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A Windy Walk

The girls and I had a windy walk yesterday. I know, I keep complaining about the weather but this wind gets on my nerves. Some days though, I just need to make myself go out in it. It did not take away from the beauty of the late spring flowers and the green, green leaves. It did make them harder to photograph. Wild roses are at the peak of flowering and filled the air with vibrant scent.

ponderosa pine
wild rose
white violet
I think these are thimbleberry blossoms
water abstract
fern
wind-blown grass
tiger lily
Sky got a good stick
unfurling fern
more fern
scarlet gilia
aspens
old friends

Rain Forest Afternoon

After digging and cleaning our razor clams one day we went to the Quinault Rain Forest. It rained. Not too much while we were outside but it did rain. It probably rains there most days. How else would it ever be so green? And how many shades of green are there? It’s really amazing to wander in these green places and feel the moisture and breathe the clean air. We enjoyed the songs of Pacific Wrens and Varied Thrush. On the river we saw Harlequin Ducks.

The Quinault River in the rain.
Sky and a 400-year old Douglas fir tree.
It’s hard to see the tree tops
Skunk cabbage in bloom
Devil’s Club
Fern
Trillium
Lots of the trilliums looked like they had frost damage
Willaby Creek
Moss
A ray of sunlight in the dark forest
Oxalis growing out of a mossy log
Layers of the forest