Category Archives: nature

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #123 ~ Found In the Neighborhood ~

Posted on November 22, 2020 by

Looking out across 24 acres of dune-meadow-wetland, I am greeted by banks of clouds billowing in from the Pacific Ocean. Shorebirds were migrating through last week. Several hundred sanderling, plovers and sandpipers, feasted and rested at ebb tide Friday, November … Continue reading →

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~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~ Storm Surge ~

Posted on November 19, 2020 by

Friday morning, November 13: Evidence of a storm brewing. Big clouds stream from the south along our western horizon. Deposits of wave generated sea foam extend along the shoreline at ebb tide. Sunday, November 15. Yesterday and today, gale force … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ New Moon High Tide ~

Posted on November 18, 2020 by

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #122: The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow ~ Silver Linings ~

Posted on November 12, 2020 by

The past few days have been stormy here in Long Beach, Washington USA. Sometimes the cloud formations are stunning, and especially so when the sun peeks through. For this week’s challenge, I offer a series of Silver Linings – signs … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Report From the Edge of a Continent ~

Posted on November 11, 2020 by

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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~ Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Patterns in Nature ~

Posted on November 2, 2020 by

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 116 ~ Symmetry ~

Posted on October 1, 2020 by
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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Midnight Rune Writer ~

Posted on September 23, 2020 by

Alloniscus perconvexus

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~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~ Brown Pelicans Return ~

Posted on September 19, 2020 by

A colony of about 100 Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) were gathered along the shoreline when Jello and I took our morning walk, September 14, 2020. What a joy to watch them flying above the waves, swimming in the splash and swash … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on September 16, 2020 by

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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