Clear weather greeted our flight into Seattle and yielded this view of Mount Rainier. This magnificent volcanic mount has been rising for hundreds of thousands of years with countless eruptions in the past. Now quiescent, this silent sentinel will certainly erupt again and tens of thousands of people reside in its danger zone. It isContinue reading “Near Rainier”
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Stellar Veil
Thanks to electronic magic, it was possible to get this image which was about a three-second exposure. Actually, it was many exposures taken over three seconds, stablized and stacked together automatically by the cell phone. Auriga, the charioteer, is partly veiled by the cloud in the center of the image and an upside down “V”Continue reading “Stellar Veil”
Let Sleeping Bugs Lie
The cicada at rest on the sidewalk recently brought back humourous memories of one a few years ago that buzzed up off the ground right into the leg of our grandson who performed an amusing dance step to escape his arthropod assailant. Lesson learned, we left this one alone. Lesson forgotten; a short time laterContinue reading “Let Sleeping Bugs Lie”
Pileated Flight
A slight red spot on the upper left photo shows the head of the woodpecker on a tree branch just before taking to flight as seen in the rest of the images. It was another happy morning surprise. #pileatedwoodpecker
Beating the Heat
Though it is hot and humid outside, the hibiscus just keep on blooming as long as they have plenty of water. As hardy as they are beautiful, they provide a pleasant delight to brighten the final days of summer. #hibiscus #summer #heat #humidity
Morning Moon
It was too good an opportunity to pass up, so I stopped on this morning’s walk to take this photo. Earlier the stars and the thin moon had shone through the trees with the dark portion of the moon seemingly embraced by the grinning crescent. Now the glow of the rising sun has drowned outContinue reading “Morning Moon”
Fuzzy Little Friend
On return from our morning walk we found this watcher at the door, seemingly snoozing. Perhaps it had a late night and needed a little rest before starting its day’s activities, or maybe it had been attracted to lights above the driveway that had been on earlier. Regardless, it was a pleasant surprise to startContinue reading “Fuzzy Little Friend”
Sirius-ly!
Finally, Sirius is on the rise! This means that the peak summer temperatures will soon be on the decline. It was once thought that summer’s heat was due to the alignemnt of the sun with Sirius, the brightest star in our nighttime sky. It had been proposed that their combined heat made summer’s days soContinue reading “Sirius-ly!”
Bye Bye, Banyan
Eyes grow moist as we think of the people of Maui and the firestorm disaster at Lahaina. We have spent many days there admiring the views and learning of the Hawaiian culture. Now it appears that the banyan tree, planted in 1873, was severely charred along with the major portion of the town. Photos fromContinue reading “Bye Bye, Banyan”
The Mane Event
Last August we attended the Wisconsin State Fair and met this equine beauty. It was a wonderful time and we wish we could have been there this year, but that wasn’t possible. Perhaps another time. #horse #wisconsinstatefair
