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Andrea Peterson
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A dahlia from our garden, can’t believe they are still blooming!

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #Pink #Photography
The side view of a large pink Dahlia that has yellow tips on its pointed pink petals. There is a red maple tree behind it and a blue sky with white wispy clouds can be seen in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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A slightly different view of Mt. Tahoma (Rainier) ⛰️

#MountainMonday #BueSkyMonday #PNW #Mountains #Nature #Trees #BlueSky #Photography #Cascades #Washington
A view of the top of a tree covered mountain with a large twisted tree in the forefront. Additional trees can be seen on the sides and middle of the image, rocks and dirt and orange wood from the tree breaking are all visible. There is a blue sky with white fluffy clouds overhead.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A cluster of chip cherry mushrooms spotted on a walk in a nearby park

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Mushrooms #Fungi #Mycology #Forests #Photography #Orange #PNW
A cluster of orange chip cherry mushrooms on a forest floor that is covered in pine needles
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A gull overlooking Puget Sound on the breakwater at the Edmonds marina

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #StandingOnThings #Gulls #PNW #PortOfEdmonds #Edmonds #Birdscrolling #Photography #Stunday
A gull standing on wooden poles that make up a marina breakwater. There is an illuminated green signal light to the right of the bird and a spindly plant growing up out of the wood to the right of the light. The sky is a pale blue in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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A magical experience in Puget Sound yesterday, here is J-Pod and the Center for Whale Research team in Possession Sound @orcabehaviorinstitute.org @orcaconservancy.bsky.social @orcanetwork.bsky.social

#Stunday #SRKW #Orca #JPod #ShareTheWater #PugetSound #PNW #Photography #Endangered #Conservation
Several Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) from J-Pod swimming in Puget Sound with their fins above the water and some spout clouds visible. There is a red research boat to the right of the whales and the coastline is visible in the background with trees, houses, and a bit of pale sky. These whales are endangered and you must stay a minimum of 1000 yards away from them. This shot was taken from a boat close to the Whidbey side of Possession Sound.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The Edmonds marina at dusk this past summer

#BlueSkyArtShow #Evening #Edmonds #Sunset #PNW #PugetSound #Boating #Silhouettes #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSForShadows
Looking out beyond the breakwater in a marina at the sun setting at golden hour over Puget Sound. Two birds are sitting on the rocks and the green beacon light is illuminated
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A large yellow and red dahlia from the Sky Nursery Dahlia Show this summer in Shoreline, Washington

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #Yellow #Red #Photography #FlowerGirl #Anthophile
A full round dahlia with yellow petals that have thin red streaks all over them. There is another yellow dahlia visible to the right, a smaller red dahlia in the lower left corner, and blurred dahlias in the background of the image.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A bloody-belly comb jelly at Monterey Bay Aquarium. A nightmare to other deep sea jellies, a beautiful enigma to me 🥰

#MarineLife #NightmareNov #Red #Jellyfish #Invertebrates #MBARI #Lampocteis #Photography
A red bloody-belly comb jelly in a dark aquarium
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A pair of bald eagles that like to hang out at Point Wells, an old marine fuel and asphalt terminal in Richmond Beach, Washington

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #CitySlickers #Eagles #BaldEagles #BlueSky #Photography #UrbanGaze
A pair of adult bald eagle perched on top of a large pole with handles on the sides of it and a loud speaker on top. There is a bright blue sky behind them.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A Steller's Jay going in for a peanut, but getting spooked and aborting the mission mid-flight

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #TakeOffs #Corvids #Jays #BackyardBirds #ColorADay #GreenSat #SaturJay #Photography #Edmonds #BirdNerd
A Steller's jay getting spooked while trying to snag peanuts off of a white railing and flying away awkwardly. A smoke tree is in the background filled with green leaves.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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On your mark, get set...GO! Crows lining up at the Edmonds Marina Beach Park

#Birds #Crows #Corvids #FlyDay #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #PortOfEdmonds #Birdscrolling
Crows lined up on a black fence, just about ready to fly away. The one closest to the camera, on the left hand side, is already mid-flight, the second crow's wings are up as it prepares to depart. The background is blurred and the sky is pale and overcast.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Happy Friday to you with a lovely dahlia to brighten things up before the weekend is upon us 🤗

#Flowers #Dahlias #Bloomscrolling #Anthophile #PNW #FlowerGirl #Photography #Scape #TGIF
A white dahlia with magenta colored tips on the petals. A portion of a red dahlia can be seen in the upper left corner of the image, and the background is blurred.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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When you go somewhere too fancy for your own britches and have to smile and nod when they bring you small plates of 'food' and you have no clue what it is. 🤷‍♀️

#FoodOnFriday #Canlis #WhatIsIt #Yummy #NomNomNom #Food #EatIt #Photography #StillHungry
A white plate with an oddly shaped piece of food in the middle and what appears to be a flattened roasted marshmallow on top, but who knows? There is a wine glass with red wine and a glass of water in the image as well.
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Beware! Dragons are lurking in the forest at the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, Shoreline, Washington

#ColorADay #BWFri #BNW #ClassicMono #Mono #Dragon #GardenDecor #PNW #Photography #ForestFriday
A black and white image of a stone dragon in a forest garden with a tree stump next to it, a fallen log behind it, and other forest 'stuff' in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Papakolea, a sandy beach that sparkles green in the sun from olivine crystals, in Mahana Bay, Hawaii

#Scape #Hawaii #Mahalo #Aloha #BlueSky #Olivine #BigIsland #Nature #PacificOcean #Beach #Ocean #Island #Photography
A sandy beach under shade from a nearby cliff, with white surf coming in and turquoise blue water from the Pacific Ocean behind it. There is a large rocky cliff on the left that extends out into the sea and there is a bright blue sky with a few wispy clouds.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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A pinecone fish at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah

#Fish #FishyFriday #Photography #MarineLife #Monocentridae #PineappleFish #Bioluminescent
A yellow and black pinecone fish with markings that resemble a pine cone or possibly a pineapple. It is in an aquarium and there are rocks with algae covering them behind it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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An old tree in the forest, thick with moss, ferns, and mushrooms 🌲🍄

#ForestFriday #Trees #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mossy #Forests #PNW #Washington #Photography #Nature #Scape
A thick tree trunk absolutely covered in thick green moss with ferns growing out of it and light brown mushrooms growing in clusters up and down the trunk. Around and behind the tree, additional forest details are visible, browned leaves and more plants and greenery.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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When you stray from the designated path in the Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington

#ForestFriday #Trees #Forest #Mossy #Messy #Scape #PNW #Photography #WatchYourStep #TreeHugger
A tangled view of moss covered branches, tree trunks, ferns, and forest with sunlight peering in from the left hand side and illuminating the green shades.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A throwback video of me riding shotgun in a prop plane in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 2019 as we take off out of the water

#UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #Planes #SmallPlanes #Pilot #ThoughtIMightDie #Crazy #Idaho #Flight #Transportation
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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A yellow dahlia from this past summer

#Flowers #Dahlias #ColorADay #YellowThu #Yellow #Bloomscrolling #PNW #Photography #Anthophile
A close-up profile of a yellow dahlia with thick petals. The light is illuminating the petals, and deep red colored dahlias can be see in the background.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The Alki Point Lighthouse in West Seattle, illuminating the entrance into Elliot Bay

#HumansOfBlueSky #UrbanGaze #Lighthouses #BlueSky #Seattle #Alki #Washington #PugetSound #PNW #Photography
The Alki Point Lighthouse, in West Seattle, with white walls and a red rooftop. There is a sole tower that houses the light, which can be seen silhouetted from the sunlight. The waters of Puget Sound can be seen in the foreground and the background, along with a bright light blue sky with white clouds at the top. Two people are standing at the edge of the shoreline, to the right of the lighthouse.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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A blooming red rosebud from a former summer

#Flowers #Roses #ColorADay #RoseWed #RoseWednesday #RedRoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Anthophile
A close-up of a blooming red rosebud that is deep red on the inside of the petals, but the outside is an ashen white. There are pointed individual leaves extending outward from directly underneath the bloom and more green leaves in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A western lowland silverback gorilla standing by a waterfall, from my archives, Ft. Worth Zoo 2001

#WaterfallWednesday #NightmareNov #Legs #Silverback #Primates #Apes #Animals #Photography
A silver, gray, and black western lowland silverback gorilla standing with its knuckles against a rock in grass, in front of a waterfall that falls over a rock wall and into a stream.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A trumpeter swan drinking water

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #CloseUps #Swans #Birdscrolling #Photography
A close-up of a white trumpeter swan, with a slightly open black beak, lapping up water from a pond. There is a concrete ledge that it is extending its neck over to get to the water and wet dirt on the other side of it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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An old steam locomotive in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (2014)

#Trains #NightmareNov #Creepy #Autumn #Locomotive #Photography #Railroad #TuesdayTrains #TrainsOnTuesday
A close-up of a steam powered black locomotive engine with gray smoke pouring out of the top of it, a brass bell hanging in the front, an American flag folded over on itself on the side, and an illuminated headlight with a sign that says 425 just under it in red and yellow and on the side of it in black and white. The sky is overcast with clouds but sun is illuminating a portion of the sky through the smoke and clouds. Fall colored trees are also visible in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM