Excited to see this one again in two short days~ -- #photography #fujifilm

On break from choring. Yesterday evening. -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm #mountainbiking

Five and a half cords this year, as the household will soon be growing by one. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #woodstove #woodheat

The Duckabush in the smoke and at its lowest flow—leaves just starting to turn. -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm #duckabush #landscapephotography

Adam's pride 'n joy Cummins diesel-swap Toyota, doing what it does best. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

Out Yesterday -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm

Way up in the smoke, today. Halfway up The Brothers, ready for rain. -- #olympicpeninsula #photography #landscapephotography #fujifilm #lilliwaup

Sprint-finish roof replacement underway for the garage. Previous owners had let the gutters fill and the sheathing sipped it up. Will be good to see this one done.

Results of neighbor-bartering a heaping bag of pears in exchange for fresh salmon, homemade sausage, peppers. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicppeninsula #lilliwaup

The Duckabush, with a vein of cold air settled and stirring. One early morning before work. A year ago, today. -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #duckabush #fujifilm #landscapephotography

This is a reminder to submit comments against the Trump admin's rescinding of the Roadless Rule, currently protecting 90M acres of our National Forests and public lands nationwide. Where roads go, wildfires and privatization follow. www.roadless.org/m/comment -- #olympicpeninsula #publicland

Rushing around in my pre-Winter prep scramble, with frightfully little time for photographs. I am though undeniably excited for the rain to arrive and burn ban to be lifted. Been way too long since the tub's been fired up. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #lilliwaup

Somewhere between Olympia and Home Outside of Shelton, I think -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

A special-to-me swatch of maple woodland the DNR's axe has left untouched awhile. Spending more time up in here, lately. -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm

Pia, Heeler Extraordinaire -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #lilliwaup

Hoarding season -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #rurallife #lilliwaup

Working on a new trail/ about had my fill of fires, this year. -- (a rare not-camera photo I enjoy)

Always on the sleeper car back home -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #kingstonwa #fujifilm

A persistent back injury's kept me from racing this year—and have resigned (happily) to cruising along in my little 11' dinghy—but I sure do miss and hope to return to the circuit with my teammates in the Spring. -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm #porttownsend #sailing

Best little building in the boatyard -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #porttownsend

Prow of a new tallship being restored -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #porttownsend

Spike Africa, getting fresh bottom paint -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #porttownsend

A man working on his ship, yesterday evening -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #porttownsend

What's coming in down the hill -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm #lilliwaup

Axle surgery with the sledge

Too much winter-prep choring Not enough time with this fella -- #olympicpeninsula #photography #fujifilm #lilliwaup

Missing this one immensely, lately -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #fujifilm #kalaloch

My neighbor Dave's grapes nearly ready to harvest -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #lilliwaup

One of the rare albums that's clung to my bones the last few years. Delighted to find it had been reissued by P.W. Elverum & Sons (Mount Eerie's label of musical curios). -- #hanastretton

Enjoying a nap After demolishing and hauling away the squirrel-soiled ceiling in the garage Now open and lovely and clean -- #photography #olympicpeninsula #lilliwaup #fujifilm

Mornings feeling more brisk, lately

The Duckabush estuary and Seattle, in the distance. While out riding the foothills, this evening. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

Gnarled old-growth, near Staircase Rapids last year. Been thinking about this area a lot and how changed it'll be the next time I make it back. With the Bear Gulch Fire set to burn til Winter, it may be awhile. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #lakecushman

First tastes of Fall -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #lilliwaup

Grouse-scouting the pathways and channels and seasonal streams' low-flow. Out by the Hamma estuary. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

Home, from Poulsbo. A break from the smoke. With Michele. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsulaa

Eyeballing a seaplane -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

Laying on a wooden pier together -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

Laying on a wooden pier together -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

Floating bank to bank over ice-cold river. Plucking unripe blackberries while the dog swims laps around me. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula #duckabushrivet

Camp, from afar -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

Camp, from camp -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

A nosy neighbor -- #photography #fujifilm #sanjuanislands

And again, this morning. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

Rowing back from the crab pot. This evening. -- #photography #fujifilm #olympicpeninsula

My turn with the lantern. At Mountain Lake. -- #photography #orcasisland #fujifilm

~ -- #photography #fujifilm #orcasisland

Waxing moon, sometime after I got in the hammock and before I started snoring -- #photography #fujifilm #orcasisland

Further sights cycling and paddling and camping, last week -- #photography #orcasisland #fujifilm

Ferrygoers -- #washington #fujifilm #photography