On a rainy day, time for a bit of cheer.

From the archives!

On a rainy day, time for a bit of cheer.

From the archives!


“The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.” Leonardo da Vinci

Stargazer Silhouette

Leaf Shadow Dance

Almost Empty Ferry.

Hayrake

Low Tide Sunrise

Doe Bay Bench
“Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.” Paul Cezanne
Thank you Tina, for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge!

A little brightness on a cold, snowy, mostly cloudy day!

Looking northeast, toward a Bonneville Power Administration wind farm on the crest of the Columbia River Gorge.

July, 2016.
On this fascinating and beautiful drive, the terrain changes from dry grassy slopes in the photo above, to steppes hosting evergreen trees and shrubs.

Looking across the Columbia River to Washington, from Memaloose State Park, Oregon.
The Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon. The delta is spanned by this 4.0670 mi (6.545 km) bridge to the Long Beach Peninsula.

Looking out toward the Pacific Ocean at Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, WA.
The view from the banks of North Head Lighthouse.
Sometimes the weather this time of year in Vancouver, WA (USA) can be clear and pleasant in the daytime, while still getting below freezing at night. That’s been the pattern over the past week.
Though I wanted to get out in the yard to do some trimming, my schedule had been packed, so I considered it an unexpected pleasure that the weather remained nice on a day I could dedicate to my gardens!

As I tended my primroses, the sun lowered through the fir trees having warmed the air to 50 f (10 c).
Only one more day to enjoy this – rain starts again on Saturday, and snow is in the forecast for Monday!

Often on my trecks through forests and trails I see flora that is fascinating and I just have to take a picture to commemorate the life forms I’m seeing.


Like these colonies of toadstools nestled among ferns, moss and Bearberry.

And, the bright red foliage of Beach strawberries (Fragaria chiloensis) that grow along the upper edges of beaches in Washington and Oregon.

I love coming across a patch of blooming yellow sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), a perennial herb. Native to California, it is only found along the coasts of western North America.
