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Mountain marshes and garter snakes

Went for a hike today, on the hill behind cedar grove. It’s a beautiful area, with some huge boulders and 100+ year old firs and cedars. Today, I discovered a pretty big (about 0.5-0.75  acres) swamp/pond on the other side … Continue reading

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Elk photos

So, in my last post, I shared some photos of one of the hawks that lives with us. In this post, I’ll show a few shots of the elk that I’ve been seeing so much of lately. When we first … Continue reading

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Red-tailed hawk photos

I’ve been reading up lately about how to use the manual controls on our camera recently, especially exposure settings (aperture and shutter speed), and found an excellent tutorial. And fortunately, right after I studied up, I was barraged with wildlife. … Continue reading

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Cosmic porn

We’ve got a new puppy named Cosmic living with us for a few months. Here’s a few photos: For the first few days, he was really scared to be away from home (his family lives in Olympia, WA) but he … Continue reading

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