One of the huge Oregon White Oak trees on the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park…this site was chosen for the fort built in 1856 because of the native grove of oaks watered by 2 springs…. #EasternWashington
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #WestCoasfPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #forest #Scapes

From my observations of these Canada Geese on the pond at the Yakima Area Arboretum I’d say they’re busy parenting… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Mamas&Papas #Birds
#BirdPhotography #Geese #Nature #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #Photography

Bald Eagle…used to be an old, partly dead snag at the edge of Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge locals called “The Eagle Tree” because it was a favorite perch… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #MyBestSide #Birds
#Raptors #BirdPhotography #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography

Rain storm forming in this view across the Yakama Nation’s Reservation north to Union Gap, where the Yakima River, Interstate-82, Highway 97 and the BNSF Railroad all enter the lower valley… #EasternWashington #PNW
#Scape #LandscapePhotography
#Landscapes #Photography #WestCoastPhotography

Steller’s Jay already has a peanut in its very flexible gullet when it collects another it will likely stash or bury for eating later…. #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Mouthful #Corvids
#Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdLife
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #Photography

A bit of the country comes to the city with this tall grass landscaping on the grounds of a restaurant across from Yakima’s historic art deco Larson Building… #EasternWashington
#UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography
#Architecture #Buildings #PNW #WestCoastPhotography
#LandscapeGardening #Photography

It was a gray, wet, chilly Labor Day weekend in #EasternWashington didn’t break our drought but my container gardens loved it…
#ColorADay #RedWed #Flowers
#Bloomscrolling #Gardening #PNW
#FlowerPhotography #Petunias
#WestCoastPhotography #Blossoms

Caspian Terns at a Columbia River boat launch far from man-made East Sand Island, home of the world’s largest breeding colony at the river’s estuary… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #ABCD #RSTU #Birds
#SeaBirds #BirdPhotography #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #Photos

Sunset through my Sunflowers…shot 7:50pm, 9/7/2026 with my iPhone… completely unedited… #EasternWashington #Sunset #Scapes #WestCoastPhotography
#Flowers #landscapephotography

Fall cattle roundup in the Yakima Valley…ranchers making decisions how many to carry over the winter…
hay supply and bills due are part of the equation…
#EasternWashington #Rural #Cattle
#RuralScenes #Farming #Backroads
#WestCoastPhotography #Scapes
#Landscapes #Photography

California Quail male puffed up for warmth (scientific term is ptiloerection) on the first 32 degree morning late last fall…
probably wishes he was in California
#BirdoftheDay #Borb #Quail #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdLife
#WestCoastPhotography
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#EasternWashington

Turkey Vulture…dinner’s just a few inches away—the carcass of a road-killed Mule Deer that unfortunately ventured into space claimed by humans… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Grounded #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

A small gaggle of Canada Geese on the Yakima Area Arboretum pond that’s a reflection of its lush green surroundings…
#ColorADay #GreenSat #Reflections
#WestCoastPhotography #Water
#Geese #NaturePhotography #PNW
#EasternWashington #Photography

When fighting for our democracy has become counter culture. 🤘

More details soon.

📍 The Big Dipper, Spokane
📅 Sept 20

#PunkForProsecutor #dannyforprosecutor #spokane #spokanecounty #easternwashington