Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
The Best Day of the Week for a Walk
It was today, because of the weather. So we headed south to the Pancake House for a late breakfast (I had crepes, yum) then on to Kanaskat-Palmer State Park for a walk on the Green River.
Cold but not yet freezing, light rain, but no snow, we took the short trail to the river,
getting as close as we could, which is to say, not very, as there was too much river and no beach.
Didn’t matter. The beauty was on the trail, in the wet hanging mosses and fern covered trees.
We returned back home to blue skies; we’d experienced a micro-climate further south.
Still, there were blizzard conditions in the mountains last night, and snow is increasingly possible in the lowlands, with temperatures expected to be in the teens and low twenties.
Such is winter in Seattle and surrounds.
And just for the practice, I created this post from my phone. I took the pictures on my Lumix, transferred them to my phone via Wi-Fi, and created this post in the car on the way home. Voila! From hike to blog under 2 hours!
I even had time to review at home, before publishing – I’m not that much of a risk taker when I don’t have to be.
That’s all for today. Maybe I’ll have a snow post in a few days.
~ Susanne
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Such a beautiful place, I love all of the moss! The river looks like it is swollen from heavy rain. Stay warm! 😊
Thanks, John. It is indeed! The river was flowing very high so we couldn’t get onto the beach like we normally could.
Stay away from that water, it is very dangerous! It was 32 in Vegas this morning, oddly cold.
I love the pictures! It so beautiful and green!
Green indeed! Thank you!
Sometimes being out in the rain gives you space and isolation, and more appreciation of the beauty around you!
True! We didn’t see anyone on the trail. And I love seeing the raindrops on the trees and mosses.
All that moss and ferns… so beautiful. I bet the air smelled good!
Yes indeed! The fragrance of life!
A very northwest walk in the woods with all that moss and raindrops.
Definitely! 😊
The moss photo is captivating! (But I love moss!)
Thank you! I love moss, too!
I’ve never tried posting from my phone – doing so from my tablet when we travel is enough of a challenge! But this has worked well, I wouldn’t have known had you not mentioned it 🙂 I love how green it is in your part of the world, especially those vibrant mosses 💚
Thanks, Sarah. I have occasionally posted from my phone when traveling, but always with a bit of trepidation that it will turn out okay. I thought I’d do this post as a test, knowing I was close to home and could tweak if necessary. And it was good to get out yesterday to a favorite place before snow is forecasted to arrive this weekend. ❄😊
Definitely worth a walk in the rain. It looks very lush and green, Susanne.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. It was supposed the best day of the week weatherwise, but we still encountered rain. Better than the forecasted snow this weekend!
Wow! Great photos! You’re getting to be quite “tech savvy” doing a post on your phone! 😀👍🏻
Ha! Thanks so much! 🙂 I do post from my phone now and then when traveling, so I’d thought I’d try yesterday since I was close to home and could fix anything I needed to quickly!
I think I’ve done one from my phone but it was several years ago now and I don’t really remember how I did it. 🤔
I used the jetpack app and it wasn’t difficult. Easy to select pictures from your device, then some narrative in between. Wouldn’t try it for anything too fancy, though.
Beautiful Susanne! And I’m impressed with your process! Bravo. Hugs, C
Thanks so much, Cheryl! Wanted to see how this one would work from the phone, and it turned out ok! 😊