ROUNDUP

2016…

A roundup of images from the year for you to enjoy. I gather these together at the tail end of 2016, here in the far end of earth’s time zones. Some of you have already struck the midnight gong and won’t see this until the first of January. No matter – the roundup is a bridge to the new year as much as a summation. In the coming months ideas will be refined, techniques tried again, subjects explored anew, discoveries made. I expect there will be something new under that future sun, too. We’ll see.

 

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I leave you with this little wren, tousled and mussed from the rain but sharp-eyed as ever.

I’ve grown this year, no doubt, and there’s more of that to do. The give and take among bloggers keeps me motivated, and scrolling through Flickr often helps inspire me to loosen up.

Thank you for supporting these wanderings – here’s to endless interestingness – and to the discovery of beauty in unexpected places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORWARD

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On to 2017…

 

and creativity –

more,

and more.

 

The Photos:

December fog settles into a stand of Douglas firs on the shores of Lake Washington

A rusty bolt holds fast on a footbridge near Seattle

Old willow, weep not…your reach is wider than we know

On the street, downtown Seattle: new construction

Winter ground: how beautiful are the fallen (a park near Seattle)

Calm waters on Lake Washington

 

 

 

ORDINARY

Ordinary sights

seen on early winter walks, drives and ferry rides

in my neck of the woods.

 

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It is December, and the light

fades.

Still, in the dim places, we know

beauty –

beauty enough

for spirit to expand.

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Photos:

Trumpeter swans arriving at winter feeding grounds, Sedro-Wooley

Old building on the Lyman-Hamilton Highway, Skagit County

Red Osier dogwood leaves, Skagit County

Shot-up mailbox, Carnation-Duvall Road, Duvall

Moss-covered vintage tanker truck, Carnation-Duvall Road, Duvall

Cattail reflections, Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland

Sunset on Lake Washington, Juanita Bay, Kirkland

Afternoon sun on Cottonwoods, Juanita Bay, Kirkland

Moss-covered Big leaf maple branches; roadside, from the car; Duvall

Old building on the Lyman-Hamilton Highway, Skagit County

Ferry window; ferry to Whidbey Island

Red alder trees, Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland

All locations in Washington State