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Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden cont'd. I saw this tree on the way out the gate-- and hurriedly snapped this photo to confirm that it's a Wollemi pine (Wollemi nobilis). Native to Australia, it was only discovered in the 1990s in a remote valley in NSW, and critically endangered. Often called a "living fossil," it's part of an ancient lineage of trees and related to the Monkey Puzzle tree of Patagonia.
#PNW #houseplants #Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon

Close view of a small conifer tree. Its branches look more like fern fronds than pine or spruce. Each branch is lined with large sawtooth arrays of leaves, much like a cycad. The bark is dark brown and fine textured. The impression is of something from the age of dinosaurs.

Rhododendron Soecies Botanical Garden cont'd. It looks so very tropical, but this small tree is reasonably hardy in the maritime #PNW. It's a Schefflera, a genus best known as #houseplants. The label says Schefflera taiwanensis, but I'm pretty sure it's the same as S. taiwaniana, synonymous with Heptapleurum taiwanianum. I've had a couple different Schefflera species in my garden, but this one has done the best for me.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon

Gazing up the trunk of a small, ramrod straight tree toward a palm like canopy at the top. Each leaf has multiple leaflets arranged in a palmate fashion like a fan palm or a papaya tree. The bark is crinkly. The crowns of conifers are visible around it, making its tropical appearance seem very out of place

This is the trunk of a Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia), which is just an outstanding landscape plant. Related to actual Camellias, it has similarly-shaped flowers in the spring; the foliage is also similar to that of a Camellia but is deciduous. And even in the winter there's this spectacular exfoliating bark. This is a big old specimen.
#Rhododendron #federalway #Gardening #mosstodon

Lower trunk of a tree surrounded by sword ferns and some rhododendron bushes behind. The trunk is unique looking in that it's furrowed and muscly shaped n shape but the bark is very smooth. It exists in patches of off white and chestnut brown like a palomino pony.

Closer view of the bark of the same teee. Where the main stem meets the trunk it is wrinkled like human skin. Up close it's possible to see that the bark is constantly coming off in patches; the oldest layer is brown and when it comes off the layer beneath is creamy off white. It's slick with mist in this photo

As I walked past this plant I first assumed it was a bug unruly yew, but it's not, it's a #Rhododendron. Rhododendron roxieanum var oreonates, native to Southern China. Those buds will become white flowers in May or June.
#federalway #Gardening #mosstodon

Side view of a very large and unruly shrub with sprays of very long almost needle-like foliage, evergreen and waxy. The arch spray of leaves is held like a bottle brush in the end of a long curving woody stem.

Closeup of the foliage of the shrub in previous photo. The leaves are like oversized rosemary leaves in shape and have slight white fuzzy indumentum even on the upper sides. In the center of the spray is a fat orangish flower bud.

I made a trip to the #Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden the other day, as happened to be in #federalway Washington. It's off season so not much is blooming. Most people think of rhodies as fussy old fashioned show off plants your grandma liked. Those are cultivars bred for blooms. There are some 1000 species of rhododendrons in the wild (across 4 continents plus New Guinea) and some of them are pretty wild indeed. Here's some very mossy rhododendrons. #Gardening #mosstodon

Sprays of rhododendron stems showing their usual fan shaped arrangement of five or so evergreen leathery leaves. They sit on top long bare vertical woody stems which in this case are completely cloaked in fuzzy green moss making them look as if they've been wrapped in green scarves.

Explore the city of Federal Way WA by bicycle and check out some cool sights in my latest bike tour video. I plan to lead a free group ride on this route later this year.

https://youtu.be/oGtKFzLu1OI

#seattle #pnw #federalWay #seabikes #BikeTooter #bike #cinnabon #bubbleator

I had fun today with some hills, rain, views, and food while filming around Federal Way for my next video project. The sun never fully came out, but the rain never fully came down, a nice Pacific Northwest winter day.

Pics:
-Weyerhaeuser building
-1889 Denny cabin (originally from Seattle)
-Hanwoori Korean Garden
-Bubbleator (originally from Century 21 Expo)
#seattle #pnw #federalway #seabikes #BikeTooter

Looking down an outdoor symmetrical long office building corridor that seems to stretch into infinity, lined with concrete columns

1889 David Denny cabin that was originally built at the corner of Republican Street and Queen Anne Avenue in Seattle and later was moved to Federal Way

Wide angle view of a symmetrical circular Korean garden with a grass lawn separated into yin and yang shapes

Selfie with the Bubbleator, a glass dome formerly part of an automatic elevator featured during the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, now sitting in a person’s front yard

Attention Federal Way area restaurateurs, ICE special operations units may be coming to your establishment in the near future.

You know what to do.

#FederalWay #Washington #ICE #Immigration

Missed the literal first one to Federal Way, but ready to be on the second!

#FederalWay #LinkLightRail #SoundTransit #1Line #PublicTransit

The departure screen under Mt. baker station, showing Lynwood in 2min , Federal Way in 6min

My photos from yesterday's tour of the three new #SoundTransit #LinkLightRail stations that open to the public tomorrow.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/albums/72177720330729987/

#LightRail #Seattle #FederalWay #StarLake #Kent #DesMoines #KentDesMoines #HighlineCollege

𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 12/7 3) 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘆, 12-1pm, S 320th St & Pacific Hwy S, South End Friends for Peace & Justice #federalway #cta #protest #seattle

Bike to the new light rail stations on the Federal Way Extension with me on opening day this Saturday (December 6 at 11 am)! We’ll ride from Angle Lake Station and visit all of the celebration festivals at each station
https://cascade.org/rides-events/88163

#seattle #federalWay #pnw #SEAbikes @seabikeblog #transit #lightRail #LinkLightRail

Well Federal Way is showing itself to to not welcoming.

#pnw #federalway #inclusive #flag

https://komonews.com/news/local/federal-ways-new-flag-policy-representation-november-5-city-hall-council-member-diversity-commission-policy-conversations-october-21-minority-groups

FYI: Federal Way, Washington has taken down any flags that are not “government flags” and are attempting to frame it in a “centrist” or “moderate” way. We all know what it is. You aren’t fooling anyone. #washingtonstate #federalway #pnw #cascadia #lgbtqia #prideflag #flags

#MutualAidRequest: My car won't start. I've been on a road trip to deal with stuff. I need to get it towed anywhere other than this rest stop I'm at. Please, I need money for the tow and whatever repair. I have no idea what a tow costs. Also, if anyone lives near #FederalWay or #Seattle that can tow me to a place. Please help.
Venmo and Cashapp: amjnw

#PleaseHelp #MutualAid #PleaseBoost

Today I learned that "Bucky's" is apparently short for "Bucky's Hair Lounge and AKMA".

Tomorrow, perhaps I'll learn what AKMA means.

(there's an explanation in the alt text)

#punctuation #nonsense #FederalWay

A sign reading "Additional parking for Bucky's Hair Lounge and AKMA Customers."

The sign refers to three businesses: Bucky's (auto repair), Hair Lounge (hair place), and AKMA (Academy for Kempo Martial Arts). Without punctuation, it looks like one listing.

Sharing some street art from today's #protest in #FederalWay.

The #dinosaur one was done by a woman protesting beside me, the crown one is my own work.

Hers is better.

#nokings #fucktrump #FederalWayWa #streetart #chalkart #uspol #protestart #dinosaurs

A chalk art drawn on a sidewalk. Lettering reads "Make dictators extinct again" and below that, a tyrannosaur is shown eating a person (a crown falling down off their head) beside a heart.

It's perfect.

A crude image of a crown with a purple "cancelled" sign. Words can be seen to read "No Kings."

(1/4) Went to the #RhododendronSpeciesBotanicalGarden in #FederalWay today with my wife. Believe it or not, we found many gorgeous fleurs. Enjoy.

#Bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #plants #awalkaday

A charming pink pair of flowers opens up narrow and vibrant pink petals.

A pale flower with trumpet-shaped blossoms and tiny red gems at the end of each stamen.

A purty pink Camelia blooms in a shady spot.

Bright pink, almost purple rhododendrons greet you cheerfully.

Birds at Dashpoint Waterfront, Circa June 2022

#federalway #washington #pugetsound #pnw #birds #audobonsociety #colorphotophotography #pentaxk70

Over 700 people #protesting today in #FederalWay WA, proud to be a part of it. Meet a rep for the local #Democrats 30th District, so I'm posting their card instead of a #protest photo.

#FuckTrump

#FederalWay

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