Category Archives: outdoors

~ Monochrome Monday ~ Low Tide Long Beach ~

After Jello sniffed her way right into a tide pool – and climbed out with only a perfunctory shaking-off in response, I accidentally ended up in the monochrome setting on my iPhone. This shot is a happy result of that … Continue reading

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Low Tide ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Forces of Nature

Pacific Ocean, Long Beach, Washington, USA — force of moon’s gravity on earth’s oceans. Tidal pools at minus tide. Forces of Nature“>

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~~~ Wordless Wednesday ~~~

“> Motion“> “>

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Shooting Star ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Intricate

Just as the adjective intricate has many synonyms, Dodecatheon meadia has several common names. When I first discovered this lovely wildflower as a child one early spring, my mother called it Shooting Star. It is also known as American Cowslip, … Continue reading

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~ Beagle + Bunnies = Action ~

Wild cottontail rabbits thrive in the hedgerows and blackberry brambles of open fields surrounding our neighborhood. In late winter to early spring they graze my front yard, and twice I have discovered nests in dry, secluded corners of winter gardens. … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Weekly Photo Challenge ~

Motion“>

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Feeding Frenzy ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Motion

 First I noticed a flock of mergansers, feeding in the bay. Then the seagulls moved in to clean up the leavings. Soon the terns arrived, wheeling through the air. What happened next was comparable to a barroom brawl! Cries and … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Weekly Photo Challenge ~

Early Bird“>

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West Side Dawn ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Early Bird

Cabin #1 Beach Haven, Orcas Island, USA. On the east side of Orcas, the sun is rising,  while here on the west side, sunlight stretches into the atmosphere and bounces upon the water. Every time I see this view, I … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday & Weekly Photo Challenge ~

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