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Andrea Smart
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Copywriter, amateur photographer, lifetime ESL teacher, nature lover, dark chocolate and Appenzeller cheese enthusiast. The brains behind Puddle & Moss Photography. All pictures I post are mine. Join me in the Alt Text. :-)
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Sometimes you get a reward for waking up early. This was yesterday’s reward. #Sunrise #PNW #Serendipity #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
Yesterday’s sunrise over the Cascade foothills. The bottom is lined with tree silhouettes. There’s one closer, larger tree silhouette on the lower left. Going from the horizon up, the sky is showing layers of golden apricot, pale blue, light salmon pink going to a darker pink and into purple and darker blue up along the top of the picture. So pretty!
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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The lichen and moss-covered big leaf maple across the stream has dropped most of its leaves now. #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Autumn #Lichen #FungiFriends #Moss #ISeeMoss #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
A scraggly, chaotic picture of a big leaf maple tree hanging onto its last golden brown leaves. The trunk behind the leaves is covered in dark green moss, and the branches exposed by the lack of leaves are bedecked with shaggy, pale sea green lichen sprigs. It’s a cloudy day here, so the lighting is not harsh.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Tiny, cute raindrops being cradled by fingers of moss during an aggressive drizzle. 🌧️ #MossyMonday #Moss #ISeeMoss #Rain #Raindrops #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
A small, moss-covered twig on a gray, drizzly day. It’s a close up of the green moss tendrils hanging down and holding onto raindrops. A sprig of some kind of cartilage lichen hangs down on the right side.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I get so distracted by dewdrops, it’s not even funny. #Sunday #StunDay #Dewdrops #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter
The wide, green, grass-blade-like leaf of a crocosmia flower is bedecked with dewdrops that sparkle in the early morning sun.
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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It’s #HotStickSaturday and I found another twig loaded with #lichen and sprigs of moss. So cute. #Fungi #FungiFriends #Moss #ISeeMoss #Autumn #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
A vertical twig from a bare lilac bush that is covered in nobby lichens and sprigs of moss, all in a 3-centimeter long space. Some of the lichen is the light sea green, bushy stuff, while there is also some bright yellow on the right side. The center has the light gray with black disc-shaped growths that look a bit like octopus suckers.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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After days of clouds and rain (which I actually like), the #Bright sunlight through #autumn leaves is delightful. #Fall #Leaves #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter
Back lit bright red and orange oval-shaped leaves with darker patterns on vertical branches stretching up against a blurry, dark green (Douglas fir) background. I have no idea what tree this is, but it’s spectacular in the fall.
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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A last minute #FungiFriday post… I came to a place where these huge mushrooms were growing. iNaturalist says they’re American fly agaric. These were about the size of dinner plates! #Fungi #FungiFriends #iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Explore #Breathe #Notice #YouRock
Two big, vivid, reddish-orange American fly agaric mushrooms grow side by side under a green-leafed bush among some brown leaf litter. The have those rough, puffed up white spots on the top and white gills underneath, and a shaggy white stem. The mushroom in the foreground has been significantly gnawed upon by something - probably a slug or snail. The mushrooms were nearly the size of dinner plates, and there were several others growing all around the area in various states of emergence and decay. Wild.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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This gentleman came sauntering out from behind the bushes while we were looking for birds. #Deer #WatchForDeer #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Ridgefield #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter
A backlit white tailed deer buck wanders out of the sunlight bushes and into a grassy, green meadow, antlers and head slightly lowered as if tipping his hat to us. Blurred out, green, moss-covered tree branches that have already lost their leaves in the background.
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I canNOT believe I saw this sneaky-peeky bird. No wonder it’s rare to see American bitterns! #Bittern #Birds #Ridgefield #PNW #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
An American bittern bird stands stone still in the late afternoon sun, blending in very well with the brown, rust, and straw-colored drying fall reeds along a waterway in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. You can see why they’re super easy to miss! I still can’t believe I spotted it!
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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A long day. Just getting around to posting for #BlueSkyMonday with only a few minutes left and long after the sun has gone down. But look at this! #Golden #Gingko #Trees #Autumn #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice
Looking up at the blue sky (with some very thin, foggy clouds) through a collection of sunlit, bright golden, and slightly orangey-yellow ginkgo leaves. The complementary colors are so happy here!
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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This flower was stunning. Nature is stunning. #Sunday #StunDay #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
A closeup of a pink, cosmos-like flower. It has a lacy, darker pink, swirly center that looks kinda like the center if a dragon fruit smoothie in a blender. Around this center, bright yellow threads and star-shaped mini-petals sprout. The lighter pink petals then radiate from there.
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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And for #HotStickSaturday, another gnarly twig just slathered in various types of lichen, all crammed into about 4 centimeters. #Lichen #FungiFriends #Fungi #Fall #CoolStick #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter
Against a blurred dark yellow fall foliage backdrop, a tiny, gnarled twig with three plus prongs shows off an impressive collection of wet, rained-on lichens: bright yellow with discs and tiny ruffles and pale, leafy sea green with little black “hairs” as well as some tiny light gray discs. Super fun twig find!
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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One #evening about a year ago, @smartone.bsky.social and I were out and about, and I found this lovely shot. #BlueSkyArtShow #AutumnLeaves #Trees #Urban #Streetlights #Nature #Photography #PNW #Fall #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
Yellow, orange, and red, star-shaped sweet gum tree leaves against a black, evening sky downtown. There’s a street lamp framed by a lovely, teardrop-shaped gap in the leaves on the upper left, and another couple of interesting black gaps of black evening sky on the lower and middle right side of the picture.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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As a pluviophile, I have been enjoying the atmospheric river. #Rain #Fall #Autumn #Leaves #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutsideAnyway #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
A bright red fall fallen leaf is stuck to my car window, which is also spattered with raindrops. You can see an evergreen tree in the background through the raindrops.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Little orbs of dew on tiny tufts of moss growing on a stone retaining wall for #WaterWednesday #Dewdrops #Moss #ISeeMoss #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #YouMatter
Little tufts of moss grow in the edge of a stone retaining wall, and their little tendrils of - sporophytes (I think?) have collected little crystal orbs of dew. The background is just blurred out greenery. This scene is maybe about 4 centimeters long. So tiny and cute!
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Feeling kinda festive at the moment, so I did something I don’t usually do with my photos - I dipped into #AlternateReality #CedarNeedles #PhotoArt #Play #Celebrate
An altered picture of dewdrops on cedar needles in the morning fog. However, I used some funky coloring to make the needles blue and used the “liquefy” tool to make the less focused needles into crazy swirl patterns while leaving the in-focus needles and few drops alone and sharp.
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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I love seeing the moss come back to life in the fall! This Oregon oak is covered in it! #ThickTrunkTuesday #Oak #Trees #Moss #ISeeMoss #Autumn #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
Looking up the trunk of a moss-covered Oregon oak tree. It’s just all fuzzy green moss, with some brown bark poking out underneath. Going up, a partly-cloudy sky is dappled with green and yellowing leaves.
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Bright blue sky with intense red maple leaves! #Autumn #Fall #BlueSkyMonday #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepGoing
A deep blue sky is dappled with back lit red maple leaves fluttering in the wind. A black branch (from backlighting) stretches across the frame from upper right to lower left.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The sky was on fire for this #Sunday #StunDay #Sunset! #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #PNW
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Another thing I like about #Autumn is getting #Lichen and #Moss shots like these when big storms blow branches and twigs out of the trees. #BlueSkyArtShow #ISeeMoss #FungiFriends #Fungi #PNW #Nature #Photography #Macro #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice
A 3-centimeter twig absolutely covered in different kinds of rain-drenched lichen and moss! It’s a whole dark green, pale sea green, bright yellow, black, gray, dappled scene of an exciting and diverse community.
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Nature’s #Autumn artwork on a city sidewalk. #BlueSkyArtShow #Fall #Leaves #PNW #Nature #Photography #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
Red, yellow and tan maple leaves in various states of coloration stick to a purplish-black section of bricks on a wet city sidewalk after a heavy rain.
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The first iNaturalist suggestion for this adorable tuft is trumpet lichen. #FungiFriday #Lichen #FungiFriends #Fungi #Macro #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #KeepLooking #Don’tGiveUp
A tiny, trumpet-tower shaped sea green lichen community pokes out of a dark green tuft of moss surrounded by rich, dark brown mulch and deep red, fallen burning bush leaves - all shining in the early morning sun.
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Dewdrops on autumn leaves is one of my favorite things. #Dewdrops #Autunm #Fall #Leaves #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
The slanted, early morning sunlight shines on a fallen maple leaf bedazzled with sparkling dewdrop orbs. The leaf is kind of ombré shaded pale gold at the tips and pinkish to red near the base. A different kind of wet, dark red, leaf lies just under it. The while scene sits on black asphalt, so it really stands out.
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I just love the texture of water and how it bends reflections. #WaterWednesday #Water #Reflections #Nature #Photography #Monochrome #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice
A shot of the surface of a stream reflecting the clouds and tree branches and leaves above it. It’s naturally black and white because it’s a cloudy day.
October 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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He thinks he owns the window feeder. Bless his heart. He is very handsome, though. I wish you all the confidence this guy has. #Hummingbirds #Birds #Nature #Photography #PNW #GoOutside #Breathe #Notice #Don’tGiveUp
A male Anna’s hummingbird perched on a nearly vertical bare big leaf maple twig in the upper left center of the picture. His head feathers appear mostly black, with a few of them shining deep magenta. He has a whitish gray chest with feathers that turn light green as they spread toward his back, and the tail feathers are pretty much black because we’re looking up at him. He’s against a blurred out background of cloudy sky and green Douglas fir trees.
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM