It sure feels like a Monday today, but thankfully, we have #MountainMonday and #BlueskyMonday to save us. 🏔️ #photography #pnw #landscape #nature #autumn

Happy #Stunday! I just got done spending four days hopping around the North Cascades, and Mt. Baker was looking stunning with the fall colors starting to appear. #photography #mountains #pnw #landscape #bluesky #autumn #nature #naturephotography #scape #volcano

One mushroom, impossibly thin, lifting its weightless cap into the blur of the woods. Nothing else needed, just the elegance of a line against the silence of the forest. #photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #mushroom #fungi #macro #macrophotography #nature

The best time of year is upon us, and I can't wait to see all of the fall color #ForestFriday posts over the coming weeks. Every hour is golden hour in a place like this. 🍁 #scape #autumn #fallcolor #photography #landscape #trees

I'm so happy mushroom season is finally getting underway. I found some crown-tipped coral fungi on a damp log. Every branch ends in a tiny crown. 🍄 👑 #photography #mushroom #fungi #macro #nature #pnw #mushrooms #naturephotography #macrophotography

A rocky climb above the fog-bound water: roots tangled in cracks, lichens painting gray with green. These stones were here long before trails or travelers, and they’ll be here long after. Today, they’re just carrying my footsteps a little farther. #RockinTuesday #photography #pnw #seascape #nature

In the mountains, the weather usually dictates the scene. When hopes of a colorful sunrise don't pan out, zooming in on the soft light and shadows created by the clouds is a nice compromise. #MountainMonday #MinimalMonday #photography #pnw #blackandwhite #landscape #landscapephotography

I was on the hunt for fungi the other day, but came up empty. Instead, I found this resin oozing down the trunk of a tree, catching the light and my eye thanks to its interesting shape. #MacroMonday #nature #photography #macro #trees #texture #macrophotography

Happy #Stunday from the Mt. Baker Wilderness 🏔️ I'm gearing up for a mini 5-day vacation this week and hoping the weather cooperates while I'm up in this area again. 🤞 #photography #pnw #landscape #mountains #nature #hiking #landscapephotography

A North Cascades day where the weather writes the route. Fog kept filling the valley and swallowing the path, then peeling back to frame Mount Shuksan like an island in a sea of clouds. #photography #pnw #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #fog #bluesky #hiking

Happy Friday and #scape day. I started my weekend early in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest yesterday, soaking up the early autumn vibes. Pockets of fall color are slowly emerging. #ForestFriday #pnw #photography #landscape #mountains #nature #landscapephotography

Having lunch with a view today 🤩 🥪 🏔️ #pnw #mountains #hiking #washington

A stream cutting through wildflowers and stone, alpine green stretching to the tree line. Clouds hang low, but the vibrant colors on the ground make up for it. #pnw #photography #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #landscape #nature

Deception Pass wears fog like a blanket. The bridge fades to suggestion, the cliff reads like charcoal, and a twisted log stretches across the sand to underline it all. #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #pnw #photography #fog #beach #landscape #landscapephotography

Red soldier beetles spend their brief summer days almost entirely focused on mating. I caught this copulating couple in the act. Blink and you’ll miss them, but for a few weeks, they’re everywhere. #MacroMonday #photography #nature #wildlife #insects #macro #macrophotography #bugsky

A stunning morning tide of fog calmly pours through Deception Pass, blurring the steel bridge into the background like a dream. On the shore, massive driftwood sprawls across the stones, reminders of storms past. #Stunday #photography #pnw #beach #fog #landscape #driftwood #landscapephotography

The sandstone cliffs of Pictured Rocks rise above Lake Superior like a layered canvas topped with green pines. It was a brutally hot #summer day, so I should have opted to kayak instead of hike, but still beautiful. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #michigan #cliffs #greatlakes #lakesuperior #nature

I’m stuck on the island due to an accident, but I’m not mad about spending an extra hour or so here. It’s a perfect day at Deception Pass. #pnw #scape #ColorADay #BWFri #photography #landscape #bridge #nature

Hiking in Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mt. Baker starts to feel like a neighbor that towers over the fence. Quiet hello, loud presence. I keep coming back for this conversation. 🏔️ #scape #ForestFriday #pnw #landscape #photography #mountains #forest #nature #landscapephotography

Puget Sound did that thing where the cloud deck finally cracked and light poured through in clean columns. The water brightened, the islands turned to cutouts, and the fir canopy became a dark stage for a few quiet minutes. #ColorADay #YellowThu #sunset #photography #pnw #landscape #nature

It's been a few months since I was in South Dakota, but I swing through Spearfish Canyon each time I'm there and always stop for the waterfalls. #WaterfallWednesday #photography #waterfall #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #southdakota

#RockinTuesday in full color with granite walls catching the morning light, mirrored in glassy water that glows a vivid blue. The stillness of the lake makes the rocks look even bigger, like they’re leaning over their own reflections to admire themselves. #ColorADay #BlueTue #photography #bluesky

I’m waiting to see if the northern lights make an appearance tonight, but nothing yet. In the meantime, here’s sunset. #sunset #photography #ColorADay #PinkMon #landscape #pnw

The Yellow Mounds in Badlands National Park are actually fossilized ancient soils, known as paleosols, formed when the inland sea receded and the Pierre Shale weathered into a mustard-colored ground, thanks to iron-rich minerals like goethite. #BlueSkyMonday #photography #landscape #nature #bluesky

Mount Baker rises ahead while the trail clings to the hillside, lined with stone and alpine green. I wrapped up my holiday weekend a bit early, but a few stunning days in the mountains were just what the doctor ordered. #Stunday #photography #pnw #mountains #landscape #nature #hiking

The Japanese beetle might be an invasive pest, but its metallic green and copper shine is hard to ignore. Nature has a way of making even troublemakers look beautiful up close. #BlueSkyArtShow #shiny #ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #macro #nature #wildlife #insect #naturephotography

Yesterday’s stroll through the mountains. 🏔️ #scape #photography #landscape #pnw #wildflowers #bloomscroling

While the rock layers are beautiful, the Badlands don’t need color to impress. Stripped to light and shadow, the landscape reveals just how raw and unforgiving the terrain really is. #scape #ColorADay #BWFri #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #nature

I'm a sucker for solar max and mid-latitude aurora. Here's one of the many displays I've caught this year, this time from Indiana. The reds were particularly intense during this geomagnetic storm. #ColorADay #RedWed #aurora #photography #northernlights #nightsky #spaceweather #landscape

The heat rising off this Yellowstone hot spring is intense, and the water shifts from turquoise to deep blue depending on the angle of the light. Standing at the edge feels like looking into another world. #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #bluesky #photography #yellowstone #nature #landscapephotography

The river roars, the forest crowds in, but it’s the massive moss-covered boulders that steal the show today. #RockinTuesday #pnw #landscape #photography #landscapephotography

Good morning and happy #MountainMonday 🏔️ High above the North Cascades, Mt. Baker rises with ice on its shoulders and clouds wrapped tightly around its crown. #photography #pnw #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #nature

A music-themed #SelfPortraitSunday is right up my alley. I'm usually playing guitar, but when I got my hands on a mandolin, I was instantly hooked. #Music&Me #mandolin #music #instrument

Mount Baker under heavy skies while a gnarled tree rises among evergreens, its roots as weathered as the alpine cliffs behind it. Stunning as always up here. 🏔️🌲 #stunday #photography #pnw #landscape #mountain #trees #nature #naturephotography

The forest floor has its own #skyline with tiny towers of moss and a lone mushroom holding up the light. #blueskyartshow #mushroom #photography #nature #moss

Summer in the vineyard 🍇 🍷 #summer #vineyard #bluesky #photography #landscape

The Cascades blur the lines between forest and mountain. Trails wind through damp trees before opening to ridges with snow still melting, where each step feels like a shift in the season. 🌲🏔️ #ForestFriday #scape #landscape #pnw #photography #mountains #nature

It may be Wednesday, but today is my Friday, so I'm buzzing through the workday like this bumblebee. Focused, fuzzy, and covered in snacks. 🐝 🌼 #photography #wildlife #bee #nature #naturephotography #macro #flowers #bloomscrolling #savethebees #photographersofbluesky #bumblebee

You can feel the fight in this tree with its roots gripping bare rock with relentless force, its thick trunk standing firm after years of holding on. #ThickTrunkTuesday #RockinTuesday #pnw #photography #trees #nature #forest #naturephotography

The clouds clung tight to Shuksan’s summit, but the mountain still dominated the horizon. 🏔️ #MountainMonday #photography #pnw #mountains #nature #landscape #wildflowers #glaciers

The waves weren’t the only thing in motion on this day. Turns out I can do a decent impression of a windsock while holding a camera in hurricane-force winds. #SelfPortraitSunday #InMotion #windy #beach #photography #photographersofbluesky #selfportrait #michigan

Sunday drives hit different when you're winding through the stunning North Cascades on a beautiful summer day. #stunday #photography #pnw #mountains #landscape #roadtrip #landscape #travelphotography #nature #bluesky

Horsetails are living fossils, older than the dinosaurs. When you stop and look closely, you’re seeing a plant that’s been on Earth for over 300 million years, surviving ice ages, mass extinctions, and every shift in climate since. #bnw_macro #photography #nature #macro #naturephotography #plants

In the damp hush of the forest, a cluster of mushrooms pushes out from the bark, stacking into soft, fan-shaped tiers. The gills pull the light into their folds, revealing a world of texture often unnoticed. #FungiFriday #ForestFriday #photography #nature #mushrooms #fungi #naturephotography #tree

Rain is the soundtrack right now, and the river’s keeping tempo. We're seeing an unusual storm for August, and the rivers are swelling. It's needed relief for the Bear Gulch fire, though. #scape #ForestFriday #photography #river #trees #moss #pnw #washington #landscape #nature

Some beaches are all sunshine and swimming. This one’s more about pulling up a log, breathing in the salt air, and just watching the tide do its thing. #beach #pnw #washington #photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #seascape #island #driftwood #fog

Some waterfalls roar, others whisper. This one drapes gently over golden sandstone in Northern Michigan, letting the forest do most of the talking. #WaterfallWednesday #photography #waterfall #michigan #frorest #nature #landscape #landscapephotography

Clouds moved in like a tide, swallowing the peaks and leaving the trail adrift in grey. The higher I climbed, the smaller the world became, until only stone and cloud remained. #RockinTuesday #photography #mountains #clouds #landscapephotography #hiking #pnw #washington #PhotographersOfBluesky

The trail was quiet except for the crunch of leaves under my boots. Then, just off to the side, this tiny mushroom stood alone in a patch of moss, its cap catching what little light made it through the trees. 🍄 #MacroMonday #MushroomMonday #photography #nature #macro #fungi #naturephotography

Some people spend Sundays sipping mimosas. I prefer the intoxicating mountain air. Here's Mt. Shuksan taking a moment to reflect on the past week. 🏔️ #stunday #photography #pnw #washington #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #reflection #alpine