Fungus in Walla Walla
it was steaming hot on our visit to Walla Walla.we visited a nature preserve on the land of Fort Walla Walla.There was this head sized fungus amongst an area that was like a fortress of trees, some...
View ArticlePalouse
Patchwork pieces of the Palouse.It feels very much alien even with the green. our last visit was in September when all was gold, brown possibly burnt.
View ArticlePalouse Falls , Wa
People can camp here!can you imagine waking up to it?Going to sleep next to it would be pretty amazing as well!it would be a veritable double header of natural excitement brought on by the vastness of...
View ArticleHairy Woodpecker Feeding time...
a nest we have been watching, feeding time seems to be all the time.
View ArticleTwisted Celosia
Twisted Celosia came into our home today. I used to have hair this color when allergies didn't put every cosmetic into the danger zone... It was too tempting not to explore with the heavy macro lens....
View ArticleTwisted Celosia in a different light
so I think I like these better... but I can't decide...
View ArticleLake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana
When we arrived in the West Glacier area it was 81 degrees F when we left it was 20 degrees F (in this case the F really means something different.)This is lake McDonald the largest lake west of the...
View ArticleMontana Mountain Goats at Glacier National Park
Look Mountain Goats!!! Does it become more fun to watch people watching the wildlife after awhile?potentially.
View ArticleApgar look out trail, Montana
Montana was partially about incorrectly remembering the lengths of trails.when thinking we were on a 3 mile round trip trail with an easy stride twice we were on over 7 mile trails with tough going...
View ArticleMountain Goat P
Mountain Goat P please report to the west side of St Mary's lake, come in Mountain Goat P, come in.....
View Articleleaf fingers
my dog get these weird eye fingers, that is what we call them anyhow.They are like really tough fingery zits - with keratin build up inside.They started happening about ten months ago.These leaf...
View ArticleBurnt Montana Wood
we saw the remnants of so many forest fires in our Montana explorations. here is some of the burnt wood aka charcoal.
View ArticleThe first frost that stuck
Carkeek November 16th, 2014 a thick frost that stuck all day.
View Articleon the river with my family in Monroe
as we look for a home more in the wild, as close to as possible without acquiring another car and a horrible commute for those of us needing to get into Seattle.We were on the river in Monroe-...
View ArticleHamlin Park residents
so it's been awhile since i have seen some of the wilder creatures of Hamlin Park. Barred owls? where are you?Douglas squirrels, I know you don't come out in bad weather, you are excused.well...
View Articleits been awhile...
ok so 2015 is when I last posted here...I have been busy on other internet spaces, mostly at www.thendaramariekidagee.combut the nature has not ceased in its encapturing and enrapturing !!so lets wet...
View ArticleWhat you say a weeks art residency in the mountains ??????!!!
This is the view of Diablo lake from the institute’s shoreline.So just over a week ago I returned from a life affirming, art affirming trip into the mountains, renewed spirit made a lot of art had...
View ArticleOn Diablo lake, life’s better with mountains.
When I arrived at the north cascades institute it was after about 45 mins of being lost about two hours away. It had been losing the gps signal way before expecting to and having to drive back to get a...
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