Mt. Adams seen from around Glenwood

This was captured in Gig Harbor Washington State

Saw sun glinting on frost and dashed outside for a belly shot!

Testing repaired Nikon 105mm f/2.8 lens ($$$)

Joy (and bokeh balls) and Chinese lanterns (physalis) in the morning! Thanks for looking.

Happy Fall Y'all and Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!

A steep talus slope falls into Iceberg Lake. Chain Lakes Trail, Glacier, WA.

Photographed along Highway 12 (White Pass Highway), Yakima County, Washington. IMG_3067

A bird that visits my yard. This birds show up off and on at least once or twice a weeks. First seen in November, 2020.

Mt. Saint Helens veiled in early evening clouds and low fog in a view from the north side.

This capture was taken in the Olympic National Forest, Washington State.

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Photographed in my backyard, Yakima County, Washington. IMG_3812

I have been away for a few days. Thank you for the kind comments and faves. Much appreciated. Also, flickr has been working very slow for me, sometimes it is difficult to comment and move from photo to photo to read your comments and see your invited.

Bee on sunflower photographed in my yard, Yakima County, Washington.

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2025 was not my favorite trip around the sun, (Rich takes a deeeeep breath, exhales), welcome 2026!!

Photographed from from my driveway. Smoke from the many wildfires has been hanging over the Yakima Valley off and on, mostly on, for the past week or so causing the sun to be brilliant orange just before sundown. IMG_8165

Photographed at my home, Yakima County, Washington. IMG_2513

Officially known as C/2020 F3, Comet NEOWISE was first discovered in March by the infrared-optimized NEOWISE spacecraft (the name is short for Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Space Explorer)

Last night to went out about 8:30 pm to try and find comet Neowise. I didn't see it until slightly after 10 pm. It was higher in the sky than I expected. Most of the photos I have seen from local photographers made it look like it was close to the horizon and depending on when it is photographed, it is close to the horizon.

Photographed from the West Valley area, Yakima County, Washington. It is located almost exactly magnetic northwest between the horizon and big dipper between 10 and 11 pm. It was still very visible without binoculars at 11 pm.

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Photographed at my home, Yakima County, Washington. IMG_3038

I've been going through some old photos and re-editing them. This is much better than the original photo I took. I took this from the ferry we were on. I was in awe of this beautiful mountain.

Photographed along Umtanum Road, Kittitas County Washington. I took this shot one of the few times there was almost blue sky and filtered sun yesterday. Unfortunately this bird, though very close landed on the wrong side of the road. Most of the day was cloudy. I also had a bluebird land on the hood of my car. IMG_4032

More hummingbird photos that I shot in my backyard, Yakima County, Washington. Although I didn't photograph the Anna's, I saw male and female Black-chinned, female or juvenile Rufous, and female or juvenile Anna's. I need to brush up on how to distinguish female from juvenile hummingbirds.

I just saw this guy at my feeder.

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Photographed at my home, Yakima County, Washington.

About an hour earlier than the shot I posted earlier this week from Jupiter Beach

A few more shots from a trip to the northeastern part of the state

An old retired snowplow quietly resting along NF 23 heading in to Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Randle, Washington.

Backyard birds , Yakima County, Washington. IMG_4834

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Sculpture at Hiram Chittenden Locks, Seattle

Photographed in Kittitas County, Washington near Ellensburg. IMG_5711

Point Wilson Lighthouse, with Admiralty Inlet and Whidbey Island in the background.

Photographed at my home, Yakima County, Washington.

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Backyard, Yakima County, Washington. IMG_0031

Photographed along Dodd Road, Walla Walla County, Washington. This is one of at least 5 eagles adjacent to the stock yard. Several flew up the ground from time to time so there were probably more siting among the cattle. IMG_2254

Continuing on with responsible social distancing and finding things within walking distance of home.

The Big Cedar is 9 ½ feet in diameter and approximately 500 years old. Another lovely hidden gem of my hometown and the closest thing to a trailhead I've had in nearly a month. :)

Wandering Washington's less traveled roads on the way to the largest concrete structure in North America. More to follow on that. Living here my entire life I still can't get enough of the varied landscapes that are present within our borders.

Yesterday was a good day to be out with the camera, despite those (photogenic) clouds you see.

I drove from my Central WA home further into Eastern WA to Drumheller Channels, a national natural landmark and a part of the Channeled Scablands along the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.

I fulfilled a bucket list item. Ever since I'd seen photos of people standing atop the amazing hexagonal columnar basalts in this area, I wanted to do the same thing. So, I drove to the gravel road leading to Crab Creek Marsh Unit #3, parked in a pullout, hiked along that trail you see below, then up through a sort of cleft in the basalt wall to finally stand atop the basalt columns. It was a little tricky with the climbing part, being short and dumpy and lugging a camera backpack and tripod, but where there's a will, there's a way.

The scenery is spectacular and the geology amazing.

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