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Just so you know, even on a clear day I can rarely see Mt Tahoma, let alone get a nice snapshot of it. On the left a photo of the Mountain on a clear day: you can't see it for the usual haze! And I did dehaze. On the right a photo taken a couple of weeks ago
#Photography #SeattleWashington #Volcano

A very hazy view of Mt Tahoma from a corner on my street; in fact all you can really see is a lie of white which could be mistaken for a contrail and a vaguely blue line. The sky is very blue, the street, which is on a steepish hill, is full of noon time shadows that look like late afternoon; there are the ubiquitous electrical wires, and there are a lot of trees on either side and down below.

A lovely blue, lavender and lilac sunset view of our nearby volcano, Mt. Tahoma, from Maple Leaf Park.

Pixie cup lichens sneaking out from behind a broken fence slat
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #Lichen #LichenSubscribe

A row of powdery green thalluses of pixie cup (so named because they look like long stemmed cups) lichens grow on a fence. They look like they are sneaking out from behind a red fence slat. Another rainy day scene.

Blue sky with hazelnut catkins, Seattle today
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SacajaweaPark #BloomScrolling 😁

Looking up at a very blue sky in a, park in Seattle. The sky is framed by overarching hazelnut tree branches full of powdery yellow catkins hanging down on the left, and by a grove of cottonwoods and pines on the right.

I thought at first that it was daphne I smelled, but it was sweetl box.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #RavennaNeighborhood #BloomScrolling

A border plant with smooth, green, shiny oval leaves is full of white flowers and a few shiny black berries. The flowers are creamy white and look shaggy. They are very sweet scented.

Mayor Katie Wilson announces first executive orders targeting #homelessness, public transit

The executive orders are intended to accelerate shelter and housing options and add bus lanes and other transit-priority infrastructure to Denny Way.
Jan. 16, 2026
#Seattle #Washington #SeattleWashington #English

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Cucumber cap (Macrosystidia cucumis) growing in our backyard
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #FungiFriends #FungiLovers #FungusFriday #Mushrooms #BeautifulDecay

A photo from above of a velvety dark reddish brown mushroom cap with a lighter brown edging. There is a tipped cap next to it showing a dark stem attachment point and creamy brown gills radiating to the edge. The mushrooms are in a bed of leaves, wood chips and pine needles, all in shades of brown.

Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) blooming in the park. Although it doesn't grow natively quite this far north, it thrives in our climate.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #RavennaPark #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #NativesInTheCity #PNWFlora #BloomScrolling #SeattleParks

A silk tassel bush is blooming, with a cluster of long flower catkins in a light olive green hanging down from a branch, surrounded by green leaves. The catkins look as if each small frilly bell-shaped flower were growing out of the one above it. The leaves are smooth and leathery, with a wooly underside..

Lichen growing in flowering cherry lenticels
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #NaturalHistory #LichenSubscribe #Lichens

Cherry trees have bark full of openings called lenticels, which are part of how the trees breathe. They look like horizontal thin breaks in the bark. Here we have a photo of some lenticels full of lichens, some green, some blue green, and some white. They are foliose and crustose. They are very small, which indicates that the tree is restraining their growth in some manner. The bark itself is reddish brown and rough textured. The image looks like stripes of bark interspersed with strips of lichen.

In younger cherry trees the bark is a glossy reddish brown.

Cherry trees have bark full of openings called lenticels, which are part of how the trees breathe. They look like horizontal thin breaks in the bark. This is a closer photo of some lenticels full of lichens, some green, some blue green, and some white. They are foliose and crustose. They are very small, which indicates that the tree is restraining their growth in some manner. The bark itself is reddish brown and rough textured. The image looks like stripes of bark interspersed with strips of lichen.

In younger cherry trees the bark is a glossy reddish brown.

First snowdrops!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

A small cluster of snow drops is blooming. Its pointy lance shaped dark green leaves poke up through the leaf litter. Each flower droops downward, with three white tear shaped sepals spread out above the funnel shaped, green-edged white flower. They add a little touch oh cheer to the winter garden.

A very purple house
Even the chimney is purple.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood

A small brick house, perched on the side of a steep paved city street, is painted purple with cream white trim. It is in the old workman square style, with a front addition, a white fence, and a garage off to the side below. The windows are nice and large. The roof is gray tile. There are Douglas firs behind it. The sky is Seattle gray.

There is a very large house built on a similar sized plot off to the left. The first time I saw it I thought it was an office building, but it's one of the Colorado mine shaft styles so popular here. I am surprised at how little clearance there is between it and the older houses on each side, since it seems to be a fire hazard. Perhaps Seattle didn't learn its lesson in 1889.

Garden fishies. Swimming in the atmospheric river.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #YardArt

A garden decoration made up of wire and colorful beads, this fish almost disappeared in the grassy stuff because it has no filler! I just noticed it because it looked at first as if someone had tossed a handful of children's bracelet beads on the ground. It is shaped a bit like a salmon, our big native fish, swimming upstream. It's fierce eye is a wire coil.

Another garden fish, this one is made of rusty iron painted verdegris green. It seems to be a vase shaped like a koi fish, swimming in the garden debris.

"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

A bright orange nasturtium flower braves the cold and rain, standing tall on its stem above a single round bright green leaf. There is another flower bud behind, waiting its turn. You can see the flower boxes behind them as background.

A quirky madrone (Arbutus menziesii) in the park in the rain
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #Trees #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants

A madrone tree has an odd trunk. The main trunk leans sharply to the right, almost parallel to the ground. The secondary trunk veers off away into a madrone thicket behind it. The tree trunks are a typical umber brown, with streaks of orange and dark brown. The leaves are at the well-branched crowns of the trunks, dark green, and glossy with rain. The scene is set on a gravelled park path with a picnic table under the trees, and shrubby under growth on either side. There is a foggy haze under the rainy sky.

#Bunting fluttering in the wind on #Seattle's Pier 62 for #MinimalismMonday

#Wimpel #Wimpelkette #Lichterkette #fairyLights #stringLights #Lichterketten #bunt #colorful #colors #colourful #colours #Nacht #night #nightShot #nightPhotography #nightLights #Nachtfotografie #minimalistic #minimalism #minimalistisch #Minimalismus #minimal #minimalist #SeattleWA #SeattleWashington #Pier62

A nighttime scene featuring a string of warm, glowing fairy lights suspended diagonally against a dark sky. The lights are interspersed with small, colourful fabric flags in shades of red, yellow, blue, and green. The soft illumination of the bulbs creates a cosy and festive atmosphere, with the flags adding a playful touch. The background is dark, emphasizing the contrast and vibrancy of the lights and flags.

Red hots
From the archives
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #WinterBerries #Vibrant

A cluster of bright red nandina berries hangs down from the branches above. The berries have pendent raindrops which magnify the red berries as well as a bit of gray sky.

Bright cheery hellebores
That bright green "lawn" is a moss lawn, grass interspersed with a lot of moss, which some people actively work on.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #Hellebores ##BloomScrolling

Bright pink 5 petaled hellebore flowers cluster above their green palmate leaves in a well tended garden border edging a bright green mossy lawn. The flowers have a yellow heart and are set on sturdy red stems.

Resting for the winter
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #YardArt

A decorative frog made of beaten metal recliners against a mossy wall. It holds a pitchfork resting on its shoulder. The body is a beaten metallic circle in shades of rust and bright tin. Its head is two smaller semicircles fused together to shape the mouth. The eyes are two small coin like curclrscrestingvatbthevtop. Its limbs and the fork look like they are made of thin, rusty, bent iron bars. Overall the statuette is rust toned with highlights of bright tin.

Hellebores blooming in people's gardens
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #BloomScrolling

Hellebores flowers are also known as Christmas or Lenten roses. This small clump of 5 petaled beauties are creamy white with hints of pink. Their heart is a circle of greenish yellow stamens and pistils. They are held above green palate leaves on sturdy red stems. These are surrounded by pink buds waiting to open.

Cotoneaster berries against redcedar bark
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #WinterBerries #BirdFood

The rough fibrous bark of a large redcedar tree trunk, in shades of reddish brown, dominates the photo. You can see how the fibers run from bottom to top. There are interesting striations running from left to right as well, with some grayish lines in the bark. Bright red cotoneaster berries cling to shrubby bare brown branches across the bottom of the tree trunk. The effect is almost monochromatic, dominated by shades of brown with little red pops.

Dry wetland grasses in unsettled weather
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #MapleLeafReservoirPark #Grasses

A low angle photo of dry wetland grasses shows both the texture and the color variation in the long grass blades. The colors vary from pale tan to orange to red. The grasses form a low wall behind which grow an array of winter bare shrubs. These are all outlined against a white hazy sky with pinkish gray low clouds.

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