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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge – Twins ~

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Twin Rhododendron buds.

The above photo was taken the end of November, 2015, the header photo is from this morning, March 3, 2016. Spring marches in!

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~ Oregon White Oak ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Quercus garryana

Native Range: From British Columbia south through northern California, primarily along the temperate corridor that includes Puget Sound and the Willamette Valley.

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~ Slice of Life ~ WPC – State of Mind ~

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Tonight my mental, physical, spiritual and emotional being feels meshed in a many-layered dance which holds me centered on earth and suspended in time.

I leap, turn, spin, stand still, step back and again find I still face now.

Earth, moon, sun, stars all in continual motion. Life flows.

State of Mind

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~ Trees of Life & Light ~ Monochrome Monday ~

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Yesterday, we celebrated my father’s ninety-fourth birthday. It was a little surprise party in his room with fresh (yes FRESH) Dungeness crab as the main course, and homemade carrot cake for dessert. He was very pleased.

Ninety-two years ago today, on a leap year February 29, my mother was born. She grew to be a beautiful, strong woman — a trail-blazer — with empathy as deep as Crater Lake. It is now twenty years since she passed.

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~ *Chain Chain Chain ~ Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge ~

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

What an artful use of a fine resource — converting these large links of maritime chain into protective fencing around an area needing protection. It certainly stopped me in my tracks!

* With a bow to Don Covay who wrote the song “Chain of Fools,” and Aretha Franklin who first released the song as a single in 1967. I can hear the refrain in my brain!

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~ Dahlin’ ~ Color Your World – Mauvelous! ~

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

I’m on my way to a class today at Independent Publishing Resource Center in Portland, to learn how to make Japanese Stab Bound notebooks. Hope to have snaps to show soon!

For today, a little rosiness seems fitting!

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge – State of Mind ~

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

I stopped at a viewpoint on the way to Cape Disappointment State Park. After snapping some photos, I took Jello for a walk. I didn’t know where the trail would lead me — but it didn’t matter — this was an adventure!

As I crested a hill, I felt a sense of excitement wondering what the trail had in store for us. Many of my posts the past two weeks feature photos taken that afternoon.

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~ Buried Treasure ~ Cee’s B&W – Sepia ~

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

At some point in his younger years, Dad fabricated this gun. My brother, Mike and I called it the ‘pirate pistol’.

Among many other skills, Dad was a master machinist. He had a gunsmith shop when we lived in Wenatchee, and made several shotguns and rifles for himself and his children. We thought the pirate pistol had been lost, until I unearthed it from the jumble in one of Dad’s disheveled closets last month.

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Rough-skinned Newt ~ Cee’s Fun PC – Things That are Rough ~

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

When I spotted this critter on the trail at Cape Disappointment, I knew it was from the salamander family. It didn’t move, as I crept closer with my iPhone to snap these shots. (I’d already drained the battery in my Lumix!)

Rough-skinned Newt

A web search at the Burke Museum, helped me identify this as a Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa), found in Washington state west of the Cascades. Always wanting moisture, this newt can be found on land away from water, as in this setting. The silver iris in its eyes cinched the identification. I also learned that this is the most poisonous newt in Washington, as their toxins “can cause mild skin irritation, but can cause severe symptoms if ingested, including paralysis and/or death.” Luckily, Jello had passed right by without even sniffing it!

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