A gorgeous lavender rose for anyone going through stuff today. I imagine that’s pretty much everyone. Hang in there. #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #Roses #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Squirrels were jumping from branch to branch, collecting acorns and dropping a few, one of which almost beaned me. Good times. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Oak #PNW #Fall #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #TakeAWalk

It rained over the weekend, and the moss looks much happier. #MossyMonday #Moss #ISeeMoss #TakeAWalk #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside

I’ve been waiting for this patch of cosmos all year. #StunDay #Cosmos #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Was delighted to see this lichen covered twig on a walk yesterday. So much going on here! #HotStickSaturday #Lichen #Fungi #FungiFriends #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #LookCloser #YouMatter

Lady Shadow relaxes and waits amongst the #Angles of the montbredia leaves. #BlueSkyArtShow #PrayingMantis #Mantises #Insects #Invertebrates #Nature #Photography #Green #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Yes. All of this. For the love.

This sneaky Pacific chorus frog hiding in the overgrown rhubarb patch cheered me up a little this morning. Hope this little friend cheers you up too. #Frog #ILikeFrogs #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Green #KeepGoing #Don’tGiveUp

This picture doesn’t do it justice (will work on that), but these deep red petals have deep purple streaks too. Wow. #RoseWednesday #BloomScrolling #Roses #Flowers #Nature #Photography #Gardening #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Feeling blue and crabby? This 3cm friend gets you. Schedule some outside time today. #TidesOutTuesday #TidePooling #PNW #PacificOcean #Beach #Macro #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #BeKindToAllKinds #BeKindToYourself

These leaves will be turning soon. Maybe we can turn the tides too. I hope so. #BlueSkyMonday #Trees #LateSummer #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

Going out in nature can help with the overwhelm. Enjoy this beautiful dahlia. #StunDay #BloomScrolling #Dahlia #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Peace #BeKind #YouMatter

Found this lovely twig with some sort of #Lichen on it. #HotStickSaturday #Fungi #FungiFriends #Nature #Photography #Macro #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

When I think of #Home, this is what comes to mind. Growing up in the #PNW, I thought all trees were this high, and that cloudy, rainy days were just normal. When I moved away, I missed it. #BlueSkyArtShow #Nature #Trees #Forests #Rain #GoOutside #Breathe

Feeling exhausted from the scariness. I’m sure I’m not alone. So I’m sharing beautiful specimen from that dahlia farm I stumbled upon last week. #BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Dahlias #Flowers #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Just down the hill from the Octopus Tree was this huge, cat-sized fungus. Wish I’d thought to put my hand in for scale, but it was about the size of a small cat. #Fungi #FungiFriends #Hiking #Rain #Forests #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #GinormousMushroom

For #ThickTrunkTuesday, I bring you the Octopus Tree, an ancient Sitka spruce with no central trunk - just all these arms. Also, a comment below. #OctopusTree #PNW #OldGrowthForest #Forests #Fog #Nature #Photography #Hiking #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Yes, I am sad to see summer go. AND, as a pluviophile, I’m looking forward to seeing the moss rehydrate. Here’s a nice tendril from March: #Moss #ISeeMoss #Forests #Macro #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #WaitingForRain #Don’tGiveUp

This bumblebee coming in for a landing, though… #Bumblebees #Pollinators #Dahlias #StunDay #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Why did #Summer go so quickly? A #Waterfall from a beautiful hike back in July. Sigh. #BlueSkyArtShow #PNW #Nature #Photography #Forest #Hiking #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

We ran across a dahlia farm on our errands yesterday. Wow. Flowers for everyone! #FlowersOnFriday #Dahlias #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

A stunning blue darner dragonfly perched during a brief downpour. It’s really the only time they ever land, so. #Dragonfly #Insects #Invertebrates #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #Hiking #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

From a hike a couple of years ago. #WaterfallWednesday #Waterfalls #SilverFalls #PNW #Nature #Photography #Hiking #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Persist #YouMatter

On a recent tide pooling expedition, I was so happy to see the ochre sea stars making a comeback from that awful wasting disease. #TidesOutTuesday #TidePools #PacificOcean #PNW #Beach #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

Feeling a bit blue about the end of summer. And a bit experimental. Hang in there everybody. #BloomScrolling #MonoMonday #Roses #Flowers #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Explore #Don’tGiveUp

This female blue dasher dragonfly preparing for takeoff is pretty stunning, I think. #Stunday #Dragonfly #Insects #Invertebrates #Nature #Photography #Macro #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

It’s on a rock, not a stick. But it’s still some gnarly lichens, which is what I came into the desert for: #Lichen #FungiFriends #Fungi #Desert #ID #iNaturalist #MiddleOfNowhere #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

I love taking water and sunlight pictures because they’re so #Shiny. #BlueSkyArtShow #Water #Sunlight #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

We all need some flowers today. Sigh. We will persevere. #Roses #FlowersOnFriday #BloomScrolling #Don’tGiveUp

After a morning of thunderstorms, here’s the sky. #Sky #Clouds #AfterTheStorm #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutsideButNotDuringAThunderstorm #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Somewhere along the literal Oregon Trail. Fortunately did not die of dysentery and am still alive to post this. #BlueSkyMonday #OregonTrail #PNW #RoadTrip #Nature #Photography #Landscape #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

A rose for everyone out there who is struggling. Hang in there. #StunDay #Sunday #Roses #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

Just some lichen on the rocks. So pretty! #Lichen #LichenOnTheRocks #Fungi #FungiFriends #ID #Hiking #CratersOfTheMoon #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

Take a deep breath, let some of that anxiety go, and enjoy this #Skyline on the #Beach. #BlueSkyArtShow #Pacific #Ocean #HI #Nature #Photography

For giggles: You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Looks like my chances are reasonable…

While trying to find where a dragonfly landed in a tree, we accidentally woke this owl up from its nap. Sorry! #Owls #Birds #GreatHornedOwl #Naptime #Nature #Photography #PNW #Hiking #Explore #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #BeKindToYourself #YouMatter

Back on the road, traversing the lava flats. Made extra sure to thank all the NPS staff we encountered. #Sky #Clouds #RoadTrip #CratersOfTheMoon #ID #Nature #Photography #Desert #Explore #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #NPS #ThankYou #YouMatter #Don’tGiveUp #ILoveLava

Have been enjoying dramatic skies the past few days. #BlueSkyMonday #sky #Clouds #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp

Dahlias at dusk last night for Sunday #StunDay today. #BloomScrolling #Dahlias #Flowers #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Hope #KeepGoing

This is true. I was the girl at (insert 4 different record store names here) who was the recipient of said singing, humming, whistling, or, very often this: “I don’t know the words or the tune, but it’s about (insert topic here).” All things considered, I wasn’t bad at guessing. #RecordStore #80s

And here’s the #HotStickSaturday entry for today… what a lovely #Lichen collection! #FungiFriends #Fungi #CoolStick #Nature #Photography #Macro #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice

So may different #Pieces of #Lichen on this big, chunky lava boulder in the high desert. Story in the alt text. #BlueSkyArtShow #Fungi #FungiFriends #ID #Hiking #CratersOfTheMoon #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter

Long trip today. This was the sunset. Good night everybody. #Sunset #RoadTrip #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #SleepWell

This is exciting!

A fuzzy buzzy photobomb. #Sunflowers #BloomScrolling #Bumblebees #Flowers #Pollinators #FuzzyBuzzy #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #NatureTheraphy

I mean, something is going on here…

I’ve been spending too much time with these hidden roses on the side of the house lately, and I don’t care. Here, let me share them with you. #RoseWednesday #Roses #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Gardening #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter #BeKindToYourself

Apparently this is a horned nudibranch, if my iNaturalist choice is correct. Super cute sea slug about 3 centimeters long. #TidesOutTuesday #TidePooling #PNW #PacificOcean #Beach #Nudibranch #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing

My character just gained a super cool new skill of being able to summon animals and plants to help me out. On Friday, I summoned a swarm of dragonflies to fight off a swarm of fairies, and it worked! (I rolled reasonably well). Then I had tree roots trip an angry ogre. Fun times!🔥 #RPG #GameNight

Waves are endlessly interesting. Never get tired of them. #BlueSkyMonday #Waves #Blue #Ocean #Beach #Pacific #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #NatureTherapy #Don’tGiveUp