This lovely blown glass paperweight mirrors a window with a view outside and a plant in front of it. So much movement – the magic of reflections!
A view out the observatory windows of North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment State Park. Notice how the vertical lines of the window panes behind me, are reflected on the glass in front of me.
Long Beach Sunset
With many dramatic shots of sunsets in my archives, I chose this one because of it’s subtle and muted tones from the clouds and light in the sky reflected upon the receding tide.
Wishing everyone safe travels. Please be kind and stay safe.🐾
Thanks to Nancy Merrill for another fun challenge!
Washington State Route 103 extends 19 miles north from the city of Seaview, along the western side of the Long Beach Peninsula through Long Beach and Ocean Park, to end at the northernmost tip of the Peninsula, Leadbetter Point State Park. Sandridge Road borders the eastern side of the Peninsula, runs from Ilwaco (just south of Seaview), skirts past Ocean Park and ends at Oysterville.
When I head north from Long Beach, I take whichever route fits my mood and mission! This trip was to photograph sights and check out local businesses. This small farm is on Sandridge Road, just south of the juncture to Ocean Park.
Gentle goats – expecting treats!
Weathered but still standing – Oysterville Store sign.
At this crossroad, one can continue north on Sandridge Road to the Oysterville Sea Farm…
…or turn west, to connect with state route 103, the road to Ledbetter Point Wildlife Refuge.
Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosis), classified as a threatened species, live here year round. To protect and enhance the species, at Leadbetter Point their nesting areas are closed to public access from March 15 to September 15 each year.
Trail in Leadbetter Park Wildlife Refuge
Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosis)
Wishing everyone safe travels. Please be kind and stay safe.🐾
Thanks to Beth at wanderingdawgs for this fun challenge!
Always, my favorite places to get away involve wilderness, nature, water, and the sense of tranquility I feel when I am away from cities, traffic and jostling crowds.
Long Beach Peninsula, Washington State ~ USA ~~~ Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalusMiller Lake, Central Oregon – USACape Disappointment State Park – Ilwaco, Washington ~ USAOdell Lake ~ Willamette Pass, Oregon ~ USAFull moon setting – Long Beach Peninsula, Washington ~ USA
Wishing everyone safe travels. Please be kind and stay safe.🐾
Some fields and scenes to add to Cee’s challenge. All taken on the Long Beach Peninsula.
Steps to NowhereFort Columbia State Park, Washington – USAThe Middle of SomewhereFawn at Dawn (Noir)Waves of Rye
Thanks to Cee for providing us so many wonderful challenges. I don’t enter as often as I would like too, however, when I want to post something, her challenges always pique my interest!
Recently I read a fascinating book: Finding The Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard. Through years of dedicated research she has influenced the practice of Silviculture in Canada and the USA, by proving that “forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that different from our own.”
On my quarter acre grounds are several mature Douglas fir and other evergreen trees. It is a pleasure to live with them and steward the grounds around them.
At Willamette Pass, I noticed small trees that were thriving under the canopy of fully grown evergreens, and also, as in this photo, being nurtured by the remains of deceased trees.
This past week I have featured several photos of Salt Creek Falls on Willamette Pass in Oregon, USA. Here it is again, seen through the limbs of large evergreen trees.
Wishing everyone safe travels. Please be kind and stay safe.🐾
Fort Columbia State Park is one of the most intact historic coastal defense sites in the US. Constructed between 1896 and 1903, renovated during WWII and decommissioned in 1947, it is now a day-use park on Chinook Point in Washington State, near the mouth of the Columbia River.
This particular shot is stunning in black and white with the tall evergreens silhouetted against a dramatic cloud formation in the sky. The flag is flying straight out in a brisk wind, and shadows create stark contrasting tones.
Though I usually prefer my plants to be “in full color,” this composition struck me as quite nice in black and white. The textures of the Hosta and ferns are distinct and the contrast of light through the dark wood fence and a sweep of brush above add to a sense of whimsy.
A fourth of July gathering with lots of red white and blue, plenty of good food, jolly company and this intimate discussion between my niece and a family friend. Presenting it in black and white adds to the emotional impact already present in their expressions.
After winter storms, Long Beach in Washington State is littered with wonderful drift wood snags. I like to use them as a frame for a shot towards the ocean. Long shadows project onto the sand and the textures of barnacles on the uprooted wood tell its story.
My beagle Jello, loves to settle into cool quiet corners of the garden when I’m out reading or writing by the pond. In this shot the textures of plants contrast with her smooth face, and though her body is hidden in shadow, light streams above her.
Wishing everyone safe travels. Please be kind and stay safe.🐾
What wonderful serendipity that the challenge from Journeys with Jonbo, fits with the activities I have been involved in this week. Every summer I join my sister Diana, and brother-in-law Les, to fish the lakes at the summit of Willamette Pass in central Oregon. Usually we harvest a nice catch of Kokanee from Crescent Lake, however this year the water level is so low that launching would have damaged their new boat. Isn’t it a beauty?!
Ready to go fishing at Odell Lake, Willamette Pass, Oregon USA
Kokanee weren’t biting at Crescent anyway, nor at Odell. However, Odell is a big deep lake with excellent habitat for another family favorite fish – Macinaw – a name for Lake Trout that has been in our family for generations. We know how to find them, we know how to catch them, we know how to clean and prep them and cook them so that they are delicious. Off we go!
On the water – Odell Lake
Marie hauled in the first (and biggest) of three that day – 34+ inches and 17.5 lbs.
Niece Marie caught the Big One – 17.5 lb. Macinaw
Over the course of three days fishing on the water of Odell Lake, our boat landed 7 Macinaw Trout. Most were smaller that Marie’s “Hog”.
Salt Creek Falls – Willamette Pass, Oregon – USA
Between Oakridge, Oregon and Odell Lake, is a sign post to Salt Creek Falls. In all the years I have travelled between my home in Vancouver, WA to camp at the summit, though tempted, I’d never stopped to see it.
Marie was my tour guide to navigate a rough yet safe Forest Service trail to see the falls from top to bottom. This beauty, the second largest waterfall in Oregon after Multnomah Falls, it is a hidden treasure.
Salt Creek Falls
With my eyes and camera I plunge into the pool at the base of a magnificent waterfall. In a time when water is more precious than many other commodities, I offer blessings to this natural wonder. Thank you Marie, for bringing me here.
Wishing everyone safe travels as we navigate outward once again. Please stay safe.🐾
Walking With Eagles is a collection of original poems and photographs by Lindy Low Le Coq. A lifelong naturalist, amateur photographer and bird enthusiast, Lindy’s verse, composition and photographs open a window into the essence of her subjects. Her poems and photography reflect the rich natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest.
Bald Eagles mature over the course of five years. Walking With Eagles invites the reader to take a poetic and visual tour of this odyssey.
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