Spokane
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Sunset Bands
This spectacular sunset in late October arced incandescent oranges and reds across the western sky near our home in Nine Mile Falls. The glory of God displayed in the heavens!
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Power Shadow
Sunset light on the power line towers near our house also produced a shadow of another tower on the field below. A reminder of the other towers, stretching off to the horizon, that bring electricity to all of us.
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Japanese Garden
The Japanese Garden in Spokane’s Manito Park was showing its fall colors during a recent visit in mid-October. It was very tranquil and calm to walk around the central pond and enjoy the views.
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Heron on a Rock
The Nishinomya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden in Manito Park has lovely landscaping, but the day we visited in October the focus of all the cameras was this heron balanced on one of the rocks in the garden’s pond. I thought it was a statue, until it turned its head toward me!
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Multicolored
Looking up into the trees in Spokane’s Corbin Park, you can see a remarkable mix of fall colors and sunlight or shade that makes an image as complex and delightful as this.
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Corbin Park
If you want to see a great color show, visit Corbin Park just north of downtown Spokane in the middle of October. That’s what we did and took a walk around the park in awe of the beauty of the fall colors.
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Raspberry Ribbons
At the end of a sunset sky in Nine Mile Falls, the darkening clouds still boasted raspberry-colored linings above the power lines.
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Sunset Road
A back road near Nine Mile Falls led toward a lovely sunset on a recent July evening.
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Intersection
The white contrail of a jet and the black power lines made a momentary intersection above my head on a blue-sky afternoon. It makes a nice “y” in the sky, becoming an “x” shortly afterwards.
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Sunset Weeds
Even random flowering weeds in the field near our home display a complex beauty in the evening light.
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Spherical Flowers
These spikie, vaguely alien-looking flowers caught my attention in Manito Gardens on Spokane’s South Hill one sunny June day.
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Pastel Pink
The little pink flowers in our front yard, including a few bleeding hearts, attract bees and appreciative looks at the end of spring.
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Orange Sky
Sunset on a smokey evening created an orange glow behind a pine tree above the Spokane River near Nine Mile Falls on the last day of May.
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Power Pole & Moon
The new moon rose through the wires of a power pole near our house on a spring evening.
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Rhody Bud
The lilac-colored rhododendron in our front garden began to open deep purple buds in late May.
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Yellow Saints
”The little yellow flowers by the side of the road that nobody notices are saints looking up into the face of God.” – Thomas Merton
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Deep Pink
Should a photo give the big picture or zoom in on the details? I opted for the latter in this shot of a tree in our neighborhood in May, while still giving a sense of the rest of the tree.
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White Tree
Is it an apple or a crabapple? Whichever, this tree blooming in our neighborhood was a delicious sight. I enjoy focusing in on one bunch of blooms to highlight their delicate shapes.
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Raspberry Sherbet
How many deep pink blooms can one tree hold? This tree at the entrance to our neighborhood was like a pink beacon along the highway.
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Pink Blooms
These fluffy pink blooms were hanging from a cherry tree next to a parking lot. Find beauty all around you this spring!
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Glowing Gold
When sunset light hits the petals of balsam root flowers on a hillside above my house, the result is a golden glow!
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Yellow in the Woods
The hillsides and the ground under pine trees around Spokane have bright yellow balsam root flowers peeking out at the start of May. My favorite spring wildflowers!
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Balsam Root Sunset
This bunch of balsam root flowers were perched above the Spokane River.
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Yellow Hillside
Bunches of balsam root flowers cover this hillside above the Spokane River along Northwest Blvd in late April.
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Pink Fingers
This small tree in our neighborhood spread its long, pink fingers toward the afternoon sun.
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