







Long Beach, WA USA


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.

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

Now, what might this be?!





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

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!
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’).


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!