There are numerous posts on X this week, from soccer fans visiting Seattle for the first time. They all rave about Seattle’s natural beauty and the sunny mild weather. Many mention the good food at our many local restaurants. I was born and raised in Seattle, and I never take it for granted. So I …
Continue reading A few World Cup fans have reminded me how beautiful the Pacific Northwest is.
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
Who knows what that means? A Blue Moon is a full moon that happens for the second time in a calendar month. Yesterday, May 30, was a Blue Moon. Here are some photos I took with my iPhone 15 Pro near Silver Lake. At 2:00AM. Everett, Washington. Darn those pesky clouds!!! It's always hard to …
This is last week's challenge, so I'm late. But I love watching for texture in my environment. I am a "touchy" person, and have to feel something before I fully understand it. When buying clothing online, I have to know the composition of fabric, since how it feels and drapes is VERY important to me. …
For my birthday this year, I asked to drive up to the Skagit Valley to check out the tulips, then have my birthday dinner at a seafood restaurant near the marina in Anacortes. It was a perfect day for that drive, even though we didn't see many tulips! We really don't like to pay big …
Continue reading Happy Birthday to Me: trip up to the Skagit
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 …
We have had a series of sunny days here in Western Washington, so yesterday I went on a photo-hunting expedition down to the new Waterfront Place development on Marine Drive (aptly named, don't you think?). The channel divides the long Jetty Island from the new park, which has a walking/running trail (there were lots of …
This happened in Ireland. The West Coast on the Atlantic Ocean often has spectacular wave activity. https://twitter.com/_efarrellphoto/status/2013582904513691771?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ
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 …
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