Katie Downs is a popular tavern located on Commencement Bay in Tacoma. Lit up for the evening while the sky lights up makes for a marvelous show.
The marina at Burton, on Vashon Island. A couple row a dingy out to a vessel moored on a buoy.
Gasworks Park from Lake Union in Seattle
A Thunderbird slips through the waters of Lake Union with the Seattle skyline as a background.
A sailboat reaches across Puget Sound as the sun is about to set behind the Olympic Mountains
A Cedar Waxwing perches on a bush beside the Orting Trail near South Prairie.
An Annas Hummingbird hovers before blossoms of crocosima lucifer deciding which one to start with.
A flock of geese fly past the old Nisqually Barns on an autumn day
Hiking south along the shore south of Sandpoint in Olympic National Park, we disturbed more than one flock of seagulls.
Near Sandpoint in the Lake Ozette Area of Olympic National Park. There was a forest fire burning on Vancouver Island and the wind was blowing the smoke out to sea. The sunset was... magnificent!
A mist rises from the bay while the setting sun creates a violet firestorm.
This Anna's Hummingbird is one of several that make our garden their home. At this time of year, the color of the leaves eclipse the show put on by the birds in the spring.
A Great Blue Heron is framed in the culvert that allows Clear Creek to flow in to Dyes Inlet in Silverdale, WA.
The Lady Washington is a tall ship that reqularly sails the bays, coves and inlets of Puget Sound. On this day, we caught her enjoying fair breezes in Sinclair Inlet, near Bremerton, WA.
Mt Baker towers over Dungeness Lighthouse on a brilliant late summer day.The foreshortening power of a 400mm lens brings the mountain in on top of the lighthouse, more than 5 miles away at the end of the sand spit.
A Snowy Owl soars overhead.
A female snowy owl watches the from her perch in Damon Point State Park, at Ocean Shores, WA.
A dandilion. Ready to release its seeds on the next passing breeze.
Brilliant fall colors frame this old steel trestle over the Wenatchee River west of Leavenworth, WA
Fall colors can be spectacular along the Wenatchee River
Indian Paintbrush bring color to a broken root near Mt St Helens.
Indian Paint Brush highlight this view of the caldera of Mt St Helens as the setting sun turns the surrounding clouds red.
The moon in total eclipse hangs blood red above Mt Rainier. The mountain and the moon are reflected in the waters of Clear Lake near Eatonville, WA.
A stalk of grass against the dried out winter field
Reds, Oranges, Yellows against an emerald background. Northwest fall colors at their finest along the Wenatchee River in Tumwater Canyon
The sky above Seattle takes on a rose color as the sun sets.
Mirror image reflected from the pond of the Drumheller Fountain at the University of Washington.
Mt Rainier stands tall above Eunice Lake in the early evening of a bright August day.
A fresh coat of paint adorns the cap of the North Head Lighthouse near Cape Disappointment
North Head Lighthouse stands above a calm North Pacific Ocean in the early evening
Sunset over the Pacific from Southerrn Washington
Young shoots of grass reflect in the still waters of a pond.
A large rock sits on the granite shelf below Middle Lewis River Falls
A White Crowned Sparrow perches on the head of a purple lupine.
A White Crowned Sparrow perches on the head of a purple lupine.
A Savannah Sparrow perches atop the blooms of a Lupine.
Table Mountain casts its reflection in Austin Pass Lake. How this small tarn was christened a lake, I can only imagine.The autumn colors and the reflection of the alpine fir in the lake caught my eye.
Mt Baker rises through the smoke of October wildfires. A lone campsite perches above Icicle Lake in the late afternoon sun.
The setting sun paints a smoke filled sky a dusty red. Mt Baker is obscured inn smoke behind the local mountains
The Curl. A massive wave curls in towards the beach at Cape Disappointment.
Fantastic surf forms from Cape Disappointment, WA
North Head from the southern end of Long Beach Washington
Some cotton wood trees stand above a bend in the White River near Sumner, WA
A fishing pier stretches well out into the bay at Harper, WA. This long exposure calms the excitement of the water.
Actually shot in August, this White-Crowned Sparrow was perched on the seed head of a spent Lupine.
The Westlake Christmas Tree and the Macy's star light up the plaza as the year end celebrations begin.
Another Splash at Cape Disappointment, WA
A pretty set of cascades fall from the Columbia Plateau into Ancient Lake near Quincy Washington.
California Poppies line the side of the drive at Van Lierop Park in Puyallup, WA
The Point Ruston rides alongside its pier as the sun sets over Commencement Bay
The setting sun lights up the smoky sky above Spirit Lake at the Mt St Helens National Monument.
The Milky Way erupts above Mt St Helens on a clear August night.
The morning sun lights up the clouds above Mt Adams.
A Red-Winged-Blackbird perching on a branch in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
