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Arbutus Skin ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Layers

Arbutus menziesii, often referred to as Madrone or Madrona, is an evergreen tree that grows up and down the Pacific coast from British Columbia to California.  I see them most often when I visit Orcas Island, one of the San … Continue reading

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Fungi ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Eerie

Living in the Pacific Northwest where the weather often is damp and cool, and the ground strewn with evergreen and deciduous tree duff, fungi of all sorts pop up and flourish year round.  The bigger they are, the more otherworldly … Continue reading

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Same Horizon ~ many years and seasons ~ Weekly Photo Chalenge

The view from Cabin 1 Beach Haven, Orcas Island, WA towards Waldron Island (foreground) and Saturna Island (behind Waldron).

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Rainbow ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ The Hue of You/Me

I looked through my catalog of photos wondering what color represents the me of me.  Could it be green, the hue of plants – one of my favorite life forms?  Or maybe blue?   Yes – the name we give … Continue reading

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PINK Hydrangea ~ Weekly Photo Challenge (Saturate)

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Crow’s View ~ Weekly Photo Challenge (Perspective)

A favorite perspective of mine is to look up and see what’s going on in the world above me.  Glimpsing patches of sky and light filtering through branches of big trees is always a pleasure.  Today I was delighted when … Continue reading

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Where Rocks Are Born ~ Weekly Photo Challenge (Sea)

at the edge ocean motion slaps and tugs earth mother heaves slabs births boulders

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From Dreams to Dull – Post A Day – Dull=Yawn

I was having this incredible dream where I was off my leash in a big ol’  field when I scared out a rabbit.  It was running like heck in the mown grass, heading for the Blackberry brambles and I was … Continue reading

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Telling Time – Time Will Tell – Daily Prompt: Back to the Future

It was his maternal grandfather’s clock, then his mother’s and now it is his and mine.   A spring powered Seth Thomas Calendar Clock, c.1878, it chimes on the hour and in the lower window has a calendar that displays the … Continue reading

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Silver Cedars – Weekly Photo Challenge (Masterpiece)

Trees are my totem.  I love to be with them, in them, around them, under them.  Here is a photo taken at Crater Lake National Park of Silver Cedars; majestic survivors, temples in their own right.

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