My folks used to live near Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. I took this many years ago and it’s still a real fave of mine. I love this time of day, and there’s nothing like pink, billowy clouds over water for a serene feeling.

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Here’s a nice sunset photo from last summer, with a teensy boat in the distance, and Vashon Island (I think) behind it. For more photos of water in all its manifestations, click HERE.

Here is a post for Scenic Sunday. I think to be scenic there has to be expansive view, have sunny skies and hopefully be pretty as well. That’s what I feel is scenic, and others may have other ideas. This one of the distinctive bridge in Astoria, Oregon, qualifies. If you go there, the town has enough old buildings to be charming as well. For more scenic photography around the world, click HERE.

The unrelenting gray days here in the Pacific Northwest make me long for sunshine, although I am thankful we are not enduring an arctic cold wave like many other places right now. But I thought I’d share a photo taken at our last house in the autumn. That house was on a hill that faced west, so I was lucky enough to enjoy spectacular late-afternoon light on many days.

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I thought I’d show you something unusual. Here is a view of saguaro cactus near Tuscon, Arizona. I love the way they grow sprinkled in the landscape, a real forest! Remember, each of these is huge, maybe 30 feet or ten meters tall, and can be a hundred years old if not older. For more scenic photos everywhere, click HERE.

Thought I’d add a link to some info about these cacti HERE.

I’m just in a sunset mood. Here’s one from Arizona; hope you like it.

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Browsing through some old photos I found this I took somewhere in Florida in 1983! I really don’t remember where, maybe down in the Keys. But a pretty sky, a relaxing tropical feel, and a good start for the new year, I think. Here’s to scenic beauty and peace and relaxation in 2009.

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I was driving down the hill near my house and almost drove off the road when I saw, looking to the southeast, these clouds above Mt. Ranier. A quick look on the web revealed that these are Lenticular clouds, often mistaken for spaceships. No wonder!

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Not too many flowers blooming now in Seattle, so I thought I’d visit my archives for some fave shots from the past. This photo of yellow azaleas was taken last spring in Portland near the Rose Garden.

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This is one of my all-time fave photos, taken last year on the way back from Astoria, Oregon, from the amazing bridge there. Mostly it was cloudy, but one sunny moment was all I needed for this.

Do you see a face in profile in the big cloud on the left?

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