Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Jerry's wind spinners 2

Wednesday, August 12, 2020


A few more wind spinners from Jerry Pickard's garden collection in Lake Forest Park.


All photos by Jerry Pickard



Enjoy!


They're much quieter than wind chimes...



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Contemplate The Brothers

Monday, August 10, 2020

Photo by Jan Hansen


Peace with The Brothers




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The comet Neowise is visible in the northwest

Sunday, July 19, 2020

The comet Neowise
Photo by Carl Dinse
Everett July 18, 2020

 According to SpaceWeather.com

Comet NEOWISE is beginning to dim. Since it flew by the sun in early July, the comet's brightness has dropped by about 2 magnitudes. Good news: The comet's tail is still visible to the naked eye, and a short exposure with an off-the-shelf camera is sufficient
The comet is now moving toward Ursa Major, the constellation of the Bear. This means observers can use the stars of the Big Dipper to find the comet. The week ahead should be a good one for even casual photographers of the night sky. Sky maps: July 19, 20.




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View of Puget Sound

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Photo by Lee Lageschulte


A sunny day on Puget Sound. 
View from the bluff over Richmond Beach Saltwater Park.




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Cloudy sunrise

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Photo by Mike Remarcke

The last couple of days have started out like this and then didn't get much better. Everyone I know was tired and slightly depressed.

However the forecast is soon for warm and sunny days so I look forward to complaining about the heat.

--Diane




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Life goes on in the Skagit Valley

Monday, June 29, 2020

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

There are no events and the few tourists stay in their cars, but life goes on in the Skagit Valley. 

Livestock have to be fed, fields have to be tended, and flowers still grow.

Photo by Lee Lageschulte



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Picture perfect

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Photo by Cynthia Sheridan

A field of daisies in the foreground support a lovingly framed arrangement of flowers in Lake Forest Park.

The photo was taken the first week in May and I do not believe the picture is still there - so it's a good thing that we captured it!





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Just hangin' around, photog. What're you doin'?

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler


Chestnut-backed Chickadee enjoying a little suet.

--Gloria Z Nagler



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Do you like butter?

Friday, May 8, 2020

Photo by Phyllis Johnson


These are growing in abundance all along the roadside streams in LFP. When I was a kid we used to hold them under our chins and ask “ do you like butter?” the thought being that if there was a yellow reflection, you did!

--Phyllis Johnson



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Friday's sunset

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Photo by Jan Hansen


We have at least two months of long days and beautiful sunsets. Enjoy every one.




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Framed flowers

Monday, April 27, 2020

Photo by Seattle Poppy


A unique fence and perfectly placed flowers at this yard on 8th NE across from the Shoreline North Station.




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This can't end well: Eagles and ducklings

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Ronald Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

By Diane Hettrick

There's a lot going on in this Ronald Bog photo by Martin DeGrazia. The two eagles are the ones in the previously published photo, landing in Ronald Bog. (see previous article).

In this photo they are sitting on one of the sandbag barriers put in place to prevent sediment from entering the lake during the park remodeling project.

The large black plastic bags outside and inside the barrier wall are also part of the project.

If you look closely, there are two mother ducks with large broods of ducklings swimming inside the barrier. One has a brood of 13 and the other has 7-9. The eagles are clearly interested.

I asked Martin what happened to the ducklings but he didn't stay to see. 

I did check in with Sound Transit for an update on the park.

Rebecca McAndrew, Sound Transit Senior Environmental Planner reported: 

Most of the work is finished at Ronald Bog. The contractor should be hydroseeding the lawn outside of the mitigation area this week. The ideal time to hydroseed is after March when there is no chance of frost. 
The three interpretive signs to be installed are almost done. I believe the parking lot will need to be restriped and there could be a few other minor things that need to be done before the park is reopened. 
The sandbag wall (also called a cofferdam) isolates the work area from the rest of the pond so sediment-laden water (stirred up while the contractor disturbs soil) doesn’t enter the main pond and flow downstream on the North Branch of Thornton Creek. 
The “fish window” — when in-water work may occur — for Ronald Bog is July 1 to September 30.  
Since work continued after September 30, the wall had to be left over the winter and spring. The sandbags will be removed once the fish window opens again.



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Eagle landing at Ronald Bog

Monday, April 20, 2020

Photo by Martin DeGrazia

This image of an eagle landing at Ronald Bog was captured by Bog Watcher Martin DeGrazia.




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Photo: Red veined leaves

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Photo by Mike Remarcke

Anyone care to identify this beauty?



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Wildflower bloom

Friday, April 17, 2020

Photo by Don Warrick


A carpet of wildflowers covers the ground at Meridian Park Elementary school, taking advantage of the pandemic closures.

All it needs is a mountain in the background. Maybe some Swiss singers.




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Thursday's flower

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Delicate, fuzzy lavender bells bow gracefully to the ground.




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Photo: To Infinity - and beyond

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Infinity
Photo by Mary Igl


To Infinity - and Beyond!




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Flower and poem

Monday, April 13, 2020

Photo by Jan Hansen



The Gardener : Peace My Heart


Peace, my heart, let the time for
the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain
into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end
in the folding of the wings over the
nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be
gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, 0 Beautiful End, for a
moment, and say your last words in
silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp
to light you on your way.





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Snow covered Cascades

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Photo by Mike Remarcke

Do you ever stop to think how incredible it is that we have not one, but two beautiful, snow-capped mountain ranges? Plus Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and a deep Sound full of whales, orcas, ancient sharks, giant Pacific octopus.

As a bonus, streams full of otters, greenspaces with coyotes, raccoons, opossums, the occasional bobcat and bear, small family groups of deer.


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We live in a beautiful place

Friday, April 3, 2020

Boeing Creek
Photo by Jo Simmons


Boeing Creek flows west to Puget Sound, through Shoreview Park. It's a beautiful part of Shoreline bubbling through parks and down hillsides.




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