shooting Baker

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extra wide shoulder

safe to pull over and shoot

Mt. Baker at dawn

painted lady

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This species of butterfly isn’t a “regular”

in this part of Northwest Washington.

I witnessed a spring migration in 1992 and again in 2005.

I’ve never seen one of these this late in the season.

It feasted on the lobelia on my front porch

and the fall asters around the corner.

What a delightful surprise.

October sunshine

brings an unexpected guest

a painted lady!





A Million Smiles

A recent visit with a friend and her daughter

at my city's local park gave me the opportunity

to do my first "people" photo shoot.
What a delight it was to watch and simply

capture the moments.

Million Smiles Playground

coaxed many great big ones from

Miss Norah Noelle

nearby Fishtrap Creek

enticed this bare-footed girl

to wade the shallows

clouds

With my husband off on an adventure,

I quietly enjoyed my morning coffee while sitting outside

and watching these interesting clouds float by.

Saturday morning

watching odd-shaped wisps of clouds

drift across the sky

spiders

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No, I didn't fall off the planet!

Joining Helen once again for this week's HDH.

Midway through cutting off hosta bloom stalks,

I realized this spider had been using them to secure his web.

(I was REALLY thankful he hadn’t gotten in my hair or

crawled up my arm or... shudder... something worse.)

I left the remaining stalks uncut, 

feeling sorry I had caused so much damage to the web.

Not to worry.

The next morning, a new one was in place.

itsy, bitsy...not!

this industrious spider

rebuilt in one day

waning summer days

ramp up spider construction

webs blocking passage

inside an ‘Iceberg’

rests this tiny arachnid

no phobias here!

rejoice

Like the many travellers I see pulling trailers or driving motor homes,

I think my creativity is on vacation.

With some effort, I've composed a haiku this week.

Hope you're all having a great summer. 

the bird is a blur

the admonition is clear

rejoice in the Lord!

the sparrow

not even a bird

like this small sparrow can hide

from God who made it

if a sparrow’s plight

is known to God who made it

how much more is yours?