The Frye museum on First Hill has a couple of very good Americana exhibitions going on now. Strongly recommend. The alt-text in the images explains what they are
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Wildflowers now blooming in western Washington trails! L to R: Coltsfoot, Trillium, Streaming Violet, Salmonberry

Hair ice that we saw on our weekend hike near Seattle.

It is a rare type of ice formation caused by a specific fungus releasinv moisture from a specific kind of rotting wood when the weather conditions are just right: www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/...

First hike of the year was in our backyard. This is Far Country Falls, a seasonal stream on cougar mountain. #seattle #wta

The changing face of America -- today, in Bellevue, WA, a Canadian Asian supermarket chain opened at the location of a Walmart that closed last year after struggling for years. This is now the largest grocery store in the state & is supposed to have excellent bakery, sushi, and dimsum made daily.

Thanksgiving is a day when my wife and I celebrate American food, which we define as anything my we didn't grow up eating, and learned to cook after we moved here. (Item names in alt text). Happy Thanksgiving!

Familiar trails in Cougar Mountain look very different in the aftermath of the "bomb cyclone". Debris, fallen tree trunks that you have to limber below or vault over, newly uprooted trees, dead trees sliced in the middle, others that have slid down the hill slide, a lone madrona stripped of bark ...

What a difference a week makes! Salmon pair spawning last week in Issaquah Creek. Those streams are probably water logged now, after the bomb cyclone -- the salmon wouldn't have been able to make it there now.

I was surprised, but I pulled up an aquarium visit from years ago.

Thru-hikes are logistically hard, but can offer outsize rewards. Hiking along Rattlesnake Ridge, from Snoqualmie to North Bend, you get great vistas, glimpses of Rainier, looking down on Rattlesnake Ledge. It's a great 11mi walk with unusual viewpoints. See if you can swing the logistics. #pnw #hike

Views from a cross continent flight into Seattle around sunset.
(1) Lake Washington and Puget Sound
(2) Rainier and Baker
(3) Glacier Peak

The trail to Heather Lake is steeper, shorter.and wilder than its better known neighbor, Lake 22. And the lake is just as spectacular. Was lucky to catch fall colors and a calm reflection.
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