One public employee at a time. I did a post here last year, regarding the Janus Supreme Court decision. That decision denied public employee unions the "Union Shop" that allowed industrial unions to gain power in the 1930s. That Union Shop required ALL employees of a company that unionized to become a member of the …
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On Sunday, late in the afternoon, we drove over to Picnic Point County Park on Puget Sound. It was warm, in the 80s, and the parking lot was busy, but not quite full. The Park is on the west side of the shore-hugging railroad tracks, and there is a multi-level pedestrian bridge over the tracks …
Continue reading Tide’s IN! Picnic Point County Park on a warm afternoon
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 …
Most often, what comes to mind when you think of "quiet hours", you imagine sunrise and sunset. But even if the background noise is audible, you can be quiet in your own little bubble and tune everything else out. This photo of the Skagit River near Rockport, Washington was taken in the late afternoon. Despite …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #356: Quiet Hours
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