Masthash

#pnw

GirlCrooshmas Past
10 hours ago

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

Mike
10 hours ago

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

#pnw
#weather
#rain

Carolannie
10 hours ago

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

Silver brindle shih tzu leaps playfully on small wall in local park, trying to entice passing dogs to play with him. Maple Leaf Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington
Silver brindle shih tzu in local park yelling at his dog parent after being scolded for inciting dog riots. Maple Leaf Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington
OlympiaJoe
13 hours ago

alleys of olympia wa
#art #pnw

Tim Chapman-Wilson
13 hours ago

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

A long wooden picnic table with an adjacent bench, in wintry sunshine with a few shadows, covered in thick colonies of moss and lichen.
Ousman Ceesay
13 hours ago

Scenes from our Pacific Northwest

#pnw

Julé Cunningham
18 hours ago

#art to start 🎨
...heading home

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

A scene looking out on Lake Washington to the east of Seattle as the sun sets and against the multi-colors skies and reflections in the lake, are silhouetted sailboats, and both shores. There are wisps are clouds, very blue sky above them, and the colors of the sunset range from a lemon yellow to reads.
sidhe
19 hours ago

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

Gordon W
20 hours ago

@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.

Fractal Kitty
1 day ago
Shag rug nudibranch mandala gathering around light with sparkles and bubbles.
GirlCrooshmas Past
1 day ago

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

Fractal Kitty
1 day ago

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

A mandala of ring spotted dorids with bubbles. They gather around a center light.
quite adept
1 day ago

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

Photo of a misty forest with a barely visible path. Only trees can be seen through the fog.
sidhe
2 days ago

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

Kat ♾️
2 days ago

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

#photography #nature #river #mountains #PNW

The Wenatchee River flowing through the Bavarian designed town of Leavenworth, WA. Green trees and mountains encircle a peaceful blue-green river on a summer’s day.
Cascade Pine
2 days ago

Western Painted Turtle chilling on a rock in summertime.

#turtle #turtles #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #pnw

The tip of a rock is protruding from a lake. A turtle has propped its body on the rock at a steep angle. Its legs are withdrawn, and its head is extended to look at the photographer.
Mark
2 days ago

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==

A few cafe tables, benches and trees with fallen leaves strewn about, traffic signs, and some reading
EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
2 days ago

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

Image on a Greeting Card: fog blanketing the evergreens, only a few treetops can be seen and pink, pre-sunrise clouds stretching above the cloudy landscape. Taken in Bellevue, Washington.
EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
2 days ago

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

Thick fog blankets the evergreens, only a few treetops poking through the fog , pink ore-sunrise clouds hovering above the foggy landscape. Taken in Bellevue, Washington by EZ Lorenz Imagery
Steve Teixeira
2 days ago

Amazing trees in my backyard
#photography #PNW

Fractal Kitty
2 days ago

Opalescent Nudibranch gathering

#nudibranch #mandala #pnw

Mandala of opalescent nudibranchs in a mandala gathering around light that almost has a tentacle feel with bubbles all around
EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
2 days ago

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

Abstract whirl based on one of my captures, fog lingering in the evergreens.
nullagent
2 days ago

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

A crowd of several hundred protesters rally in the entrance of Seattle's Pike Place Market. A banner reads "Murray: Ceasefire Now".

A second banner reads "Ceasefire Now"

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C0nVKtEx_dv/
Carolannie
2 days ago

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

A largely black and white photograph with touches of beige, showing the transparent remains of a leaf with its delicate tracery of veins vanishing into the wood on which it is decomposing
Ian Rose
2 days ago

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

#LichenSubscribe #Oregon #PNW

A 6-8 foot bundle of beard lichens hung between branches of an alder tree, bare of its leaves on a cool late fall day against a blue sky.
nullagent
2 days ago

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

https://twitter.com/GuyOron/status/1733298870787117252/photo/1

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

Erin Kissane
3 days ago

taken one week apart 🍄

#FungiFriday #PNW

Very rounded pale red amanita muscaria in the foreground with three cream-colored junior members of the club in the background.
Same scene as the first photo but now the big (like seven inches across) amanita in the front is flat and the juniors in the background are all big and red and adorable, like fairytale toadstools.
Fractal Kitty
3 days ago

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

#pnw #salemOregon #haiku

Trees reflected in a puddle with cool tones and texture.
Cascadia Rail
3 days ago

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

EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
3 days ago

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

Fog lingering in the evergreens early morning, pink clouds framing the landscape. There’s a partial view of an office building on the right and the main road with traffic stretching all the way beneath the fog as seen from above, from my rooftop. 
Taken in Bellevue, Washington
GirlCrooshmas Past
3 days ago

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

Two small cups of Beecher’s brand macaroni and cheese with forks sticking out on an airport table.
Brian Davis
3 days ago

#flowerfriday from the archives.

Mountain Spirea and Avalanche Lily.

#pnw #hiking

Pink flowers in a fluffy mass like cotton balls atop round vivid green leaves.
White bell shaped flowers hang down from the end of the stems. Fog and a patch of snow are visible in the background.
Nate
3 days ago

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?

Screenshot of a news headline which reads "Inslee proposes $100 million more to clear people from living in freeway right-of-way"
nullagent
3 days ago

#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

Receipt for 6 hiking/utility boots for $300
nullagent
3 days ago

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

Rainy day cycling. A car passes by, rain sloshes in the street.

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

VM (Vicky) Brasseur
3 days ago

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/

Theodore Nuss
3 days ago

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

A river otter swims to the right of the image. There are ripples from rain drops on the surface.
A river otter swims to the right, his mouth slightly open showing his bottom teeth.
A river otter swims to the right. His mouth is open, showing his bottom teeth.
A river otter swims to the right, one eye focused on me.
Tom Shaw
3 days ago
The setting sun behind the mountain, low clouds below it's peak, some pinks for colors in the clouds in the sky. The mountain peak is snow covered but hard to see. The high clouds are light and wispy and the water has a bit of a ripple on it from a light wind.
Christof Maupin, Artist
4 days ago

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

EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
4 days ago

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

Tree trunks reflecting on a frozen pond. Abstract image. Colors are brown and light blue-ish.

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

Fractal Kitty
4 days ago

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

#pnw #nudibranch #mathart

Orange peel Nudibranch mandala with bubbles and center light.
EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
4 days ago

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

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. Pre-sunrise capture, pink clouds over the mountain, at this early morning hours only few lights on in the apartments of the high rises on both sides of the frame.
Alan McConchie
5 days ago

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

Greg Glockner
5 days ago

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

EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
5 days ago

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

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.
Colors grayish and brown around the head, wingtips and tail feathers.
Ian Rose
5 days ago

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/

EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
6 days ago

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

Fog rolling in and lingering in the trees before sunrise as viewed from above, from my rooftop. There’re mostly evergreen trees and some red and yellow ones among them, signaling Autumn. Some red brick townhouses on the bottom of the frame and other houses scattered around between the trees. The image has a dreamy, painterly look, taken in Bellevue, Washington.
Alan McConchie
6 days ago

@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

A chart showing the average high and low temperature throughout the year for London, UK and Bellingham, WA, USA. The two overlapping bell curves are almost perfectly aligned with each other.
Bryan
6 days ago

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

Toastie
1 week ago

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

Michael Emerman
1 week ago

Glacier Peak
#MountainMonday #PNW

A symmetrical and snow-covered mountain peak through evergreen trees in the Cascades.
EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
1 week ago

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

Mount Baker bathed in pink at sunset towering over a red barn. There’s a green field in the foreground, trees around the red barn and hilly landscape leading up to the snow covered peak of Mount Baker.