Welcome to the first Sunday in May! How did that happen? This week’s Sunday Stills theme is water. Not only will I share some images of water, I will get into the details partially inspired by this week’s Lens-Artists challenge “in the details” over at Patti’s blog.
As a former Aquatics Director for a large, urban parks and recreation department, I want to remind everyone to observe safety as you venture out into the waterways this month. Memorial Day weekend (end of May) here in the US marks the beginning of summer activities, especially around the water as temps rise. Here in my new neighborhood, I saw people already out in their kayaks and fishing boats.
May is National Water Safety Month
People die every year of accidental drowning because they underestimate the cold water, fast currents, or drink too much and enter the water without life vests. Aquatic Professionals all over the world are hypervigilant to keep everyone safe in and around the water and actively promote water safety to their constituents. Please keep yourself, your kids and grandchildren safe!
Overview of Local Waterways
Water exists in all forms here in Eastern Washington, from frozen lakes, rainy days and insane amounts of rivers and lakes. Who needs an ocean?
Let me show you around my new neighborhood of Nine Mile Falls, Washington. As you can see in this featured image, this is the actual Nine Mile Falls dam, for which the town is named. The dam breaks up the Spokane River which originates in Lake Couer D’Alene in Idaho and flows 111 miles into the Columbia River in Oregon.
Nine Mile Falls Dam is a dam on the Spokane River, in the unincorporated community of Nine Mile Falls, Washington. … The 58-foot-high cyclopean masonry dam and its powerhouse, storehouse, ten cottages and other structures were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Built in 1906.
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Nearby Riverside State Park is a favorite destination in the area, complete with fishing and water sports like boating, kayaking and stand-up paddling. This image was from last October while smoke from wildfires in the West enveloped the area.
Long Lake Dam overlook shows the stunning Falls, still slightly frozen in this photo taken in February.
Completed in 1915, the Long Lake spillway dam is 400 feet long, 250 feet thick at the base, and 208 feet from foundation to crest. It is constructed of concrete on a base of solid rock. When built, the spillway dam was the tallest of its type in existence.
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Between these two dams on the Spokane River, Long Lake was created. Our home is situated about a quarter mile from this lake!
On this same day trip, we drove to nearby Loon Lake for giant pizza calzones and a look at the frozen area of the lake.
A Rainy Day’s Details
Right in our neighborhood, unofficially called “Tum Tum,” spring has sprung, and with that, some seasonal rain showers. In between showers last week, I took the dogs for a walk on a “new-to-me” trail and enjoyed blossoming trees and wild sunflowers adorning the trail. Have I mentioned that pine trees and sunflowers are my favorites and they live together here? This is how I knew we found the right place to live!
If you look closer at the details, you will see the raindrops on these sunflowers, dubbed “noxious weeds” by locals, but are really “Arrowleaf Balsamroot,” a plant of the Asteraceae (sunflower family). Believe or not, this entire plant is edible and is known for its medicinal properties!
Water droplets also adorn these blossoming ornamental plum trees.
Adding this walk to Jo’s Monday Walk series!
I hope you enjoyed my tour of my rural neighborhood. Just for fun and to enter Lisa’s Bird Weekly Challenge: Birds in Flight, I share an old photo of swallows nesting under a marina boat ramp along the Sacramento River Delta.
Behind the Artwork Details, Part 1
Since we are on the subject of water, I wanted to share more about the details of the three framed prints I posted last week that sit over my dining room table. These three pieces are special to me and two are water-themed. For Part 1, I will share details about the center print. Next week I will share more about the Kinkade prints.
The middle print, 34 x 44, is by Thomas Mangelsen, world-renowned American nature and wildlife photographer.
How did I get this framed print? Years ago, I visited my brother in San Diego who had just purchased a framed print at the Mangelsen Gallery in La Jolla. I accompanied him to pick it up during their gallery show and filled out a raffle ticket. The grand prize was a $500 gift certificate. I won! I looked all over the store but couldn’t find anything at the time. I had a year to claim the prize and at Christmastime, having viewed some prints online, I visited the gallery again and had narrowed my choices down to a couple prints. But then I saw the print you see now.
Not only did the stunning Autumn landscape speak to me but you may just be able to see a moose walking in the shadows.
Turns out Mangelsen had captured this scene along the Snake River near the Idaho-Oregon border. The Snake River eventually feeds into the mighty Columbia River in Oregon. As we hung the print in our new home, I exclaimed to my husband that the moose has come home! Well sort-of. Thar be moose here in Eastern Washington.
This post is also partially inspired by Cee’s Flower of the Day and Jez’ Water Water Everywhere
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post. I also recommend adding your post’s URL into the comments.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Use hashtag #SundayStills for sharing on social media.
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Each week I share the links from the previous post so you can continue to meet and support each other. And with that…meet the:
Lovers of Pets and Kids
- Always Write
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- Easin’ Along Image of he and his granddaughter in comments
- Equipoise Life (I missed violet 4/18)
- Equipoise Life
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s View and News Image of his cute Corgies in Comments
- Jacquie Biggar, Author
- NEW Joanne’s Crafts and Adventures
- JP the Wide-Eyed Wanderer
- Kamerapromenader
- Light Words
- Loving Life
- Mama Cormier
- Musin’ With Susan
- Natalie the Explorer
- Nut House Central
- NEW Poetry in Pictures
- Travel with Me
- Woolley Muses
Copyright Disclaimer
Images of prints are copyrighted by the original artist. I have permission to publish as a certified owner of the prints.
I look forward to your creative images, stories, comments, music and poetry related to water this week. Remember to please be safe in and around the water!
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Terri, Beautiful photos of the waterways and the trail with pine trees and sunflowers in your area. What a wonderful place you’ve chosen to call home. Your framed print is stunning and the story of how you’ve got it makes it extra special. I live close to Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, and totally agree with you about water safety.
Here’s my entry: https://natalietheexplorer.home.blog/2021/04/30/the-upside-of-april/
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Thank you, Natalie, we both must have visited each other’s posts at the same time! We feel very blessed to live here as I’m sure you do as well!
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Hi Terri, What a wonderful post. I love how you are highlighting the inside of your house as well as the surrounding area. The flower tidbit is interesting. Does the noxious weed grow thorns? Those are the fiddleneck-type of weeds I hate! I’ll be posting to Sunday Stills with my Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays challenge. I’m combining several.
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Thanks, Marsha! No thorns on those weeds, but they are everywhere and I’m sure people don’t want them overtaking their yards. They can spend all the time they want here, no grass or anything for a while. Look forward to your post. Also, got my second shot and feeling great 👍
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Yay! I’m glad you came through it with flying colors. I knew you would. 🙂 I just finished the water part of my post. I’m excited about that topic. I’m thinking about changing my topics to align with yours and LAPC. This week is writer’s choice, which I think would be a a good one to keep monthly.
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Fabulous water photos, Terri. I love the one with the moose in relief, a great contrast to the stunning autumn colours.
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Thanks, Cathy! I’ve always loved the mountains and all bought in up here 😍
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Fun post Terri! Loved your “new to me” walk and yes of course we know Mangelsen! I too have visited his galleries and lucky you for winning the raffle!!! Loved the image you chose – reminded me of my visits to your beautiful part of the world. Fun post – you really covered a lot of ground!
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Thank you, Tina, don’t we live in a rich world of beauty? Our environments are completely different but stunning in their individuality. Mangelsen is a wonderful inspiration to us all.
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Lovely selection! It looks like a lovely place for outdoor activities.
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Thanks, Maria, it is and I can’t wait to get out on the water myself!
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Terri, thank you for this post and for the reminder about water safety. I strongly agree with you on this. I enjoyed all of these photos.
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Thank you, Beth, I’m always happy to share such an important safety topic.
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Lucky you with the raffle, but your print fits beautifully with you new location. I imagine you’re going to enjoy exploring those lakes and the rest of your surroundings. Here’s my post this week: https://grahamsisland.com/2021/05/02/on-the-water/
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I’m grateful to have won that print, Graham, thank you. It’s a gorgeous day here but I’m staying home…had vaccine #2 and feel tired. There are so many place within walking distance to explore.
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It’s good you got your vaccine. I had mine a week or so ago so I’m good to go now!
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Gosh, how cool you won that raffle!!! I just love the framed piece!!
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Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
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Thank you, it was pure luck but having the choice but having the choice of prints was amazing, Jodie!
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So pretty Terri….yes, on the safety…there are so many drownings each year around here because the rivers and lakes are so cold from recent snow melt. Ugggh. Your photos are stunning.
Here’s a link to my post this week.
https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2021/05/taking-in-life-around.html
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Thank you, Kirstin. We can never be too careful. I need to find my wetsuit before I break out the SUP. Brrr!
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What a lovely neighbourhood you live in, Terri. I can see why you wanted to move there.
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Thank you, Stevie, we continually discover new areas to explore with our new state park pass, too!
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Wow. Beautiful!
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Thank you, David!
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What great waterways you have nearby Terri and I always love water drops on flowers! The autumn colours in the picture are fabulous especially with the moose. I can only imagine a frozen lake! Lovely to see a little of your new abode too, it looks like are getting set up in there.
I have featured some stillness on the dam at my husband’s family home for this week’s post. https://debs-world.com/2021/05/02/what-did-the-fish-say-when-he-swam-into-the-wall-sundaystills/
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Yay, so good to see you this week. Hope you had an enjoyable break, Debbie! That frozen lake was only a few miles from us and it’s been years since I’ve seen one. Glad you like the moose. I’m still waiting to see one, lol! The house is going well. Soon I can post about the construction of our polebarn/garage!
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What a great post. I loved learning more about you and where you are now living. Great photos and stories. We love where we live now too and water has a LOT to do with that. Denyse.
https://www.denysewhelan.com.au/denyse-blogs/water-is-all-around-us-here-sundaystills-54-2021/
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Thank you, Denyse! That’s the fun part about blogging, sharing! Glad you left your link, Bloglovin was giving me trouble opening earlier!
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I will always link up on my Monday morning. I don’t know if Bloglovin is that reliable! Thank you.
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Good points about water safety. People are way to casual about the water dangers. And your photos are so beautiful!
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Thanks, Anne. It’s hard to hear every year on the news that someone dies from drowning and we’re not wearing a lifevest.
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What beautiful scenery you will now be enjoying at your new home
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Thank you, Alice, I count my blessings every day when I merely look outside my windows!
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Great series Terri. The February dam site is a fave, Man and Nature. The print looks great on your wall. 👍
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Thanks so much, John. I’m still amazed at how close to our home some of these places are.
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Impressive frozen lake pic and the moose by the lake. Like your prints also! Here’s my entry. https://oldbloggler.blogspot.com/2021/05/sundaystills-water.html
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Thanks, Paul! Glad to see you back to Sunday Stills!
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Beautiful water images, Terri – how wonderful to have won that print! It is so exquisite. Toni x
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Thank you, Toni! Pure luck but having the choice to get a large Mangelsen was wonderful!
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Nice to see two links of your fab photos, Brian.
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What a post, Terri! I can see how much you love your new home and why. There is something beautiful about lots of water, isn’t there?
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Thank you, Jacqui! No shortage of water here!
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We have a waterfall in our backyard. I turn it on when I need inspiration. It works!
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That sounds lovely!!
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What beautiful scenes you have in your new neighbourhood! The lakes and dams are so lovely and I can just imagine the scent of pines on that walk 🙂
I have a few waterfalls for you this week: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/just-a-few-of-the-waterfalls-of-iceland/
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Still so much to explore, Sarah! And all relatively close, too!
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Hi Terri, what a cool topic for a challenge. I enjoyed your post 😀 😀
Here is mine. Enjoy.
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Hi Cee, so glad you liked it!
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Hi, Terri – Thank you for taking us through Nine Mile Falls. Your new neigbourhood is beautiful. Love the hiking trail.
Your water images are very striking — I especially like the droplets on the flowers. Beautiful!
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Thanks, Donna! I’m so excited to keep discovering local trails. Reminds me of where you guys live and all the cool areas you have near you!
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So nice to see your new neighborhood! Though I’ve been to Spokane a few times, I’ve near explored much outside the city. What a wonderful new trail you discovered! I can almost smell the fragrant pines! And the close up of the arrowleaf balsamroot (there! I’ve learned a new plant!) is gorgeous! Hoping I might come up with a water post sometime later this week! 🙂
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Thank you, Susanne! I hope to use that trail for snowshoeing, too. I’ll look forward to your post!
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I love that the moose has come home to his beautiful landscape 🙂 🙂
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Pretty cool, huh? Thank you, Jo!
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Looks like you are enjoying your new home, Terri. I love balsamroot. It’s such a bright, happy flower to me. Thanks for clarifying that they’re different from sunflowers.
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Thank you, Siobhan! They are growing all over right now, and make me happy!
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I really need to pop the prompts into my diary…heavy sigh… next week I’ll be back. Great images and love the story behind the art.
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Anytime you can join us, Jo! Thank you!
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Beautiful pictures. Such a fun prompt. Thank you. https://wordpress.com/post/anitashope.com/5784
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Thank you, Anita! I’m off to check it out!
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You live in a lovely area, and the paintings are stunning!
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Thank you, Debra!
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Spectacular views, Terri 👏 What a fantastic place to live 😃 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/05/04/lock-20-sunday-stills/
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We already enjoy so much, Jez, thank you!
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The water droplets on the flowers are lovely, Terri. Great details! I’m glad you’re living in a part of the country that you love. And I love that framed autumn print, too! Wonderful colors.
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Thank you, Patti. Great theme to include with water, details don’t get much smaller than that!
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Thanks for the walkaround in your new neighbourhood, Terri. Those are some dams. I can’t image how they built them back then. It must have been backbreaking work, especially with the lack of equipment we have available today.
Congratulations on your win at the Mangelsen Gallery in La Jolla. I know that gallery quite well, having visited it twice. I only ever picked up some Christmas tree ornaments from there, though. We loved La Jolla.
For the theme of detail in water, and because the UK has just had the coldest, frosty April in history, I’m going with this picture for this week’s challenge.
We had a frost every night in April. The normal is 4 nights during that month.
Have a great week.
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Thanks so much, Hugh. Our neighborhood reveals new details each week! How cool you have been to that same gallery in La Jolla. We used to go the the cove and La Jolla shores beach every week each summer as kids into our teen years. Many fond memories.
Frosty days in April? What gives with the weather? We are having much warmer than normal weather now. Cool shot you shared. Next week’s theme is weather, perhaps I can talk you into sharing a twisty short story about the frost for us next week? Gauntlet thrown, lol 😆!
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Thanks for throwing the gauntlet for a piece of fiction about a frosty April, Terri. Lots whirling around in my mind about it, but not sure I can come up with anything for next week. However, we’ll see. Never say never.
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Whirling like a tornado, Hugh? I have weather on the brain.
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Beautiful photos, Terri. I’m especially fond of raindrops on flowers. 🙂 Though I prefer rivers without dams, you make them look so pretty! Lol. Wonderful shots.
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Thank you, Diana! These Dams seem to be well placed on this stretch of the River and made good subjects. I hope to explore these shores along Riverside State Park very soon.
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Terri,
Enjoyed the tour greatly, thanks for sharing. I’m a big fan of Mangelsen and have spent many hours in his gallery in Jackson Hole. For my water image, I sharing a picture taken at Lake Pend Oreille in Farragut State Park, Athol, Idaho. This Park is about an hour east of Spokane and there is a very nice hiking trail around the lake. When you’re ready to venture out, give it a try. The campground is excellent! Have a great week! Joe
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What a lovely view of Lake Pend Orielle, Joe, and so close! Always great to know details from folks who spent time there. Definitely on our list to visit. And I know how to pronounce Lake “Ponderay” now, at least according to PBS!
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I love the combination of Sunday stills water and details. Beautifully done, Terri! 🙂
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Thank you, Amy. I’m never sure when or where inspiration hits, glad you enjoyed it!
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Terri, a wonderful, watery post! Love your details, and of course the moose…looks like home to me!
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Thank you, Leya! A good home for sure!
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I’m back with raindrops from my garden! 😊 https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2021/05/05/close-up-on-raindrops/
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You sure have picked a beautiful area to live, Terri! Being able to walk to Long Lake (with the dogs) is so nice and there you can practice some of your favorite water activities, probably. Great story about the history of the beautiful middle print. Love the moose! Lucky you, winning the grand prize with a raffle ticket!!
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We are quite happy here, Liesbet. We also bought the WA state park pass ($30/yr) to access river and lake launch points nearby. Thank you!
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What captured my attention more was the water drops on the flowers as a few of my walks lately I have had as company. It is a lovely area to walk around.
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Thank you, Suzanne! Those beautiful flowers are quite the distractions of late if you are power walking! 😁
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Look at all the interest this post and your lovely photos generated. So glad you are able to explore your new surroundings. That framed photograph over your table is beautiful. How fun that moose has made it full circle and is back home where he belongs!! Love the contrast between his dark silhouette and that vivid yellow in the trees. Hard to believe there is a (frozen) lake in that photograph. Looks like a snow-covered field.
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Thank you, Leslie! All is well here in the PNW, but still dealing with no internet. Luckily I can use my 4g through Verizon as a Hotspot with an unlimited data plan. I see your posts regularly but I can’t read through my email account without logging in every time. Hope all is well with you my friend!
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