A hepatica wildflower in the shade of the forest floor. #WildflowerWednesday #Bloomscrolling #wildflower #blue #nature #MacroPhotography

Rufous hummingbird ... king of the backyard. #Birds #hummingbird #birdoftheday #WildlifePhotography

A blade of grass looks like it's hanging onto a water droplet, and straining against the pull of a spider web. #MacroPhotography #WaterDroplets #nature #green

Bird's nest fungi with spores inside the "nest". When raindrops hit the nest, the spores are popped out, sometimes several feet away. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #fungi #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

Trillium ... #WildflowerWednesday #wildflowers #BloomScrolling #springtime #trillium #forest

Mt. Rainier at sunset #MountainMonday #mountains #NationalParks #hiking

The power of the ocean ... even on a relatively calm day. #PacificOcean #ocean #OregonCoast #water #waves

One of my favorite Oregon waterfalls ... it's always fun to cover the camera and walk behind this one. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #Oregon #nature #forest #PhotographersOfBluesky

A tiny snow queen and a calypso orchid ... looking like a couple of neighbors visiting over the fence. #wildflowers #BloomScrolling #MacroMonday #orchids #forest

There's no backdrop quite like the Milky Way. #Background #BlueSkyArtShow #MilkyWay #astrophotography #NightSky

Standing tall ... #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #MacroPhotography #forest

Mom, dad, and the kids ... #MacroMonday #FungiFriends #fungi #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

Italy's Dolomite mountains ... jaw-dropping beauty in every direction. #MountainMonday #DolomiteMountains #alpine #LandscapePhotography

With a belly-full of salmon, a coastal Alaskan brown bear enjoys an afternoon snooze in the sun. For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Horizontal #AlaskanBrownBear #Bear #Alaska #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

A mushroom family in the forest of the Oregon Coast Range. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #moss #MacroPhotography #nature

A multi-level waterfall in the Canadian Rockies. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #CanadianRockies #mountains #CanadianNationalPark

Abstract images of the Alsea River's fast moving water, in the Oregon Coast Range, posted for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow challenge of #Flowing. #rivers #whitewater #water #PacificNorthwest #nature #photography

A group of tiny mushrooms next to a hemlock cone. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

Beautiful, tiny, snow queen flowers have started popping up in the Oregon Coast Range. Let the wildflower season begin! #MacroMonday #wildflowers #flowers #spring #nature

Fun things to do on a freezing day ... make frozen soap bubbles. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Round #winter #freezing #bubbles #photography

Once in a blue moon ... #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #autumn #MacroPhotography #nature

A carpet of moss covered logs and rocks around a waterfall in the Oregon Cascade mountains. #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #moss #Oregon #PacificNorthwest #LandscapePhotography #nature

A crab spider just waiting for an insect to wander into that maze of a web. #MacroMonday #CrabSpider #spider #MacroPhotography #nature

A mature eagle keeps its eye on the prize .. a fish held in the talons of the immature eagle. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Two #eagles #raptors #BirdsofPrey #Birds! #WildlifePhotography #nature

All in a row ... #FungiFriday #mushrooms #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #nature

It was good to see some snow on the higher elevations of the Oregon Coast Range this morning. It's been a dry winter for us. #clouds #Oregon #OregonCoastRange #MarysPeak #forest #LandscapePhotography

A small feather with water droplets. I placed the feather on my phone screen, and carefully dropped some water on it. Things to do on a rainy day. #MacroMonday #feathers #MacroPhotography #Birds

Sometimes there are eyes watching me in the forest. An old stump with holes for springboards for today's BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood #Forest #PacificNorthwest #Logging #Trees

Smokin' fungi for this Friday! Have a good weekend! #FungiFriday #fungi #nature #FungiFriends

Ladybugs having a visit on a sunflower stem. #MacroMonday #ladybug #nature #garden

Late afternoon sunlight breaks through the fog at a state park on the Oregon coast. #sunlight #OregonCoast #fog #forest

Dreaming of spring ... #FlowersOnFriday #wildflowers #Bloomscrolling #nature #MacroPhotography #OMSystem

Best friends #FungiFriends #mushroom #MacroPhotography #forest #fungi #nature #OMSystem

Pretty in pink. #FungiFriday #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #Forest #OMSystem

A group of cladonia lichens wear spiky crowns of ice for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Cold #winter #lichen #frozen #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #OMSystem

A little village of delicate, white mushrooms ... looking like little porcelain figurines. #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushroom #forest #MacroPhotography #OMSystem

Although most of the mushrooms have turned to mush with our winter weather here in Oregon, I still occasionally find a few. I found these two huddled against the cold yesterday, with ice crystals on their caps. #MacroMonday #mushroom #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #forest #OMSystem

A coastal Alaskan brown bear heads across the river after a long day of salmon fishing ... for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #One #Alaska #BrownBear #wilderness #sunset #bears

Wild waters in the Canadian Rockies for today's #WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #river #BritishColumbia #WildRiver #nature

A little forest of cladonia lichens and mosses growing on a decaying log in the Oregon Coast Range. #MacroMonday #lichen #FungiFriends #forest #nature #MacroPhotography

The sun sets on acres and acres of crimson clover in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Vibrant #oregon #CrimsonClover #sunset #LandscapePhotography

A beautiful, little waterfall in Oregon's Cascade mountains. #WaterfallWednesday #moss #waterfall #oregon #nature

A mushroom with (what looks like) a thatched roof in the Oregon Coast Range. #MacroMonday #mushrooms #FungiFriends #forest #MacroPhotography #OMsystem

Frozen leaves ... winter is here. #frozen #trees #leaves #winter #OMsystem

It's a jungle out there! #FungiFriends #mushroom #fungi #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

"Merry Christmas, little one!" #mushrooms #fungi #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #nature #forest

Close up of Oregon's Alsea River ... moving fast, and nearly at flood stage. #river #TextureTuesday #abstract #texture #RiverRapids #nature #water

Dancers in the Dark #MacroMonday #FungiFriends #fungi #MacroPhotography #mushrooms #nature

An immature eagle tries to crowd onto a branch already occupied by one of its elders, resulting in lots of flapping and screaming. #BirdOfTheDay #OpenWings #birds #BaldEagle #WildlifePhotography #nature

On a foggy day last week, all the cobwebs on logs and plants were covered with tiny water droplets. This is a stacked photo of a cobweb on the side of a decaying log. #MacroMonday #macrophotography #water #nature #forest