The northwest corner of the neighborhood gravel pit pond where I take a lot of photos…
#Scapes #landscapes #RuralScenes
#Water #Reflections #Trees #PNW
#LandscapePhotography #Nature
#TenMinutesFromHome #Photography #EasternWashington
#WestCoastPhotography

Western Meadowlark singing its flute-like spring song from the sagebrush at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#BirdoftheDay #Crooners #Songbirds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Art
#NaturePhotography #Birds #Nature
#Photography #BirdsofBlueSky #PNW
#EasternWashington #RuralScenes #BirdsOftheWorld

A cluster of Garry Oaks left to grow naturally on the rugged part of the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park that’s not irrigated or groomed…Rattlesnakes may be lurking…
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Parks
#RuralScenes #EasternWashington #LandscapePhotography #Scapes
#WestCoastPhotography

Beekeepers doing bee keeping stuff—wasn’t about to get out of my truck and ask what that might be…had to be at least 100 hives in a field…Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #PNW
#HumansofBlueSky #People #Rural
#WestCoastPhotography #Bees #Insects #RuralScenes #Agriculture

This old Locust is a real survivor…it’s scars are evidence that not every vehicle successfully navigated the 90 degree turn on the gravel road it overlooks…
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Backroads #RuralScenes #Rural
#Photography #NaturePhotography
#EasternWashington

Landscapes seen when out birding in southwestern Yakima Valley #EasternWashington this week…
#Scapes #Landscapes #RuralScenes
#Backroads #Rural #Clouds

Range cattle coming down from summer range in Cascade foothills waiting to be moved to better feed in their winter pasture on the Yakima Valley floor… #EasternWashington
#MammalMonday #Cows #Rural
#WestCoastPhotography #Scapes
#LandscapePhotography #Animals
#RuralScenes

Green stuff—10 foot tall Field Corn, regrowth in summer 2026 wildfire burn area, Granny Smith apples, very old Pear Trees growing wild at Fort Simcoe State Park… #EasternWashington
#ColorADay #GreenSat #Fruit #PNW
#NaturePhotography #Nature
#RuralScenes #Farming #Scapes
#WestCoastPhotography

Low-hanging clouds against Cascade foothills at the west end of the Yakima Valley in early morning following rainfall the previous day with more incoming rain…
#Scape #RuralScenes #Rural
#Landscapes #photography #WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#NaturePhotography #Clouds

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