Snow Storm, that left Streets Slippery with Snow and ice, where do we begin? How about with a triple-S photo: Song Sparrow in the Snow, taken just last week. And how about his Snow-buddy, our Squirrel? From a prior year, a Snowy Street, right in front of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 136: Subjects starting with the Letter “S”
Thanks to Tina Schell for passing along this challenge. Since the majority of us are "sheltering in place" and not traveling, we pretty much have to post photos of places we've already visited. One of our favorite places is the Diablo Lake Overlook, on the North Cascades Highway, east of Newhalem, Washington. Hubby and I …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Challenge #92-Second Time Around (or more)
I admit it. I'm a Pacific Northwest Chauvinist. I believe that I live in one of the most beautiful places in the USA. We are never more than 2 hours from the ocean, or the mountains, here in Western Washington. Here are some of my favorite, beautiful, places in my corner of the Earth. …
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