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Somewhere near the North Fork Clackamas River on the Mount Hood National Forest in May, 2018 #Mosstodon

A vine maple, with moss draped branches, like arms, reaching the photographer. Almost as if it is climbing out of the ground. It’s surrounded by a dense stand of narrow, tall conifers . In the foreground, close to the ground, are ferns.

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This is my accidental winter moss garden. Our rear fence and winter-happy native shrubs (ceanothus and elderberry) provide ample shade & the ground rarely dries out in the winter #Moss #Yarden #Mosstodon 

A 1-2 foot wide and longer area of ground covered by moss and surrounded by small rocks. There's various pieces of wood and smaller amounts of rock in the moss.Green long stemmed moss with blunt ends grow on the ground, with various sticks and rock interspersed. There's a fly resting on a rock and there's a tiny brown mushroom just in view.

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Backyard Daffodil #BloomScrolling #Daffodil #Yarden

A bright yellow daffodil is illuminated by the sun, though its interior is in shadow of itself. The flat leaves kind of curve in and out of sun. It’s planted in a mulched area and there’s blurred gravel behind it.
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#SilentSunday

#DeathValleyNPOvercast skies, with a ribbon of blue breaking through, let some sun break through to highlight rugged mountains, brown with patche sof red, that obliquely frame the photo. Dark green shrubs, maybe mesquite, dot the landscape from near the photographer and into the distance. Some of the closer mountains have layers of dark and light rock. Those closer mountains are shadowed by clouds.

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Back in March, 2024, we went to Death Valley. It was nowhere close to this year’s reported superbloom, but it was a treat seeing the cloud shrouded desert landscape painted with yellow north of Ubehebe Crater #DeathValleyNP #BloomScrolling #Fujifilm #SOoC

A wide-angle view of an area north of Ubehebe Crater where yellow flowers carpet the valley and some hills. Clouds are low, touching the peaks of some far off mountains. In the midground, a dirt road crosses the frame in front of some endoheric basins shine, but they're not filled with water, just really freshly deposited sediment.

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Yesterday, at the refuge, a Bald Eagle was soaring in a thermal. I’m going to miss the winter sunlight illuminating everything from the side!

#BaldEagle #Birds #BirdPhotography #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #Fujifilm #CropToZoom

A Bald Eagle, against a clear blue sky, soars overhead, with the camera looking straight up at the bird. Its dark brown wings are outstretched, its feet are tucked against its white tail feathers, and its sun brightened right eye is just visible. Its beak is slightly open, showing off a tongue.

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Our nectarine’s first bloom. It’s in popcorn mode so hopefully most of the buds delay bloom until after this next storm! #HomeOrchard

A light pink nectarine flower with whitish stamens and red anthers. The photo was taken in a backyard with a shed and rocked areas.
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Washing machine hose replacement day, due to a leak at the washer’s hot water fitting. They were… like 10 years old. Don’t at me. It’s in an unfinished garage! Anyway, I noticed the leak before it reached the leak sensor. Yeah, I’m like that. #HomeDIYAn unfinished garage with a small leak on the floor under and beside a dryer. The side of a dryer. then some clear space, then a table with box fan, fire extinguisher, some old coats under it. The water ran downhill the concrete pad to the left.

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"Öffentliche Kunst / Public art"

Vancouver, December 2025 #FotoVorschlag

#Vancouver #Fujfilm #SOoC

At night, an artistic weather vain with one end as metal outlines of clocks or maybe wheels and spokes. The other end looks like a couple of paddles. It's all lit up with purpose. It does spin but no motion can be seen from the photo. Behind it are three lit up stars, probably christmas decorations for the waterfront. Lights across the harbor can be seen.

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The Red-shouldered Hawk again visited our backyard at sunrise. Meanwhile, White-crowned sparrows are oblivious. And later, a Nuttall’s Woodpecker did pest control on our Nectarine, looking for bark-beetles #RedShoulderedHawk #WhiteCrownSparrow #NuttallsWoodpecker #Birds #BirdPhotography #FujifilmA Red-shouldered Hawk through a bunch of Tree of Heaven branches. It's got a bit of clouded over morning sun on its face. The branches criss-cross its body.A close-up of a White-crowned Sparrow is in a tray full of seeds cocks its head up just a bit, as if looking at the camera. It has clear white stripes on its head, one behind its eye and another at the top of its head. The rest of the body is gray to beige with white stripes along its wings. A Nuttalls Woodpecker is furiously pecking at a Nectarine, pausing for a second, eye towards the camera with its tree dust covered beak. It is black with white.