The sights and sound of November in the PNW, looking out a bedroom window facing our front yard. Yellow tree leaves = Persian ironwood. Red/orange tree leaves = Red Sunset & Autumn Flame maples. #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn #PNW #November #Seattle #RakingLeaves #WaitingForThePowerToGoOutAgain

😂 An oldie but goodie. #Halloween #Pumpkins

@chantellc.bsky.social & @suzette.bsky.social, Thank you deerly for the reposts! 😉 🦌

This afternoon a very tame female Black-tailed deer was back munching our Otto Luyken Laurel bushes by our driveway. She has visited this same spot the past few days. I’m 15’ away, she knows where I am. Very docile meandering around the front yard. 🦌 #PNW #Calm #Deer #Mammals #TimeCleanse

Always checking the lawn before mowing, I again almost stepped on an adult Northern red-legged frog hiding in the tall grass. He was camera shy and quickly scampered into the bushes. 🐸 #SaturdayOrange #PNW #Frogs #Amphibians #LookBeforeYouMow

A Common Teasel flower head backlit by the sun. Found growing in a roadside ditch yesterday. Common Teasel is considered a noxious weed in Washington State, but also a great seed source for birds. #TextureTuesday #Plants #PNW #DriedFlowers

Thank you for the reposts! 👋 @jonjust.bsky.social 🧡 @soletraveler.bsky.social 🧡 @suzette.bsky.social 🧡 @breeze420.bsky.social 🧡 @immachocoholic.bsky.social 🧡 @alinagrafik.bsky.social 🧡 @pelzerb.bsky.social 🧡 @wa-fire-watch.bsky.social 🧡

Human vs. Giant House Spider - Eratigena duellica, with swearing! 😂 🕷️ #Spiders #PNW #Who'sTheBoss #SpeedDemon

A young male Pileated Woodpecker enjoying lunch yesterday, then chasing off a female Hairy Woodpecker from his suet source. This routine occurs daily with assorted Pileated and other Woodpeckers. 🪶 Stuck my iPhone out the window for the video. #WoodpeckerWednesday #PNW #Backyard #Birds

Early morning greetings from the backyard. A Pacific tree frog maintaining its cool on the inside rim of a bird fountain; and a Garter Snake warming in a little bit of morning sun. 🐸 🐍 #Frogs #Snakes #PNW #GoodMorning

Sunday morning sunrise over Seattle, view is from dad’s patio on Bainbridge Island. Another hot day with temperatures away from Puget Sound around 90 degrees. iPhone picture. #SkySunday #Stunday #PugetSound #Seattle #PNW #WAWX #GoodMorning

Viewed from dad’s patio on Bainbridge Island, the 1:00 Saturday afternoon Seattle skyline. Some monsoonal moisture cirrus clouds painting the sky this warm afternoon. iPhone picture. #BlueSkyArtShow #SkyLine #Seattle #PNW #PugetSound #WAWX

❄️ Snowman Hat ❄️ My first snowman (thanks mom & dad) and my first time touching snow. The beginning of my lifelong occupation with all things Yeti. ☃️ #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHat #PNW #Joy #Snow

As I was mowing our backyard grass yesterday afternoon, this 9” Red-tailed Hawk wing or tail feather was found in the middle of our lawn. A rush of emotions when I picked up this feather, almost like empowerment. 🪶 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #Hawks #PNW #Backyards

EEK! Homer and Marge Simpson shriEking during a Treehouse of Horrors Halloween special. Original Simpson’s production drawing hanging on our office wall. Sorry for the reflections! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasyE #AnimationArt #BlackandWhite #TheSimpsons

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDrivetime Dad at his favorite rest stop. Don’t be deceived, dad can really scoot using his ‘Bad Motor Scooter’ with ‘big fat tires and everything.’ "Road Runner" Bo Diddley: I'm a road runner honey, Beep! Beep! I'm a road runner honey, And you can't keep up with me.

You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature? Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) and Defending Your Life (1991)

I voted in our primary election today. Filling in that small oval is powerful satisfaction! 🗳️ My vote today will help keep our local school district religious zealot free. Local/State elections are just as, if not more, important as the federal elections. #CivicDuty #VoteThemOut #YourVoteCounts

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunucation

Close to dad’s house on Bainbridge Island, this Black-tailed deer buck was leisurely munching whatever it could find along the roadside this past weekend. 🦌 #PNW #Deer #Nature #EatingMachine #Browsing #LunchTime

Who needs a dial with numbers when all you had to do is click the receiver handle and Ernestine the Telephone Operator would greet you and complete your call. 📞 #Alphabetchallenge #WeekCforCommunication #LilyTomlin #Brass

Thank you for the re-posts 🔽 @wa-fire-watch.bsky.social @soletraveler.bsky.social @jonjust.bsky.social @trigonalclass.bsky.social @veronicatrue.bsky.social Why do pirates like to swim? They love cannonballs! 🏴‍☠️

(2 of 2) Hot on the tail of the Northern red-legged frog was a Garter snake a couple feet behind. The snake lost sight of the frog in our tall grass. The snake then raised its head for a few minutes waiting for the frog to move. He didn’t. The snake finally gave up and moved on. 🐍 #Snakes #PNW

(1 of 2) This afternoon a full size Northern red-legged frog bolted out of the same flower bed I found the green snail in this morning. He hopped furiously through the grass and came to a stop at the lawn edge. He let me get close before I put him back into the same flower bed. 🐸 #Frogs #PNW

A garden snail resting on a rock keeping me company as I’m watering plants this morning. #MolluskMonday #Gastropod #PNW #Green

The winds of change for a one day cool down have commenced, but I don’t think they are 167 MPH strong. 🤣 #WAWX #Wind #PNW #SomebodyCheckThatAnemometer

A rare sighting these days on Puget Sound – a cargo ship with actual containers making its way to the Port of Tacoma. iPhone picture from #BainbridgeIsland. #PugetSound #Seattle #Boats #WePayTheTariffs #SkySunday #WhereDidTheCloudsGo #Summer

On the way to see dad, the early Sunday morning view aboard the Walla Walla ferry crossing Puget Sound to Kitsap county. #SkySunday #CirrocumulusClouds #PNW #PugetSound #WAWX #MtRainier

@chantellc.bsky.social @rangedan.bsky.social Thank you for the reposts. 🐸

I’m lucky to have this delicate looking Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) in our yard. Birds devour the berries in a hurry, but I grabbed a few for myself today. Wow, they are fermenting quickly in the heat! Tart, then strong spiked Hawaiian Punch flavor. 🌿 #Plants #PNW #TextureTuesday

The sounds of summer this morning emanating from a retention pond not far from our house. 🐸 #Frogs #PNW #Nature #Summer #NewRingtone

It’s a beeutiful day to be outdoors enjoying the sunshine in the Pacific Northwest. 🐝 #Bees #Nature #Plants #Poppies #SundayYellow #SongSparrow

I almost stepped on this Common Emerald Moth this morning while putting out our bird feeders. I placed him on a nearby quince plant with no objection from the moth. My first encounter of an Emerald Moth in the Seattle area! 🦋 iPhone picture. #Insects #Nature #Moths #PNW #WatchYourStep #LookDown

3 velvety blue 3” Steller’s Jay feathers found in our backyard this week. The parents were introducing a young one to our upside down suet feeder. 🪶 #Birds #Jays #Nature #PNW #BackYardBirds #FeatheredFriday

After taking a quick bath in a small shallow birdbath yesterday, I watched a male Pileated Woodpecker shed this 8” feather while preening. Then I found two 3” Hairy Woodpecker feathers laying close to that Pileated feather! 😀 🪶 #FeatheredFriday #Birds #Nature #PNW #BackyardBirds #Woodpeckers

Time for my daily multivitamins. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYForYellow #Vitamins #Chocolate #HealthyFoods

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Damn, house fire in our neighborhood!

@thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social I got a new toy to play with! Nowhere near a professional model, but good enough to learn on. What I’ve learned is my yard is a trash dump, no treasures. I’m sure my neighbors are loving the beep-beep-BEEEEP noises as I’m practicing in the backyard. 🔎 #TreasureHunt

Last night I was serenaded by our occasional backyard visitor the Barred owl. How gracious the owl, a 6” gift was left for my feather collection. 🪶🦉 #Nature #Owls #PNW #Woodinville

A compact, glowing magenta rhododendron blossom enjoying the sunny start of the holiday weekend in our side yard. A vivid contrast to the olive drab leaf color and brightens the area under red maple trees. #BloomScrolling #PNW #Seattle #Woodinville #Plants #BackYard #SmellandFeeltheDirt

The lush rainforest here in the PNW today. #WAWX #MyBackYard #MustBeTheWeekend #Woodinville #Rain #Calm #PuzzleDay

Crushed Coke can wristwatch made in Switzerland by the ReWatch watch company. Originally gifted to spouse by Coca-Cola and Cargill; commandeered years ago by my wrist. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #WhatTimeIsIt #WhyAmIThirsty #Coke

#BlueskyArtShow #Lines This morning inside the ferry Spokane heading to Bainbridge Island to be with dad. I’m on the top of the upper right-side ramp. #Saturday #PugetSound #Ferry #BainbridgeIsland #PNW

A couple more deciduous azaleas have started to bloom! 🌸 The first 2 pictures: ‘Irene Koster.’ Irene’s delicate flowers are little angels offering a hug. The third picture: 'Cannon's Double.' Subtle fragrance attracts bees, butterflies, and my nose. #BloomScrolling #Nature #Garden #Azaleas #PNW

Early morning pictures of deciduous azaleas in the yard, Part 2 of 2. 🌿 First 2: ‘Golden Lights.’ The bees can't stay away! Second 2: Ack! I Don’t know the names! We have later blooming deciduous azaleas that will be opening soon. #bloomscrolling #Nature #Garden #Azaleas #PNW

Some early morning pictures of deciduous azaleas scattered in our yard, Part 1 of 2. 🌿 First 2: 'Klondyke' Second 2: 'Mount Saint Helens' These deciduous azaleas attract bees, butterflies, and humming birds. #bloomscrolling #Nature #Garden #Azaleas #PNW

This white rhododendron is in our front yard, close to our driveway on the main entrance to our neighborhood. It is a bee magnet! Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of this rhododendron. 🌿 #WednesdayWhite #BloomScrolling #Nature #Garden #PNW #Rhododendrons

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSilver The silver stainless steel football holding Falcon sculpture outside Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Spouse is there for a Coca-Cola event being held inside the stadium this week. #NFL #Atlanta #Birds #Falcon

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