#pnw

Saw at least two dozen bald eagles out scavenging salmon carcasses by a creek in #WestOlympia this afternoon after spending the morning at the farmers market and shopping downtown. Good gods, I love where I live. #Olympia #OlyWa #PNW #cascadia #birding

The weather this evening is misery on a biscuit. It'll pass.

#pnw
#weather
#rain

Monty is obviously feeling much better, he's taken to yelling at me about my shushing him in the park. Scene one: staring intently and yipping at passing dogs, inciting small riots. Scene two: giving me a bunch of lip when I tell him to behave
#DogsOfMastodon #PNW #SeattleWashington #Photography

alleys of olympia wa
#art #pnw

Hmmm, for some reason my instinct is telling me that this impossibly large picnic table plonked behind the senior center is the place in town where all the really cool stuff is happening at the moment 💚

#mosstodon #lichensubscribe #pnw

Scenes from our Pacific Northwest

#pnw

Japanese Garden Bridge Pillar Art https://1-thom-zehrfeld.pixels.com/featured/japanese-garden-bridge-pillar-art-thom-zehrfeld.html?newartwork=true #BuyIntoArt #Art #ThomZehrfeldPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #Photography #Fotografie
#ArtForSale #ArtMatters #MastoArt #Mastodon #ArtforInteriorDesign #HospitalityInteriors
#InteriorDesign #Wallart #InteriorDecorating #WallArtForSale #PhotoOfTheDay #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #FediArt #Prints #FediArtShop
#Colorful #Nature #JapaneseGardenPortland #PDX #PNW #japan #garden #japanese #Landscape #japanesegardens #japaneseculture

And here are some interest hashtags to help with discoverability, in no particular order:
#gay #lgbtq #queer #palmsprings #portland #vanwa #design #conference #eventprofs #eventplanning #polyamory #travel #LEGO #art #antiques #thrifting #realestate #rivian #airbnb #climateaction #smallbusiness #selfemployed #entrepreneur #founder #fitness #snowbird #pnw #coachella #joshuatree #pride #hiking #ev #roadtrip #DogDad #uxfail #events #millennials #wine #cocktails

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#SilentSunday #NaturePhotography #PNW #WalkInThePark

#SilentSunday

#Washington #PNW #Nature #Outdoors #Photography

#art to start 🎨
...heading home

'Sunset Downtown Kirkland' by Olga Shvartsur
#painting #watercolor #landscape #PNW

#SilentSunday #hiking #PNW

So much rain these last couple weeks.#pnw #hike #trees #dog

@Olympiajoe @kcts9 #politics #pnw
Efforts like this can be helpful in creating expectations and behaviors for positive dialogue about controversial policy issues. One thing I noticed the last couple of Waleg sessions is more unity on the capital budget. Where they literally build bridges. Lot more agreement across supposed “ideological divides” on building all kinds of things that make life better and implement policy.

#SilentSunday

https://pixels.com/featured/bench-inviting-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Washington #PNW #Photography #Prints #MastoArt #Tranquility #Solitude #Zen

#silentsunday

https://pixels.com/featured/view-of-the-edison-lutheran-church-with-mount-baker-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Washingyon #PNW #photography #Prints #Church

Shag rug nudibranchs

#nudibranch #pnw #mathart #radialSymmetry #mandala

I am back on the western side of the mountains and it is STILL RAINING. Did it even stop while I was gone? It was sunny in Spokane yesterday, y’all. #pnw #wawx #pnwwx #AtmosphericRiver

Ring spotted dorids- another gathering of nudibranchs. #mathart #nudibranch #rotationalsymmetry #pnw #mandala

Heavy fog; lost for days.
Alpine woods in misty shades.
It brings, too, a mental haze.
In many ways, the path fades.

- poem by me, just now

#Poetry #NaturePhotography #PNW #Hiking #Fog #Dreary #CreativeWriting

Nothing says fall hiking weather in Washington like pouring rain and just above freezing temps. #hike #pnw

The world may get ugly, but the planet is still beautiful.

#photography #nature #river #mountains #PNW

Western Painted Turtle chilling on a rock in summertime.

#turtle #turtles #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #pnw

Smack dab downtown Pioneer Square in Seattle. You can’t really see the weird angles from this shot.

Lovely old bars and the waterfront just ahead.

#Seattle #pnw #Urban

Ref: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0neRIzrY_U/?igshid=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ==

Horizontal view of the same scenery
https://pixels.com/featured/horizontal-partial-view-of-mount-rainier-in-early-morning-light-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Prints #Wallart #FediGiftShop #MadtoArt Puzzle #Washington #PNW

Would you consider supporting local, independent artists with your GREETING CARD purchase?
In a set they cost less per card, than in the big-box stores.
They also serve as small, frameable ART PRINTS.

https://pixels.com/featured/fog-blankets-the-evergreens-at-sunrise-ez-lorenz-imagery.html?product=greeting-card

#Greetingcards #ArtPrints #Washington #PNW

Fog blankets the evergreens at sunrise, as the pink pre-sunrise clouds hovered over the foggy landscape only a few treetops were signaling their presence.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/fog-blankets-the-evergreens-at-sunrise-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Fog #Trees #Prints #Sunrise #WallArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #Gifts #Giftideas #Minimalist #Photograph #Puzzle #Washington #PNW

Amazing trees in my backyard
#photography #PNW

Opalescent Nudibranch gathering

#nudibranch #mandala #pnw

Would you consider supporting local, independent artists with your GREETING CARD purchase?
In a set they cost less per card, than in the big-box stores.
They also serve as small, frameable ART PRINTS.

https://pixels.com/featured/foggy-landscape-with-a-spin-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

All my images have Greeting Cards in the Stationary drop-down menu:
pixels.com/profiles/ez-lorenz

#Greetingcards #Support #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #Gifts #Giftideas #ArtPrints #Seattle #Washington #PNW

The major message from tonight's demonstration was for WA's progressive senator Patty Murray to support a ceasefire.

You can call on YOUR senator for a cease fire below!

📸 @JVPSeattle@instagram.com

https://ceasefiretoday.com/

#Ceasefire #PattyMurray #Seattle #PNW

Autumn...rain....cold...decomposition and then a ghost
#Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington #Autumn #Ghosted

When beard lichens get this long, I think they're more fittingly called necklaces of the woods.

#LichenSubscribe #Oregon #PNW

Hundreds are gathered in Pike Place to demand an immediate cease fire while carrying out a ceremony to light the 2nd candle of Hanukkah.

📸 @GuyOron@twitter.com

#CeaseFireNow #Seattle #Jewish #PNW #Gaza #Protest

Nice! Employee bringing out curbside pickup at Target wearing a mask! Woo hoo. It's the small things. #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUP #Covid #Seattle #PNW

taken one week apart 🍄

#FungiFriday #PNW

what lies in puddles
is of sky - of clouds - of dreams
grounding reflections

#pnw #salemOregon #haiku

Good news, the Federal Railroad Administration announced grants for further study of #Cascadia #HighSpeedRail, and for improvements to the existing #AmtrakCascades service.

Don't listen to the haters who say it's an either/or proposition. We need both short-term improvements to Amtrak Cascades, *AND* long-term planning for High Speed Rail.

We need both. We can have both. The climate crisis demands we do both!

https://kgmi.com/news/007700-federal-grant-awarded-to-plan-potential-pnw-high-speed-train/

#PNW #Amtrak #Oregon #WashingtonState #BritishColumbia

Private Timberland From Washington To California Lost Billions In Value Due To Wildfires
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-private-timberland-washington-california-lost.html <-- shared technical article
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102894 <--shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Oregon #OR #California #CA #Washington #WA #pacificnorthwest #pnw #wildfire #fires #extremeweather #winds #drought #climatechange #model #modeling #numericmodeling #economy #economics #economicinsights #economicsecurity #parcels #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #forest #forestry #perception #damage #risk #hazard #timberland #forestlands #value #pacificstates #riskexpectation

Morning fog lingering over my neighborhood- I was treated to a beautiful, photogenic scenery as I looked around from my rooftop one morning, the pre-sunrise pink clouds framing the foggy landscape.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/morning-fog-lingering-over-my-neighborhood-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Fog #photography #Puzzle #Prints #WallArt #FediGiftShop #Gift #MastoArt #Washington #PNW

One of the benefits of flying out of #SeaTac is getting #Beechers mac and cheese for breakfast. #pnw #seattle #cascadia #MacaroniAndCheese

#flowerfriday from the archives.

Mountain Spirea and Avalanche Lily.

#pnw #hiking

I'll say it again, for anyone who hasn't already learned it: IT IS MORE AFFORDABLE TO BUILD HOUSING THAN TO KEEP MOVING THE UNHOUSED.

#OlyWA #Olympia #PNW

How much housing could we build with $100,000,000?

#MutualAidRequest

It sucks that our government does not care for people in need.

That's ok, I enlisted a volunteer to buy the first batch of shoes as an experiment.

We got 6 high quality boots for about $300.

We're looking to raise funds to pay back my volunteer. They have requested support of at least $200 up to $300.

Venmo: $theantifabarista

Add the comment "shoe brigade" to transactions.

#Seattle #PNW #Homeless #ShoeBloc #ShoeBrigade

If you follow me you know I've been looking for ways to support my homeless neighbors.

Lately I noticed an urgent need for decent shoes.

It's getting cold and very rainy in the Pacific Northwest. We have this thing called an atmospheric river dumping a ton of rain lately.

#Seattle #PNW #Homeless #ShoeBloc #Weather #Cycling

Sick of being #sick ?

It's not too late!

#MaskUP

Whether you're #Vaccinated or #Unvaxxed

Don't want #Covid or Covid again or just don't want a #Cold or #Flu or #RSV or whatever #MysteriousRespiratoryIllness is out there.

#Masks WORK!!

#ButNotSurgicalMasks and not #CLothMasks Be sure to get an #N95 (head straps) or #KN95 (ear straps) or #Elastomeric (like #Flomask)(pictured in my profile) or better and #FitTest !

Questions?

Tagging local because I'm in the #PNW #Seattle @WashingtonState

Two #Portland men helped usher in a “new era” of blood donation in the #PNW on Wednesday after a local blood donation center eased donor restrictions for #gay and #bisexual men. 🎉

https://www.koin.com/news/health/portland-men-honor-new-era-of-blood-donation-after-restrictions-lifted-against-gay-bisexual-men/

Went to Dean Creek to find elk. I found river otters and elk. What a day.
I'll add the other photos later.

#riverotters #otters #otterdon #oregon #oregoncoast #pnw #pnwvibes #wildlife #wildlifephotography #WildlifeRefuge #nature #naturephotography

Sunset - December 7, 2023

#pnw #sunset #water #river #winter #clouds #columbiariver

This is a hybrid of blown glass and lampwork glass in the form of a jug. I've used cherry red transparent glass for the vessel body and purple-blue transparent glass for the handle, with a sprinkle of pink flameworking enamel powder, suspended on a sterling silver chain. Art you can wear. #glass #HotGlass #lampwork #glassblowing #flamework #torchwork #artyoucanwear #handmade #MastoArt #buyartfromartists #etsy #EtsyShop #salemoregon #PNW

For #ThrowbackThursday I picked one of my favorite #Abstract images.
It takes me back to a time last year when I went birding to a nearby park and found the pond frozen, so I ended up with this image instead of birds. I don’t mind it at all ..😁

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/frozen-pond-reflections-abstract-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Prints #Wallart #Gifts #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #photography #ICM #Autumn #Fall #Trees #Narure #Puzzle #Greetingcards #Washingyon #PNW

Something that perplexes me: In the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, they go to the Fremont Troll and it's covered in ivy.

I have lived in the Seattle area my whole life, and I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen it as bare concrete. So like... did they add Ivy to it just for that movie? 🤔

The only pictures I can find of it with ivy since it's construction were in screenshots of that movie. Anyone know anything about this?

#PNW #Seattle #Fremont #FremontTroll #10ThingsIHateAboutYou #Movies #90s

Orange peel Nudibranch- I’m processing loss with slug doodles. I suppose we all cope differently.

#pnw #nudibranch #mathart

In this vertical capture of Tahoma a.k.a. Mount Rainier I like the juxtaposition between the wilderness in the background framed by the high-rise metropolitan buildings of Downtown Bellevue, #Washington.

Available as wall art and merchandise-https://pixels.com/featured/vertical-partial-view-of-mount-rainier-in-early-morning-light-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Prints #WallArt #Puzzle #Gifts #FediGiftshop #Mastoart #photography #PNW

Over the past day I've seen a bunch of news about federal #HighSpeedRail grants, but no official announcement from the DOT yet.

So far I've seen:
* $3B for #California #HSR
* $3B for #BrightlineWest (#LasVegas to LA)
* $1B for #Raleigh NC to #Richmond VA

And some other corridors got funding to study future #Amtrak service: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/north-carolina-ohio-corridors-lead-list-of-those-receiving-fra-grants-for-possible-new-amtrak-routes/

But I haven't seen anything announced for #AmtrakCascades or #CascadiaRail. Did the #PNW get left out?

#Cascadia #WashingtonState #Oregon #trains

“Evergreen", in every sense: The 4 Seasons of Seattle Weather. https://theoatmeal.com/blog/seattle_weather #pnw #seattle

For #WildlifeWednesday - Gray Ghost hunting

Adult male Northern Harrier a.k.a. Gray Ghost hunting over Samish Flats, #Washington state, flying low over the fields as he's watching and listening to small animals.

FIND it here:
https://pixels.com/featured/gray-ghost-hunting-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Wildlife #wildlifephotography #Birds #birdsofmastodon #Nature #PNW #Gifts #FediGiftshop #MastoArt #Prints #Wallart

This one has #Wednesday written all over it.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/foggy-morning-black-and-white-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Trees #Fog #BlackAndWhite #photography #FediGiftshop #Gifts #Puzzles #Washington #PNW #MastoArt #Prints #Wallart

If you don't have to be on the northern Oregon coast right now, don't go. There is significant flooding in Seaside, Tillamook, and elsewhere. School districts are closed, rail lines are washed over with landslides. It's a dangerous situation. If you live there, please be safe. If you don't, stay away.

#Oregon #PNW
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/05/rain-flood-oregon-coast-tillamook-seaside-highway-101/

Before the sunrise on the last morning of October, fog rolled in and began dancing, lingering in the trees, above my neck of the woods, creating a dreamy, painterly scenery.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/fog-dances-above-a-bellevue-wa-neighborhood-ez-lorenz-imagery.html
(low res display)

#Fog #Trees #Photography #Prints #Gifts #FediGiftShop #Mastoart #WallArt #Washington #PNW #landscape #Zen #Puzzle

@bryan I guess it depends on which end of the #PNW we're talking about! Here in #BellinghamWA we mostly match London's high temperatures, but our lows are consistently lower and our winters are a bit colder overall. https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/45062~991/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-London-and-Bellingham#Figures-Temperature

I have on occasion heard people compare the climate of the Pacific Northwest to that of London. But after spending some time in the UK, I just don't agree. Our summers average 10 degrees (F) warmer and are very dry. Portland has a climate much more like Bordeaux, France.
#pnw #portland #bordeaux #oregon

Indigenous people in the United States experience one of the highest maternal mortality rates of any ethnic group.

Now there's a guaranteed basic income program in #Seattle for pregnant #Indigenous people.

#Washington #PNW

https://www.hcn.org/articles/social-justice-first-direct-cash-assistance-program-exclusively-for-indigenous-parents-launched

Glacier Peak
#MountainMonday #PNW

Beautiful roadside scenery as Mount Baker bathed in pink at sunset towering over a red barn we’ve found on a roadtrip to Fir Island, WA.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/mount-baker-towering-over-a-red-barn-ez-lorenz-imagery.html

#Prints #Photography #Sunset #Washington #PNW #Mountains #Wallart #Gifts #Puzzle