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Luna and Kelly got to go swimming in the river while Sam got to go to the office with Ken.
Luna likes to swim
Luna likes to swim
We’ve been seeing these too often the last week or so with all the lightning.
Fire fighting helicopter
The haze from distant fires makes for pretty sunsets.
sunset

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August rains
August rains
August rains

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The Native Plant Society organized a field trip to observe butterflies at Goat Peak yesterday. Wildflowers were numerous as well as the colorful bugs. Unfortunately smokey skies dimmed the mountain views.

 
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
Catch and release butterflies
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
A rhododendron, native to the east slope of the Cascades – something new to me!
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip
An unusual pink yarrow
Goat Peak Butterfly field trip

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Mariposa Lillies – an amazing wildflower that blooms among the dried grasses during the heat of the summer
Mariposa Lily

Mariposa Lily

Mariposa Lily

wild grasses
 
wild grasses

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Another morning on Patterson Lake
Another morning on Patterson Lake
Another morning on Patterson Lake
Another morning on Patterson Lake
Another morning on Patterson Lake