Yesterday was a bright, sunny day, so I went to Narbeck Wetland Preserve to see who was about. As usual with the birds there, I could hear them, but not see them. There were the usual Dark-eyed Juncos, two kinds of chickadees, and a Bewick’s Wren. I did, however, spot a male mallard duck, way …
Last week, we were in Hillsdale, Michigan, in the south central part of the state. It is a relatively poor region, with no big cities, mostly small to medium-sized towns. Allen, along US12, is a center of antiques, with many dealers along the highway. I never tired of the drive from Hillsdale to Coldwater, where …
I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs
We have never been on campus in the winter before. This time, the daytime temperatures hovered around 23F, and at night got close to zero. The campus is in the middle of a huge construction boom, with multiple areas closed off and full of construction equipment. Snow was everywhere. One of the new buildings going …
This past weekend, we spent some time at Bellevue Square, a regional mall. They had a huge, interactive video screen for shoppers to play with. This was such fun, Hubby had a ball! https://videopress.com/v/3vCQuOzQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Fun with skaters-watch the birdies too! Hubby loves penguins, and these were especially cute.
I think I took some very good photos last year, and I am quite happy to post them again. I'll start with my very favorites, the best ones I took last year. I think they would make good postcards. They are boats at the Everett Marina, which I took after dark in November. There was …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #379: Favorite photos of 2025
I thought I was done for the year, but then I went to a doctor's appointment, and out to the supermarket to get fixings for tonight's dinner, and... It's been a beautiful, sunny day in the Pacific Northwest, and as we say here "The mountains are out!" Behind a medical office I caught the Cascades …
It's time to display the photos I took in 2025, of which I am the proudest. These photos were taken around home, and far away. We took two big trips in 2025, to Arizona and to the Carolinas, and both trips were great for photography, as we visited places where we had not been before. …
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 …
Last week we had a wind and rainstorm, and I saw photos posted by a weather guy, of Snoqualmie Falls in flood conditions. So, since this afternoon was sunny, we drove up to see what we could see. Snoqualmie Falls in full flood This is just the top of the falls. All that water falling …
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