From last summer at the Arboretum in Seattle, a large tree with very mossy roots.

Seattle Arboretum scene of tree roots with moss in late spring

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This is some kind of black-stemmed maidenhair fern, seen in the woods in the Olympic Peninsula. I haven’t seen this kind of radial pattern before.

Lacy, fringed leaflets on shiny black stems whorled in a pretty pattern

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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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A walk through a lovely forest in the springtime in the Pacific Northwest, in my favorite kind of dappled sunshine…

Springtime in the woods

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Found this in the archives. What a relaxing scene of green!

Moss covered trees in the forest

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While it’s still blissfully warm in Seattle, with one more day or so before regular temperatures and cloud cover returns, here’s a view that greeted us on our camping trip a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t that just make you want to take a deep breath? And the new header photo of the boy in Wildcat Lake is just a picture of a warm day, for me.

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Our last camping trip gave us some great shadow opportunities as well as the blessings of a warm, sunny day, softly shielded from the sun’s bright rays by the forest canopy. You can imagine how fresh the air smelled. For more shadows of all kinds, please visit Shadow Shot Sunday. People are so creative with shadows!

We’re back from camping near Mt. Ranier. The weather gods smiled upon us; so perfect for shadow shots. Here’s one from a sweet nap we got to take. Ah, camping! Visit Shadow Shot Sunday for more fascinating shadows around the world.

Here’s a shot from our camping trip to Lake Cushman a couple of weeks ago, before the really hot weather took hold around here. This was a perfect day, temps in the low 80s, and the smell of the woods and the oxygen and the lake nearby was heaven, as far as I am concerned. Thank you to Tracy at Hey Harriet for opening my eyes to shadows in a powerful way. I love shadows! Visit Shadow Shot Sunday for more oh-so-interesting shadows seen everywhere.

The first couple of days were warm and sunny; perfect shadow capture weather. Here is our cooler and a path in the campground.

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