Tag: Bloedel Reserve

The Bloedel Mansion

The Bloedel Mansion

Located on Bainbridge Island, just a short ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle, the Bloedel Nature Reserve includes the Bloedel Mansion. The gardens are a photographers delight. The preserve and mansion are open to the public for tours or for just walking through and enjoying the luxury that was paid for from the profits of being a timber baron.

A reminder:

I have a book available on the Kindle site. It is a memoir titled 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. It has over 100 photographs and covers more than 100 different hikes and backpacks. I have it priced to share at $2.99 (US).

Here’s the link (Click the “Get Book” button):

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Weeping Willow Lunch

Weeping Willow Lunch

I don’t know who these women were and I don’t know if they were actually having lunch. But it was the right time of day for it and it makes a better story in a lovely setting. This pond and willow are at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.

Here’s a reminder:

I have a book available on the Kindle site. It is a memoir titled 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. It has over 100 photographs and covers more than 100 different hikes and backpacks. I have it priced to share at $2.99 (US).

Here’s the link:

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Calypso Orchids

Calypso Orchids

One of my favorite springtime wildflowers is the calypso orchid. It is fairly common in the woods in Washington State. The group below, mixed in with yellow stream violets, is at the Bloedel Nature Reserve on Bainbridge Island … I have never seen such a large grouping in the wild.

A Group of Calypso Orchids
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