Most of the forest in western Washington is Doug Fir and Hemlock … they typically have a pretty vertical growth pattern. On the other hand, is the Pacific Madrone, winding its limbs in sinuous patterns. Maybe that’s why they attract my attention.
I hope that during the holiday season you have time to spend with friends and family and that you do something together … like go for a walk, have a meal, or just sit and talk. I don’t know these people … I just really liked the shadows they threw towards me.
I have shown photos of this pond before, but the clouds are always different. This day they were particularly dramatic.
I was walking in the park and saw this patch of salal. It caught my eye with its rich green color. It’s a very common ground cover and it usually doesn’t get noticed much. But when everything else is in its winter colors, it made a welcome splash of GREEN!
This is the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, WA. The exposure range was extreme enough that it burned out the area in the upper right, but it seemed not to distract from the image too much. The point of land in the middle distance (it’s hard to see the far distance) is Point Hudson.