Camping at Staircase Campground near Lake Cushman in Washington on a glorious morning.

The woods of the Pacific Northwest on a sunny September day

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In the North Fork of the Skokomish River in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, my eagle-eyed hubby saw these bull trout fish. They like clear, unpolluted waters (don’t we all?) and these looked to be almost two feet long. How many can you see?

Several large bull trout fish hang out near the bridge at Staircase Campground in Washington

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We went camping. Here is a view of the blue sky reflected in the beautiful North Fork of the Skokomish River on a late summer afternoon.

Clear water meanders down the North Fork of the Skokomish River in the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

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Seattle has been having such a magnificent summer. I love the warm, clear evenings.

A soft pink sky and a few birds at dusk in early September in Seattle

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Just because I think it’s beautiful.

Summer sunshine creates shadows on the lawn at a park

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I rarely post black and white images, but for this shot of Puget Sound from Redondo, WA, I will make an exception.

Monochromatic photo of dramatic sky and calm Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest

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Our brief camping trip last week was sadly rained out, but before we left of course I took some photos.

Raindrop on evergreen branch, with the Ohanapecosh River all brown and rushing in the background

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We went camping last week, southeast of Mt. Rainier in Washington. At first the local river, the Ohanapecosh River (pronounced o-HANA-puh-cosh), was clear and gorgeous.

The Ohahapecosh River at the La Wis Wis campground in Lewis County, Washington

Then (bonus image time!) it rained very, very hard. Here is the same river, a few miles upstream, after much rain.

The Ohanapecosh River in Lewis County, WA, after heavy rains

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In a friend and neighbor’s garden, a late orange daylily, all lit up by the summer sunshine.

Single-petaled, graceful orange daylily showing the shadow of its stamens in the sunlight

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It’s been a scenic week. This amazing, huge cloud shaped like an anvil decorated the sky near Mt. Rainier just a few days ago, taken from the overlook right near my house.

Giant cloud near Mt. Rainier in eastern Washington, with airplane

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