Tag Archives: animals

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

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 … Continue reading

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~ Meet Mr. Mew ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge + WPC ~ Alpha Beta 2 ~

Another rainy day in the Pacific Northwest gave me all the excuse I needed to sit by the fire and look through photo’s to make this small collage of animals forming letters. The Red Panda, above is almost an M! … Continue reading

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~ Oooh, That Feels Good!!! ~

After a week when I have been appalled by the behavior of would-be leaders of the USA, I want to shake all their nasty crud out of my brain and scrub around the edges.  Jello shows me one very satisfying … Continue reading

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~ River Otters in the Wild ~ Tuesday Two by Two ~

I don’t see the river otters as often when we visit Orcas Island in autumn, as I did when we stayed during the summer. Always fun to watch, these two seemed very comfortable as they fished and snacked in front … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – (Extra)ordinary ~

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”

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~ Harvest ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Connected ~

As a kid, surrounded by fruit orchards in Wenatchee, then living on a farm in Pullman during my high school years, I have always felt connected to the rhythm of rural living. Walking along the dirt roads at BiZi Farms, … Continue reading

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Life ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Muse

This past week’s photo challenge asked us to select a place or scene that serves as a muse. The more I thought about it and cast about for ideas, the more I realized that everything around me is my muse; … Continue reading

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~~~ Wordless Wednesday ~~~

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Rabbit Nest ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Enveloped

One spring morning I discovered this rabbit nest in a dry corner of the garden, protected from rain by the eves of my house. Covered by a blanket of fur, the kits were sheltered in an earthen cocoon dug into … Continue reading

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