~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Weather ~

wild windy weather

Sun on Snow

Canada Goose Migration North

 

sun and shimmer

 

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~ Eagle Stroll ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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Long Beach, WA  USA

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~ Light in Fog ~ WPC: Peek ~

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North Head Lighthouse — Cape Disappointment State Park — Ilwaco, WA – USA

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~ Natural Sepia ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Sand Circles ~ WPC: Rounded ~

 

Patterns in ocean sand have always piqued my curiosity.  

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When the wind blows at Long Beach WA, dune grass is stirred.  The tips tap against the ever-shifting sands – creating a pattern – forever in flux.

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Fellow WordPress blogger theoutershores, identified the sand critter that makes squiggles appear above ground, as it forages just below the surface.  Thank you minustide, for introducing me to Alloniscus! 

https://theoutershores.com/?s=alloniscus

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Now, what might this be?!

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~ Sunrise Shadow ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Sunrise At The Edge Of A Continent ~ WPC: Glow 2 ~

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This morning, Jello and I walked to the beach before sunrise. The air was clean and mist clung to the dunes, as she romped and I ambled.

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Sun shimmered on the crest of incoming waves in soft hues of pink and blue.

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We disturbed a bald eagle that was feasting on carrion and flew off a distance to await our departure.

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Another golden hour! 

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Glow

 

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~ Glimmering Anna’s ~ WPC: Glow ~

What an inviting challenge this week!  Each synonym of glow conjures a different interpretation; shine, radiate, gleam, glimmer, flicker, flare; luminesce.  

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Anna’s Hummingbirds are year-round residents in my suburban sanctuary.  This one stayed still long enough for me to get a fairly clear photo — at the same time he was warning me away by flaring his bright chin feathers!

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~ Dune Runes 2 ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Porcelain Berry Vine ~ In A Vase On Monday ~

A third day of sunshine, with a week of rain in the forecast inspired me to assemble this unruly posy of Aster, the last of my Rudbeckia, with the lovely fruits of Variegated Porcelain Berry Vine (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata – ‘Elegans’).

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Aster frikartii – ‘Monch’, Rudbeckia fulgida – ‘Goldsturm’

The vase is a short layered glass one in a light green — almost celadon tone.

Here’s to the last bits of summer!

 

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