#PNW

#flowers #wildflowers #pnw #bloomscrolling #hiking #plants #lily #fawnLilies

5 minutes ago

A carpet of fawn lilies in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Dappled sunlight spills over a forest floor. The ground is covered with small fawn lilies. Each lily has a pair of thick green leaves sprouting from the ground, and a single flower stalk capped with a yellow flower with large petals that curve backwards. Some of the fawn lilies are in the shadows and some are highlighted by spots of sunlight.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #friendship #kindreds

5 minutes ago

Over 3 hours with fellow nature loving friends was time well spent.

https://www.marylakeconnections.can't

Greater Victoria Greenbelt Society sign on front entrance gate, with contact info.

Millstream Creek, running through the forest.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #treehugger #TreeLover #ILoveTrees #TreesOverGreed #NatureIsTheBest #Arbor #OldGrowth

14 minutes ago

#PhotoExchange & #Cedar #trees appreciation. Enjoyed seeing, smelling, touching & photographing several different cedars🌲🥰

My friend, Julie, taking photo of cedar tree.

Julie's photo of me leaning right hand on cedar tree, while looking up towards branches & canopy.

Cool moss covered cedar branches from an old growth in the forest.

Mossy covered cedar branches, reaching down towards the creek.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #BassFishFamily

22 minutes ago

Photo by my friend, Julie. Me, standing beside an Arbutus tree by the lake.

Beautiful young & healthy Arbutus tree, cliffside by the lake.

View across lake to large beaver lodge on upper far right of frame.

#Pumpkinseed #Sunfish is an #InvasiveSpecies on #VancouverIsland - it's made native stickleback #fish go extinct in some lakes.

More info:
https://pearsonecological.com/fish-l2-single/pumpkinseed

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion

This is along the old logging skidders' road - now a #NatureTrail. #NatureReclamation in effect. It's very #green & there's diversity of #plants #trees & #mycelium - lots of life.

Julie walking along trail, coming out of forest.

Moss covered trees & lots of ferns & huckleberry plants.

Julie standing under big leaf maple tree.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion

1 hour ago

Only open to the public on 1st Sunday of the month. Please visit website to learn more, to become a member, to volunteer & stay updated. Join one of the work parties - extra hands are appreciated!

Boardwalk trail through forest & swampy area.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #florespondence #BloomScrolling

#DeathCamas #ZigadenusVenenosus - #WeededOut of traditional #camas bulb #GatheringAreas by #FirstNations due to inability to discern bulbs from one another.
All parts of plant are #toxic .
A #specialist #MiningBee - #AndrenaAstragali is only known -bee that can tolerate its #toxins 🐝

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Lekwungen #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #VancouverIsland #CoastSalish #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #ProtectedProperty #ConserveNature #biodiversity #NatureImmersion #wildlife #geese #Spring #RespectWildlife #KeepYourDistance #Coexistence #ProtectNature #BritishColumbia #Canada

Here's the #CanadianGeese #family on lake outing. So cute.
Only had my phone camera with me.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #Wsanec #lekwungen #botanical #perennial

Canadian geese family. Parents with 2 young ones.

#CandyCane #plant - #Allotropa #Virgata - it's found in oak, hardwood & coniferous #forests of #VancouverIsland . Grows up to 1500 meters in elevation. #IndicatorPlant - if you see it, return in Fall & look for #pine #mushrooms & you'll find them. They feed on #PineMushroom #mycelium - #ParasiticPlant

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Wsanec #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj #greenbelt #lekwungen #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest

Enjoyed several hours, walking nature trails at #protected #ConservationArea with #kindred #NatureLoving #friends 🌲🥾 I also made a new friend during the nature walk. I'm organizing next month's visit, bringing everyone together, to hike other trails on 42 acres property & enjog lakeside picnic 😊

Bill Sharpe ☮️ ❤️ :fediverse:

Julie, me & Nadene with some fir & cedar trees

Caretaker & nature steward, showing beaver jawbone that was found on property.

One track hiking trail winding through protected second & third growth succession forest, with boardwalk footbridge.

Millstream Creek runs through the forested property. Low water level.

#photography #WashingtonState #PNW #travel #CapeDisappointment #forest #trees

This is a somewhat secluded spot for a nice walk along the South Fork of the #SnoqualmieRiver. Dog friendly with swim & sack lunch beaches slightly down river.
#pnw #NorthBendWa
Bill

Two families of ducks making their way down river. Nice weather / quiet spot.

Southern Minnesota Guy

3 hours ago

Cape Disappointment State Park
Pacific County, Washington, USA; traditional territory of the Lower Chinook, Chinook, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians nations ~ Explore more at https://bit.ly/CapeDisappointmentStatePark_2022-07-25

Photo of a hollowed-out, moss-covered tree trunk lying on the floor of a verdant forest.

https://www.saanichnews.com/business/vietnamese-made-electric-cars-arrive-at-port-of-nanaimo-for-sale-in-canada

3 hours ago

#PortOfNanaimo is the first stop for hundreds of new #ElectricVehicles built in Vietnam .
More than 750 #VinFast #VF8 vehicles arrived in #Nanaimo May 16; part of initial shipment of 1,879 vehicles exported to #NorthAmerica according to Port of Nanaimo press release. VinFast is a newly #Canadian sale-certified #manufacturer with its production based in #HaiPhong #Vietnam

#AsianMastodon #EVnews #VietnameseMade #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada

OlympiaJoe

3 hours ago

another beautiful #pnw weekend ~
#Nature #naturephotography

Infoseepage

14 hours ago

Some of the birds I saw today while on my daily walk through Bellevue's wetlands.

#pnw #bellevue #birds #birding #birdphotography

#sunset #sunsets #trees #seattle #pnw #SilentSunday

14 hours ago

Tonight’s sunset at Green Lake Park in Seattle.

At the side of a beautiful lake, tall willow trees with long leafy branches are backlit by a setting sun.

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary #Millstream #Watershed #GowllandRange #conservation #vanisle #PNW #VictoriaBC #yyj
https://www.marylakeconnections.ca

17 hours ago

I'll upload more photos from today's nature outing, tomorrow. Really hungry & tired after walking trails for several hours. Need food & rest.

Group photo is with my friends Jim & Julie & Bob - who the longtime nature steward there & lived in area for 80 yrs. He's 99 yrs old.

Conservation area, privileged property sign on moss covered old maple tree. There's several large polypore fungi mushrooms growing out of it.

18 hours ago

Can you spot the geese?

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary is within the 13,000 yrs old #Millstream #Watershed that starts by #JocelynHill in #GowllandRange & flows 18 km to the ocean at the #Esquimalt Harbour.

#nature #lake #yyj #VictoriaBC #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest

#VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #conservation #NatureStewardship #BritishColumbia

18 hours ago

5 friends ended up coming out with me to walk the nature trails & learn more about this local, #protected #greenspace 🥰 All are supporters of this #biodiverse sanctuary now 💞

#W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary is within the 13,000 yrs old #Millstream #Watershed that starts by #JocelynHill in #GowllandRange & flows 18 km to the ocean at the #Esquimalt Harbour.
https://www.marylakeconnections.ca

W̱MÍYEŦEN Nature Sanctuary roadside address sign.

View of the lake from trailhead. A fallen tree spans across.

Nature house that sits, overhanging the lake is on the left. View of the lake & surrounding forest fills rest of frame.

joel b

18 hours ago

I caught it stretching it wings! #birds #herons #pnw #seattle #ballard

juvenile herons in the nest. One is trying to lift its wings

Southern Minnesota Guy

21 hours ago

Do you know what I am?

Cape Disappointment State Park
Pacific County, Washington, USA; traditional territory of the Lower Chinook, Chinook, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians nations ~ Explore more at https://bit.ly/CapeDisappointmentStatePark_2022-07-25

#photography #WashingtonState #PNW #travel #CapeDisappointment #forest #plants

Photo of unknown broad-leafed plants in a Pacific Northwest US forest.

#PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains

21 hours ago

I hiked the Elk Mountain - King’s Mountain Loop this morning. I tell myself I’m never doing this trail again each time, today being no exception. Elk Mountain is difficult, but fine. The technical section between Elk and King’s begins with repelling down the mountain with a rope. From there, it’s “trail” on cliff edges and parts where you have to scramble up rock with not much to hold onto and cliffs behind you if you slip.

Full moon right above the coastal mountain range in Oregon. The Tillamook Forest fills the hilly terrain with blue sky above.

This landscape view includes bushes up close with the Tillamook Forest behind. Mount Hood can be seen poking through the clouds probably 80 to 100 miles away on the other side of Portland, Oregon. Streaky blue sky.

Rope used to rappel down this very steep section of rock and dirt.

Forested trail on the Kings Mountain trail. Tall trees and green ferns line both sides of trail.

Tim Chapman-Wilson

22 hours ago

Here is a #bloomscrolling offering for #today from the #PacificNorthwest 💚

(The fragrance in this particular zone of the garden is intense right now, as you can probably imagine.)

#honeysuckle #lonicera #pnw

A mass of pink, orange & yellow honeysuckle flowers (Lonicera spp.) in bloom on wooden trellis, on a sunny early June day.

This lovely variant (highly fragrant!) is most likely "Peaches & Cream".

Christof Maupin, Artist

I did a little pop-up market on very short notice yesterday in West Salem. Had a great time. Here are some of the goodies I sold... #HotGlass #Enamel #Handmade #glassart #glassartist #salemoregon #pnw #oregonglass #lampworkglass #torchwork #jewelry #handmade #MastoArt

Necklace sold at yesterday's pop-up market in West Salem, OR

Enamel earrings sold at yesterday's pop-up market in West Salem, OR

Bronze, enamel and glass necklace sold at yesterday's pop-up market in West Salem, OR

Bracelet in Murano clear glass featuring white enamel background and confetti colored frit.

WalterBlick

#pnw #silentsunday

Tyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓

Nancy Marguerite Anderson

Large madrona tree viewed from below #silentsunday #pnw

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1828:
"Having gathered the necessary documents for completing the accounts of this place we take our departure at 9 am, taking iwth us 1 Roll Tobacco for Fort Colvile. Leave at #WalaWalla 10 muskets and 9 powder horns and shot bags for the people down coming. Encamp at 6 pm below the Marle Banks [Hanford Reach]. A few Indians visit us. Saw a good many geese and ducks today, very wild. The mountains behind Walla Walla covered with snow. #WA #History #PNW #AmWriting

Typical fur trade encampment, with canvas tents for the gentlemen and cook fires for all. To the left men talk under a canvas fly. In the background the palisades of replica Fort Langley.

#plants #pnw #flowers #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #hiking

The mountains in the Pacific Northwest are full of fawn lilies right now.

A pretty yellow flower is growing in dry reddish soil. Its curved petals are curling backwards.

Michael Emerman

#SilentSunday #hiking #PNW
Lower Crystal Lake near Mt Rainier.

A lake with dark green water reflecting trees and snow on the far side. In the background are gray mountain peaks with snow on the edges

#WhatsInMyGarden #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #YYJgardeners #SimpleGoodLife #GardenTherapy #Spring #GrowItEatIt #FoodSecurity #SelfSufficiency #zone8 #FoodGardener #GrowFoodNotLawns #GrowYourOwn #FoodFromMyGarden

Today's #fresh #homegrown #strawberries #fruits #harvest 👩‍🌾
My baby nephew ate 6 of them before pic 🍓

Aluminum plate of fresh harvested strawberries.

Layla Low

June and the rose is getting started #BloomScrolling #Flower #PNW

Open roses and buds in shades of orange and red with green leaves behind.

Infoseepage

#pnw #bellevue #birds #birding #birdphotography

Some of the bird I saw today while on my daily walk through Bellevue's wetlands.

Very bright and sunny day. Went out in the middle of the day this time and avoided most of the mosquitos, but got a bit burned and lighting was very hard for photography. Lots of blown highlights. Need a better camera body, for sure.

#PNW #Oregon #Hiking #Outdoors

People are starting to say there may be a serial killer in Portland. Stay safe out there!

“Six women in Portland have been found dead in secluded, wooded areas in the last three months within 100 miles of each other, triggering fears that a serial killer may be in the area.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12153123/amp/Six-women-dead-Portland-woods-three-months.html

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #PNW #owls

Young barred owl (Strix varia) that recently fledged, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Still hoping to get fed by parents.

Young barred owl sits on a branch and stares at the camera.

🌹 thomas

This summer I'm going to take my first dive into bikerafting. On the hunt for good routes for the summer/fall in the PNW if anyone knows any! #pnw #bikerafting #packrafting #cycling

Ian Rose

Bill Sharpe ☮️ ❤️ :fediverse:

Met a friend about 5 minutes walk from my front door today. We get a lot of garter snakes, but this is the first big noodle I've seen here since I moved in. Hard to tell from the photo, but it's about 3 and a half feet long. I played crossing guard and watched for traffic while it crossed the street. What a beauty.

#snakes #herptodon #nature #oregon #pnw

In our neighborhood #NorthBendWa , the #forestfire danger shifted up a notch to moderate this week. #pnw
Bill

Newer smokey bear sign shows Smokey holding a shovel. Some bird used him for target practice.
:(

Shannon Curtis

I looooove where I live
#tacoma #WashingtonState #pnw

A photo of Tacoma / Mt. Rainier at sunset / moonrise. The snow-topped mountain is a hazy pink in the sunset, and the nearly full moon rises just over its left shoulder.

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #wildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #PNW #owls

Barred owl (Strix varia) with a vole in its beak, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Photo taken on a private photo tour yesterday.

barred owl sits on a tree with a vole in its beak

#PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Mosstodon

Made it back home so here’s some bonus photos and a trail report for those in the area. Within the last two weeks the Larch Mountain trail has been completely cleared of downed trees. The trail hasn’t been this well maintained since 2019. Snow at 4000 feet has mostly melted. Only one tiny patch on the entire trail. Hoping that Wahtum Lake will be clear in two weeks but it’s apparently still super snowy.

Multnomah Falls. Two-tier waterfall with a bridge over the lower tier. Moss covers the rocky slopes on both sides of the falls. Bushes in the lower section of the photo partially covering the pool of water underneath the falls.

Trail through a forest in the cascade mountain range. Tall trees and shrubs line both sides of the trail.

A selfie of me with green forest behind me and Mount Hood on the right side of my head.

Brunchhhh. #PNW #Tacoma

#PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains

Mount Hood from the summit of Larch Mountain. Powered hiked up from sea level 7 miles to the 4056 ft. viewpoint in 2:37, probably my personal best. Such an amazing location and there are zero people up here. The views up here also include Mt. St.Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Jefferson. Time to jog back down.

Mount Hood from the summit of Larch Mountain. Mount Hood is covered in snow, surrounded by the Cascade mountain range. The view is a little hazy with dark green forest in the foreground. Light blue cloudless sky above.

Dezene Huber 🌻

Exceptional analysis of the 2021 #PNW #heat #dome.

OA 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36289-3

Quotes: “…(analyses of) deaths in metropolitan #Vancouver found that they were disproportionately in neighborhoods with higher #material and #social #deprivation and lower levels of #green #space…”

“…over one million #mussels were estimated to have died in a mere 100-m stretch of #shoreline…”

“…the #heatwave killed ~10 million #barnacles along a single 100-m stretch of #intertidal #habitat…”

#ClimateChange 🔥🌡️🌎

Quote fig. 1: “Heatwave daily maximum near-surface (2 m) temperatures (TX). a ERA5 reanalysis data maximum 3-day running mean (between 23 June and 02 July 2021) of TX anomalies relative to a daily 1981–2020 climatology (see Methods for more details). b Absolute TX values for 2021 (solid) and 1981–2020 climatology (dashed); black lines: spatial average of ERA5 data over the black box in a, with shading ±1, 2, and 3 standard deviations; red lines: observations from Lytton, British Columbia (BC), denoted by the red triangle in a—missing values from 1 to 5 July are likely due to the wildfire. Black letters and outlines in a show the main Canadian provinces and US states referred to in this study. Gray outlines and letters in a show the eight crop regions in BC, discussed further in the section on Agricultural Yields.”

Quote fig. 2: “Exceedance of previous record high temperatures during a the June 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave, b the July–August European heatwave of 2003, and c the July–August Russian heatwave of 2010. Filled contours show ERA5 since 1950, whilst individual markers show observational station data in Canada; see Methods for record lengths.

Quote fig 6: “Thermal images showing extreme high surface temperatures during low tide on 28 June, 2021, on a a rocky intertidal shoreline and b within a mussel bed. Scale bars indicate the range in temperature from the coolest to warmest parts of the image, while the value at the upper left indicates the temperature in the cross-hairs at center. Note that the mussels in b have died and are gaping open. A subset of species impacted by the heatwave are shown in c–i, including c bay mussels, Mytilus trossulus, d Pacific oysters, Magallana (= Crassostrea) gigas, e heart cockles, Clinocardium nuttallii, f leather stars, Dermasterias imbricata, g kelp crabs, Pugettia producta, h dogwhelks, Nucella lamellosa, and i barnacles, Chthamalus dalli (upper portion of image) and Balanus glandula (lower portion of image). See Methods for locations and dates of photos in c–i.”

https://raventrust.com/paddle

It's back! My #Mohawk #NativeMusician friend & fellow #activist Logan Staats is playing at the #VictoriaBC show🎶🎵

Please come out to check out fab music in your own boat or book a spot on one of the sailing boats!

#FestivalAfloat is a #PaddlePowered #MusicFestival & #educational offering that brings together #allied #businesses & #CommunityMembers to #RaiseFunds & #awareness for #Indigenous led #LegalChallenges

#RavenTrust #ecojustice #PNW #yyj #VictoriaBC #NativeLed

KCTS9

3 days ago

Hey hey, it's #NationalDonutDay! 🍩

Do you have a favorite spot for donuts in the #PNW?

Three rows of four donuts against a pale pink background. The donuts range in color from orange and yellow sprinkles to chocolate with rainbow polka dots, blue, green, purple with pink stripes, and more.

Jared White

4 days ago

Anyone interested in doing the digital nomad thang on the left coast of the U.S. should come to #Portland #Oregon! It's gorgeous weather now in the #PNW, we don't have any sales tax unlike our neighbors to the north or south, and everything is lush and green. You get whiffs of perfume just walking by flower beds. World-class coffee houses galore. $5 all-day public transit. Bike or scooter rentals everywhere. What's not to like?!

Anya Adora :verified_trans: :donor:

4 days ago

Many purple irises in long, narrow garden bed, beside our sloped driveway.

https://anyaadora.bandcamp.com/album/audio-therapy-the-singles-2021-2022

All of my releases since 1996 can be downloaded freely on Bandcamp and found streaming everywhere else.

My last album was produced entirely with hardware instruments, DAWless and all tracks are recorded jams without any additional overdubs.

You may listen and download it for free if you'd like below.

#ElectronicMusic #Electronica #Seattle #PNW #Bandcamp #Transgender #LGBT #Artist #DAWless #IndieMusic #Music

Anya Adora :verified_trans: :donor:

#introduction

Hello :) I am a disabled artist in Seattle, Washington. I am sharing my photography on Pixelfed.social and having an actual Mastodon account is helpful as well.

I like technology, linux, art, photography, music, meeting nice people, learning new things, science, animals, and nature especially.

I am friendly and follow back if you'd like to connect.

#Seattle #Photography #Photographer #DSLR #Music #Musician #PNW #Linux #Tech #Disabled #Bipolar #Transgender #NonBinary

#seal #VancouverIslandWildlife #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #PNW

#WildlifeWednesday
I find that seals are curious. They often observe me from the shore with their snout just above the water. I often wonder what they think while they're looking at me wandering with my tripod and big camera bag.

Black and white photo of a seal in the sea. We only see the head.

#plants #ferns #fronds #unfurling #pnw #fractal #macroPhotography #naturePhotography

I’m obsessed with maidenhair ferns uncurling. The PNW native five-finger maidenhair fern, Adiantum aleuticum.

$A thin stem of a fern frond ends in a curled-up spiral of leaflets that are just starting to unfold into an alien-looking fractal shape.$

#BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #avian #birds #WildlifePhotography #Canada #PNW #VancouverIslandWildlife

#WildlifeWednesday

I photographed this male purple Martin (Progne subis) a few days ago. We can really see its purple colour in the sunlight. They are nesting at the moment on Vancouver Island, BritishColumbia

A bird with a shiny purple plumage and its beak opened sits on a grey boulder.

The rim of Mount St. Helens poking out of the Cascade Mountain Range from Table Mountain. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, and covered over 22,000 square miles with ash. The eruption remains the deadliest volcanic event in U.S. history. Today, the mountain is a very popular hiking destination including exploring Ape Caves, my personal favorite in the area.

#PNW #Washington #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains

The rim of Mount St. Helens poking out of the Cascade Mountain Range from Table Mountain. Lush green forest with the mountain barely rising above the trees. A clear blue sky with a bit of haze above.

#Community #FreeBooks #ReadMoreBooks #ThisIsCommunitySharing #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BeActiveInYourCommunity #CommunityBuilders #AllFree #OpenAllHours

This is my #LittleFreeLibrary in #Saanich near Uptown. It's the only #LFL on Kamloops Ave. It's decorated w/dinosaurs, Grogu & gargoyle. It has #environmentalism stickers on it. Come visit & take a #book or two!

Find more to visit:
https://victoriaplacemaking.ca/

#WhatsInMyGarden #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #YYJgardeners #GardenTherapy #ILovePlants #PlantLovers #botanical #plants #SimpleGoodLife #GardenTherapy #Spring #WorldInMyEyes #PlantsPhotography #Nature #florespondence #BloomScrolling

Weaving through the #succulents #garden - unidentified flowering groundcover.

Succulents with creeping ground cover that has tiny white flowers.

#VancouverIslandWildlife #wildlife #conservation #WildlifePhotography #BritishColumbia #PNW #SeaLions #photography

Female Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Steller seal lion is a species of special concern. (From my archives)

Two female Steller sea lions facing each other. One is pulling the skin on the neck of the second one with her teeth. There are 2 male sea lions on the rigth side of the photo. The one in the back is also a Steller sea lion while the one in the front is a California sea lion.

Fedi.Garden 🌱

#FeaturedServer #PacificNorthWest #PNW #Pacific #NorthWest #Cascadia #Oregon #Washington #WashingtonState #Idaho #BritishColumbia #BC #Seattle #Vancouver #Portland #NorthAmerica #US #Canada #Fediverse

PNW.Zone is a relaxed server for anyone who lives in or enjoys the Pacific Northwest of the US & Canada:

:Fediverse: https://pnw.zone

To find out more see their About page at https://pnw.zone/about or contact their admin @CurtisLBray

#AsianMastodon #FoodSecurity #SelfSufficiency #YYJgardeners #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #GrowItEatIt #SimpleGoodLife #FoodGarden #GrowFoodNotLawns #GrowingFood #zone8 #plants #GrowVeggies #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #PNWGardening #PlantLovers #PlantAGarden #ContainerGardening #GrowFoodNotFascism #BackyardFoodGarden #ILovePlants

I'm filling these #GrowBags with new #FoodPlants today. Transplanting tomato, cucumber & Chinese radishes in them 👩‍🌾

One of my mini greenhouses, full of plant babies. Several black fabric grow bags are in front. On left are more pots with food plants & some A-frames I built for low height plants trellising. Raised bed behind that.

#Backpacking #PNW #Washington #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Wrap

Here’s a few more photos from my trip. Table Mountain was amazing. Took damage to 4 pieces of gear and have multiple bruises from slipping on the rock field but it was a fun trip. Washington State is beautiful.

Rocky section of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington State. The trail goes through a rocky slope with green trees and a small mountain in the distance.

Trail on Table Mountain. Trees on the left side of the trail and a rocky cliff on the right. Forest in the distance.

Photo from Table Mountain looking towards the Columbia River Gorge. The Washington State Cascade mountain range is in the foreground. The Columbia River flows from left to right with the Bonneville Dam on the left side. The Oregon Cascade mountain range is on the other side of the river.

Selfie of me on Table Mountain with Mount Saint Helens on the left side behind me and Mount Adams on the right. Mount Saint Helens erupted in 1980 so the top of the mountain is gone.

Anya Adora :heart_trans:

https://anyaadora.bandcamp.com/album/audio-therapy-the-singles-2021-2022

Aside from photography i am also an electronic musician. All of my releases since 1996 can be downloaded freely on Bandcamp and i'm found streaming everywhere else.

My last album was produced entirely with hardware instruments, DAWless and all tracks are recorded live jams without any additional overdubs.

You may listen and download it for free if you'd like below.

#ElectronicMusic #Electronica #Seattle #PNW #Bandcamp #Transgender #LGBT #Artist #DAWless #IndieMusic

Anya Adora :heart_trans:

#introduction

Hello :) I am a disabled artist in Seattle, Washington. I am sharing my photography on Pixelfed.social and it seems like having an actual Mastodon account would be helpful as well.

I like technology, linux, art, photography, music, meeting nice people, animals, and nature especially.

I am friendly and follow back if you'd like to connect.

#Seattle #Photography #Photographer #DSLR #Music #Musician #PNW #Linux #Tech #Disabled #Bipolar #Transgender #NonBinary

Jared White

A bucolic scene from the Ladd's Addition neighborhood of #Portland #Oregon #PNW

A lovely city park with green grass, pink, hydrangeas, a bench, and a vast blue sky with wispy clouds and lots of sunshine

#Backpacking #PNW #Washington #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Day 3

Look at this view of Mount Hood! Absolutely gorgeous. I’m sitting on the edge of a cliff on Table Mountain across the Columbia River in Washington State.

Mount Hood rising above the Cascade mount range. The 11,249 peak is covered in snow. Beautiful blue sky above the mountain.

Brian Davis

Luke Dorny :ComputerClassic:

Friends today I crossed CLIMB A STRATOVOLCANO (Mt St Helens) off my bucket list. When I first verbalized this dream I had never walked more than a couple miles in a day and I'm honestly still very scared of steep snowy hillsides. It's been years of training and I was helped and encouraged by many friendly people. Couldn't have asked for better conditions. I am so stoked! I walked a freaking MILE into the sky! #mountains #hiking #pnw

Me in sunglasses with the east peak of St Helens Crater behind me.

The sprawling mass of a mountain, with both snow and rock visible as seen from just inside the tree line.

Climber's steps kicked into a wicked steep snow field.

…coats four and five are more like a oil rub with 320 grit wet sanding. And they are pretty nice now.

Swallow tail, pintail, popsicle, and deep pool decks prepped for art.
#Skateboarding #Skate #artwork #pnw #tungOil #maplewood

Swallow tail, pintail, popsicle, and deep pool skate decks coated in tung oil for art by Luke Dorny

Toastie

#PNW #Photography #Idaho #Indigenous #Salmon #SnakeRiver

Had my coffee with Shoshone Falls yesterday morning. These falls were described to me by Klickitat River Chief Wilbur Slockish, who once spread out a blanket here and listened for hours because the sound brought back boyhood memories of Celilo Falls before the US drowned them.

“Man, I missed that sound,” he told me.

More on Slockish and his memories of Celilo: https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.10/indigenous-affairs-fish-pacific-lamprey-are-underwater-legends

Toastie

#Indigenous #Salmon #Oregon #PNW #Washington #Fishing

"One morning, I woke up to my dad’s panicked voice yelling, 'Get up, get up, get up!' He threw my bed aside, and he and my mom threw gunnysacks full of fish into the hole, along with a net covered in fish scales. He quickly changed and scrubbed off what mud he could, tossing his scaly clothing down with the fish.

"Soon the state game wardens came knocking at our door..."

Lana Jack recalls the Fish Wars.

http://oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/joy-and-pain-spring-2023/we-will-be-here/

#Backpacking #PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Day 2

Here’s the view from Table Mountain!

#InTheMiddleOfAWetCloud

Completely cloudy view from Table Mountain. You can see the viewpoint in the bottom left.

#Backpacking #PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Day 2

Heading up the Heartbreak Ridge trail. It’s very steep, even when there’s switchbacks. Made it to the boulder field. It’s cloudy so not sure if there will be views. Enjoying the climb.

Rock field heading up the heartbreak ridge trail to Table Mountain. Lots of rocks up a very steep ridge.

#Backpacking #PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Day 2

Here’s another photo from yesterday. Survived the thunderstorms and now I’m attempting to summit Table Mountain.

Forest in southern Washington. Blue sky with a few white clouds.

#Backpacking #PNW #Oregon #Photography #Hiking #Walking #Nature #Outdoors

S. Washington PCT Backpacking: Day 1

Made it out on the trail at sunrise. Little bit of a green tunnel so far but just hit this view of Gillette Lake and Table Mountain. So happy to be out in nature. There is something so freeing about living off of only the possessions you have in your backpack.

View of the Pacific Crest Trail with a lake in the bottom left, trees in front with a mountain behind the trees.

Carolannie

#Bumblebees #Pollinators #PNW #SeattleWashington #Photography #MapleLeafPark

Another bumblebee loving the native plant restoration in Seattle's Maple Leaf Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

a bumblebee forages in a grassy meadow full of blue, white and yellow native flowers at Maple Leaf Reservoir Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

KCTS9

#kelpforest #SalishSea #Seattle #PNW #environment #science

#Kelp has long been an important part of the #Samish diet and culture. The Samish Indian Nation's Department of Natural Resources dive team, formed in 2021, was created to gain a better understanding of the health of kelp forests, after elders noticed they weren't finding kelp fronds, which are traditionally used to wrap salmon.

📝: Luna Reyna
📸: Genna Martin/Crosscut

https://crosscut.com/environment/2023/05/within-salish-sea-samish-divers-research-kelp-forests

A frond of kelp floating near the surface of turquoise blue water.

A man wearing a backwards baseball cap, glasses, and a bright orange safety jacket is blurry in the foreground. In focus is the Salish Sea and the islands and mountains behind it.

Two divers prepare to submerge into green-blue water. One of the divers is holding on to an object connected to their boat by a rope.

Two divers seated on the deck of a small boat. Their gear is strewn around the deck. The sun is glaring behind the cabin.

Smitha 🌸🌋🎻 (she/her)

#jetlag #PAinWA #SleepyInSeattle #Seattle #PNW

Is it dinnertime? Wait, what do you mean it’s 3:30pm?!

I am so proud of myself for going grocery shopping at 8pm PT yesterday, when I was almost dozing on my feet.

Also: WA is the first state I’ve lived in that sells alcohol in grocery stores with no strings attached. So I bought cheap wine just on principle.

I may not have a frying pan, but I have a corkscrew. #priorities

nathan

#landscapephotography #landscape #pnw #bellinghamwa #hiking #nature

This picture feels like home.

A gentle sunrise over a placid mountain lake with Mount Baker to the left and a lone tree in the center

Starling Whistler

We’re at absolutely Peak Iris here on the Left Coast. iPhone photos from our yard.

#Gardening #Iris #Flower #PNW

A deep purple iris with yellow/orange details. Other pink flowers and greenery in background.

A white iris with yellow/orange details. Greenery and mulch in background.

An iris colored in a gradient of pink and peach with yellow details and greenery in background.

An iris with complex shadings from lilac to purple, with a faint blue tone in parts. White and yellow details, greenery in background.