Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Photography
Weekly Photo Challenge: Seattle!
For this week’s photo challenge, I will be your tour guide to Seattle, my hometown and one of America’s most beautiful cities. We’ll start with a picture I took from the deck of our cruise ship last fall, as we were about to depart… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Seattle!”
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Winter Skies
After a soggy January, the rain finally stopped today and I was happy to go for a walk outside with partially blue skies peeking through the clouds. While it still remained dry, I ventured out again at sunset to see my favorite winter tree.… Continue Reading “Winter Skies”
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Rainy Days and Bridges
If you had reason to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on a dreary, rainy Monday as we did today, this would be your view. I decided to make it into something more sunny and cheerful. Fortunately these bridges didn’t let us down despite the… Continue Reading “Rainy Days and Bridges”
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Delectable Variations on a Theme
On a recent trip I passed by these gorgeous cookies at the airport. Regretfully, I only photographed the beautiful macarons; I did not eat them. I will not make that mistake again. For this week’s photo challenge. Variations on a Theme ~ Susanne
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Photo Challenge: Silence at Cannon Beach
For this week’s photo challenge: A winter visit to Cannon Beach without the noise and crowds of summer, only silence. Silence ~ Susanne
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered Wupatki
Weathered pueblos where Anasazi Indians lived almost 1000 years ago dot the landscape of Northern Arizona. The Anasazi are considered to be the ancient ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians including the Hopi and the Zuni. The largest pueblo in the area was Wupatki, which… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered Wupatki”
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth
Here we are in the dead of Seattle winter, and still I find new growth in the old growth forest of Schmitz Park. This 200 ft. Douglas Fir supports a fallen Cedar resting on it. And new growth abounds on shrubs nearer the ground.… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth”
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Super Moon 2018
The first day of 2018 brought us a Super Moon, when the moon is full and also closest to the earth. I couldn’t resist standing outside in the cold last night trying to capture its beauty. Here are some of those attempts. You never… Continue Reading “Super Moon 2018”
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Shapes and Colors
Didn’t plan to blog this week but found these wonderful shapes and colors on a sunny morning walk and thought you might enjoy them too! Susanne
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Weekly Photo Challenge 2017
It wasn’t easy to choose but for the final Weekly Photo Challenge of the year I give you a few of my favorites from 2017. I’ll start with sunrise over the Siuslaw River in Florence on the Oregon Coast. And follow with my two… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge 2017”
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