Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #379: Favorite photos of 2025

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 …

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Lens-Artists Challenge #92-Second Time Around (or more)

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 …

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Springtime in the Skagit Valley of Washington State

See the header picture on my blog?  That was taken a few years ago in the tulip fields of the Skagit Valley in Washington State.  Hubby and I took a drive up there this afternoon, and it was a perfect day for it.  Sunny, but with beautiful clouds in the sky, and temps in the …

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New Header Photo for Spring

Daffodil field in the Skagit Valley, around Mount Vernon, Washington.  Note the gray skies-it was raining, and we found many flooded fields.  The Tulip Festival runs through April, and if Sunday was any indication, the tulips will be late this year.  The Skagit Valley has some of the most fertile soil in our state, and …

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