local finds
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My local creek is the site of a foreign invasion. You wouldn’t know to look at it; it seems like an ordinary urban creek, full of jagged rocks, algae, and litter; maybe some ducks skimming along the top. But according to the bright yellow sign by the bridge, there may be thousands of invaders lurking
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Whenever I peruse the woods and shore at Matthews Beach, just a few yards from the residential creek that so captured my attention several years ago, I hope to find something interesting and significant half-buried in the sand or nestled beneath the frothy fern fronds and ivy roots. Luckily, I have found many interesting items
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Question: Why do people love backpacking so much? And why haven’t I done it yet? Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, it’s more than a little silly that I haven’t gone backpacking before. I’ve tent-camped a hundred places, hiked a hundred more, but never the two together. My encounters with backpacking have been purely
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Well, my boyfriend and I were going to take a midnight trip to the Wenatchee area tonight to see if we could get some cool shots of the milky way since there’s no moon right now, but it was turning out to be cloudy (with a side of traffic) so we bailed around the exit
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This little beauty came from Portage Bay Cafe in Ballard. Part of the “farewell breakfast” we had before my Mom drove back home to Eastern Oregon.
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Today’s jog around Greenlake was much calmer: no rain, no wind, just lovely clouds and reflections, ducks, and enough of a chill that there weren’t very many people out and about.
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In walking around Greenlake every day, we’ve seen all kinds of weather! This was probably the craziest, though. Pouring down rain, and WINDY! We about blew away…
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It was a bit late to expect turtles to still be out last evening, but this silly one was! He doesn’t look very happy.
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This evening, Jim and I went to one of PCC Markets’ “Walk, Talk, and Taste” nights. There, we learned about PCC – 95% of their produce is organic, they plan to label all GMO’s in their store within the next year or so, they have one of the highest fish sustainability rankings in the country,
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A couple weeks ago, I took my new camera out to play at Discovery Park. It is Seattle’s largest park! You can walk almost 12 miles of trails there – through the forest and along the beach, visit the lighthouse, all on what used to be the historic grounds of Fort Lawton. An essential part
Anna A. Snook 