There are people who will spend some good money to get their Christmas tree flocked. It is much nicer when nature does that task for real. Every tree looked nice, from the vast forest in the backgrounds to this lonely tree near the South Snohomish County Court Building. Even a grim, suburban scene can be [...]
One night a seagull had a dream. He dreamed he was walking through the parking lot with the Great Bird. Across the sky flashed clouds from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the snow: one belonging to him, and the other to the Great Bird. When the last scene [...]
The tide was extra high this night, and the storm was brewing over the city of Edmonds. Despite it all, the ferries keep running to get everyone safely to their homes. The sun is just setting, as if you could see it through all of those layers of clouds. The Washington State Ferries M/V Puyallup [...]
So, we were driving around just before Thanksgiving looking for a store in an unfamiliar part of town. We ended up in a park, and it turned out that a crew was covering the park’s trees and fixtures with Christmas lights. The job was not complete when we got there, and sadly, they turned them [...]
Sometimes the simple is pleasing, even as it can be complex at the same time. It’s just the beach, as seen at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. For those needing a bit more excitement, a short video: Photo & video: Taken at the Dungeness National Wildlife [...]
Sometimes it takes a bit of work to get to a secluded part of the beach. This stretch is about a mile down a steep trail in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim. There’s nothing like the waves crashing on the beach, watching the birds go by, and dreaming of the sea along the [...]
The most obvious thing that I can say about this scene from the bay in Kingston, Washington is that the tide is out. It’s very out. The private boat dock with the boat next to it is about 200 feet from the edge of the water, with only the muddy ground in between. The seagulls [...]
Kathy says that we will want to live here when we win the lottery. The set of condominiums are overlooking the Port of Edmonds Marina, and seem to be pretty nice. The view from out the windows (or from the parking lot, the only way that I can attest) is a wide, swooping view of [...]
Sometimes, you just know when an animal is claiming it’s home territory. And something about the look of this seagull (Larus occidentalis) tells me that I shouldn’t mess with his home. Actually, I kind of like his furniture, at least in the setting of his particular beach. Photo: Taken on Ediz Hook near Port Angeles [...]
Apparently, I don’t seem to have as many pictures on birds and other wildlife in nature as certain other blogs do. So, to remedy that, today I present the Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). This particular subspecies of Gallus gallus domesticus is about 15 feet tall and was found near the Country Village along Bothell-Everett Highway [...]
