Have you ever heard an alphorn? Have you ever seen one? Well , it’s time you did.

We took a drive up to Leavenworth today, since I missed the Accordion Celebration back in June. It was a beautiful, warm day, in the 70s near us on the west side of the Cascades, and in the 90s in Leavenworth on the east side. When we arrived in town, we found a place to …

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Keep on the Sunny Side

With all the gloom and doom, and BS going around these days, it's time for something sunny and optimistic.  Let's search the archives for some sunny photos. A sunny day along the Clark Fork River in Montana. The sunny side of the street, in Cape May, New Jersey. The late-afternoon sunny beach at Deception Pass. …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #138: Natural Light

This week's challenge allows us amateur photographers without all that fancy indoor lighting setup to shine.  Literally!  Living in a place surrounded by bodies of water lends itself to taking pictures of sunlight glinting off the water.  I have always liked the sparkles generated by the Sun on moving water.  It almost makes the water …

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