Today I Saw

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Marina Reflections


Bonneville Power Administration towers


Glass beetle at Museum of Glass (Tacoma)
https://www.museumofglass.org


The current southern light-rail terminus in my home town


A RORO (roll on roll off) car carrier anchored across from the Port of Tacoma.
It likely obliterates the view from some of the houses along that shoreline.
Clearly a case of function over form.


Alien ready to probe


Polar Bear Swim Club, water temp 47 deg., air temp 42 deg.


Ready to drill in tight places


34th Annual Christmas Card


It's time to draw


75 year old ornament


Frost has been a no-show so far which has let my Hot Lips Salvia hang in there


The Big-Leaf Maples are mostly done dropping their leaves on this Thanksgiving


Three weeks before Thanksgiving


Veteran's Day walk in the park


Veteran's Day walk in the park


Cranberry-Orange-Cinnamon Tea


A sunny Monday


In for repair


Backpacking Stove


Brown phase Pacific Chorus Frog in the yard


Getting ready to replace the two bulging capacitors in my currently dead Oppo Media Player (identified by the two arrows):


At Hanwoori (Korean) Garden


Dog Vomit Slime Mold


Basking Red Sliders


Dental implant with bone graft (dome over molar)


A nice plump Piddock exposed by a minus tide


Mysterious 3" flat rock


First slime mold photo of the season


Vintage print restoration


A part of my recently departed friend lives on in my garage


Salvia


World War One M1916 37mm bunker busting explosive bullets.
These fragmenting steel bullets carry an explosive charge.
Notice the softer metal band meant to engage the rifling.


Crab Spider eyeing a snack


Pacific Chorus Tree Frog (on wooly thyme)


Iris from the garden


Rose from the garden


Japanese Spitz


Akifusa Gyuto Aogami 240 mm


Western Azalea


S Car Go in the garden


Himalayan Blue Poppy


1,035 Year Old Bonsai


Library Sun Spots


Solomon's Seal


Odd Carrots


Senior dog on the trail


Grape Hyacinth


Douglas Fir Cone, with seeds


Oregon Grape


Spotted Towhee


Wood Anemone in my yard


Aromatic Andromeda


A whole lotta curves


Greater Yellowlegs


Drake Pintail


Crocus anthers and stamen


Camellia


Fly feeding on Oso Berry pollen


Marina ripples


Female Goldeneye Duck


Mt. Rainier over Tacoma


Hooded Merganser


Home grown Lion's Mane fungus


Tiny Waxy Cap fungus


Pileated Woodpecker


House Wren puffed up to stay warm


Slime mold capillitium threads empty of spores


Badhamia slime mold


Chinese New Year decorations


Golden Pheasant feather fibers


Hair Ice


Peacock feather fibers


Euonymus Berry