Eugene Parnell

Sculptor. Garden designer and educator. Tech industry veteran. Bigfoot stan.

Location: Duwamish Land, PNW
Website: https://www.eugeneparnell.com

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2026-09-28 05:10:03 UTC

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Part 7. Those cirrus clouds are a sure sign of fall in this part of the world. This will all be under ten or more feet of snow by December--unless the Super El Niño interrupts it. Word is that we're in for another low-snow winter. Photo 2: that's Mt. Rainier in the background. 7/7
#autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 05:06:46 UTC

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Part 6. Naches Peak Loop is a great short hike (3 miles/5k) that's great for kids and for when you want to take out-of-town visitors to see The Mountain but don't want to pay the park entry fees (it's in the National Park but isn't a fee area). It's also one of the few places in the Cascades where you can drive right up to alpine meadow elevations. 6/7
#autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 05:01:25 UTC

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Part 5. I timed my return so that I'd hit Chinook Pass and the famous Naches Peak Loop trail, at the golden hour. It sits right at the crest of the Cascades and right at the tree line, and It's at its peak fall color now. That red foliage is all wild blueberry bushes. 5/7
#autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 04:56:46 UTC

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Part 4. Nikki's cafe seemed to be the only thing open, charming and friendly and selling goods from the famous print studio Paper Hammer which is next door. And they make a damn fine cup of coffee. 4/7 #autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 04:50:34 UTC

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Part 3. Last time I visited Tieton WA, the artist colony scene was just getting going , and this building was an empty grocery store turned art gallery, and I was in the group show on exhibit. (Don't ask me what I showed, I don't even recall). Now it's some kind of trendy retail. Gentrification happens here too I guess. 3/7
#autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 04:46:56 UTC

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Part 2. I followed Highway 410, which will be closed for the winter in a few weeks, right on over the Cascades to the tiny town of Tieton, which has been settled by a number of well known contemporary artists, kind of like Marfa, Texas (to which it likes to compare itself). Despite this, it's still an apple packing town at heart and most of the population are Latino farm workers. 2/7
#autumn #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-28 04:40:50 UTC

Another #autumn #hiking in the #PNW thread. Started with a hike up Crystal Peak, which has this excellent view of Mt Rainier, right in your face, with a lot of new snow on it (and there was a bit on the trail too). Crystal Peak is inside Mt Rainier National Park, East of the Mountain and just South of the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. That's the White River running down the valley there, it joins the Puyallup and empties into Puget Sound at Tacoma. 1/7
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2026-09-28 02:11:10 UTC

#silentsunday #PNW
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2026-09-23 05:04:40 UTC

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Such beautiful trees. Surprised to see one of this size. To think trees like this were once one of the commonest trees in (Eastern) North America.

2026-09-21 18:21:53 UTC

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Do they have a shortage of hair combs where he lives?

2026-09-21 18:14:18 UTC

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my students always complained about that second one. I told them "if you learn nothing else in this class, you will learn how to frame a composition and that alone will be worth the price of the class. It will serve you no matter whether you are a painter, illustrator, designer, or photographer."

2026-09-21 18:10:31 UTC

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2) farst gesture drawings. Divide a big paper into rectangles. Draw a model in one rectangle in no more than 1 minute. Then do it again and again with different poses. Do it 20 times. You won't have time to do more than lay out the main masses and composition each time-- and that's the point. It's an exercise, like playing scales on piano. It forces you to start by making decisions about mass, focus, and composition--the foundations of your work.

2026-09-21 18:05:47 UTC

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1) Draw from a photograph, say,
of your dog. But turn the photo upside down and draw it the way you see it--upside down. We have a mental image in our head of what a dog "should" look like and drawing it upside down short-circuits that and forces you to use the other part of your brain that can transcribe the dog in front of you, not the one in your head. It won't be pretty. But it trains your brain and your hands and you'll learn something about yourself.

2026-09-20 07:27:08 UTC

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Update on the Hemiboea. It's open and looks like the pictures. It reminds me of a single foxglove flower. #PNW #Gardening #Bloomscrolling
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2026-09-20 07:22:54 UTC

More random garden things: I also
thinned this patch of Aspidistra 'Asahi' today. It's a lovely plant but flawed. Aspidistra, or cast iron plant, is better known as a houseplant. But some cultivars are hardy in the #PNW including this Japanese one with unique variegation--only the tips turn white. Those white tips stain brown with age so I trim the oldest to let newer growth take over. And I found this cool bug: iNaturalist says this is an immature green stink bug. #Gardening #Insects #fall
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2026-09-20 07:02:52 UTC

A few things still blooming in the garden. 1: my primroses are going for round 2 (in our climate they will often rebloom in September if they're adequately watered through the summer). 2: a non-hardy begonia that somehow overwintered in this pot and is now showing off bigly. 3: my favorite hardy begonia, B. grandis alba, which loves this one spot in my garden and refuses to grow anywhere else. #Gardening #PNW #fall #Bloomscrolling
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2026-09-20 06:55:05 UTC

It's fall and I'm doing cleanup in the garden. I've removed this Mahonia 'Charity' (the branches with the pointy yellow leaves) which has been near our front steps for over a decade. It's been slowly dying for the past six months and I don't know why. Also removed a Tasmanian pepper (Drymis lanceolata) which was damaged in the cold snaps of ''23 and '24 and never recovered. I need to rethink this area as it's shadier than it was when I designed it in 2014. #Gardening #PNW #fall
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2026-09-20 05:24:14 UTC

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Hi former art professor here. The standard text we used for drawing was Betty Edwards' "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." It explains a lot about how to really see what you are looking at, and how that translates into marks on paper. It's a little dated, especially the parts about brain hemispheres and their functions, but then again drawing hasn't changed that much in 500 years. It's still worth a read. Digitized version available here: https://archive.org/details/drawing-on-the-right-side-of-the-brain/page/n10/mode/1up

2026-09-19 17:53:42 UTC

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It's quite a pretty tableau. And that's more pumpkins than I got the one time I tried to grow them.

2026-09-18 16:57:19 UTC

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Thank you!

2026-09-18 14:27:03 UTC

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Yeah people underestimate how bad storms can be up high. This one I thought was particularly pretty because of how tidy and precise it is. Like a little piece of land art

2026-09-18 04:59:56 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 9. Two views of Lightning Lake, and one of its neighbor, all part of the Chain Lakes, just off the side of Table Mountain, right before a rather cloudy and hazy sunset. It's a popular place to camp, and it's very pretty. Maybe next time I'll come on a weekday when it's less crowded and stay overnight. End of thread. #hiking #nativeplants #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:51:25 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 8. On the way back down I took the scenic route through the Chain Lakes and you can see here, too, that fall has arrived. The red leaves here are blueberry bushes. Yellow leaves on the mountain ash or rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), a tree in the rose family, seen commonly in subalpine environments in the Cascades and also found right around the Northern hemisphere.
#hiking #nativeplants #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:43:39 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 7. Here's the view of the peak from the end of the line. This is my third visit and I'm pretty shocked by the lack of snow. In previous years, even in August, the area in the lower part of the photo was all snow with only the toothy ridges on the left and right sticking out. Photo 2: the welcoming committee.
#hiking #nativeplants #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:38:39 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 6. Here's a panorama of Mt Baker peak (on the right) and Mt Shuksan on the left. Baker is an active volcano (though it hasn't erupted since the 1800s) while Shuksan is non-volcanic. Beyond them, to the East and South, is North Cascades National Park; away to the North (offscreen to the left) is the Canadian border.
#hiking #nativeplants #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:30:44 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 5. If you follow the trail far enough, you'll get right up to the rock formation called The Portals. Photo 1: a campsite used by climbers heading to the peak via the Park Glacier route. The stones are a wind break. Photo 2: I know it looks like you can walk right up the mountain from here but you can't. There's a massive canyon you can only see when you get up a little higher. #hiking #nativeplants #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:23:36 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 4. You wouldn't know it from its stature but this is dwarf fireweed (Epilobium latifolium). The flowers appear very similar to its much taller cousin but even so I didn't recognize it at all because it's so short. Found around the northern hemisphere at higher elevations and latitudes; TIL it is eaten as a vegetable by the Inuit and is the national flower of Greenland.
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2026-09-18 04:17:45 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 3. Some wildflowers are still blooming even at this late date: subalpine monkeyflower (Erythranthe caespitosa, photo 1) and purple monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii; syn. Mimulus lewisii). The latter is named after Merriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame. The growing season is very short here--bear in mind that this ground is covered in snow until late July or even August! #nativeplants #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 04:08:41 UTC

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Hiking Ptarmigan Ridge part 2. Here's what fall looks like at elevation: some of the grass is yellowing and the blueberry plants are turning purple and red. Unfortunately due to the climate breakdown, wildfires are now so common this time of year that you actually see the haze obscuring the more distant peaks. I could smell the smoke from all the fires burning to the East. Photo 4: check the two mysterious jade green lakes in the distance. #nativeplants #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-18 03:52:43 UTC

"It's a crowded hike but there's room to spread out." That's what I told myself last Saturday. Mt Baker (Komo Kulshan) is one of the prettiest places in the Washington Cascades, and you can't get a better view of it than from here. Ptarmigan Ridge runs between Mt Baker and its neighbor, Mt Shuksan, and is accessed by a road that runs to the adjacent ski area. It's fairly unique in that the whole hike is at or above the tree line. A short thread with #nativeplants. #hiking #PNW #getoutside
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2026-09-17 04:25:46 UTC

Today I was cleaning the deck under our maple tree. A mask that I use for doing the chicken coop had blown off the table. I went to pick it up and found this little friend hanging out on it. It's a Polyphemus Moth caterpillar (Antheraea polyphemus) and it's not the first one I've seen. I think the silver maple next to our deck is one of their host plants but I'm not sure. The third photo is what he/she will look like as an adult. #PNW #Gardening #Insects #pollinators
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2026-09-17 04:10:48 UTC

So I bought two of this plant about 18 months ago and didn't know much about it. Hemiboea subcapitata, which maybe has a common name but not one that anyone uses. I just knew it had glossy leaves and is related to African violets but is hardy in the #PNW. It's been growing quietly in a large shady container with some baby rhodies. Today I noticed it's blooming. In September. When they open fully I'll add more pics.
#Gardening #Bloomscrolling
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2026-09-15 15:35:08 UTC

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beautiful plant and beautiful photo.

2026-09-15 15:29:39 UTC

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Where I live, straw bales are fairly expensive to use just to protect a couple kale plants. I mean I guess you could reuse them in the spring but still

2026-09-11 02:44:16 UTC

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More the Apple Smell-O-Vision Pro, amirite?

2026-09-10 20:33:19 UTC

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I have a Garmin hand held gps that I take hiking and backpacking. I got it because it has a satellite messaging feature that works when there's no cell service. It's been okay so far. The screen on it is terrible (8 bit) but the trade off is the battery life is fantastic (will last a week or more if you don't open it up too often). Biggest con: the UX is clunky and hard to figure out. Biggest pro: it syncs with an iPhone app that makes it a lot more useful.

2026-09-08 22:18:04 UTC

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I've stood on Sahale Mountain and looked at that exact view in real life. That's a very accurate rendering. Feels like the mountains there just go on forever.

2026-09-06 04:49:17 UTC

I saw this cool looking moth on my front porch this morning. I ran it through iNaturalist and it's Campaea perlata, common names are "pale beauty" and "fringed looper" and it's native to most of North America. I've never seen one before. Seems to have a wide variety of host plants, almost all of them trees. Around here that would be alder and maple. #Gardening #pollinators #Insects
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2026-09-06 03:33:11 UTC

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There are no "uncontacted" (in the sense that they don't know about the outside world) people left, only people who want to be left alone by the outside world. They've made it clear by their actions. And yet there's still some white dudes who won't take no for an answer. Almost like it's a pattern...
#Indigenous #anthropology

2026-09-06 03:29:44 UTC

As someone who has done academic fieldwork in some very remote corners of the world adjacent to "uncontacted" people I've been painfully aware of this problem for decades and I have nothing but shade for these d*ckheads. It ised to be missionaries. Now it's influencers. #Indigenous #anthropology
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2026-09-06 00:03:23 UTC

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I had one of those spiders in my living room the other night . I named him Fluffy and fed him a bowl of milk.

2026-09-05 02:54:21 UTC

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I dunno the Seattle area may well rival it. You should see the ski area parking lots in winter-- every third or fourth vehicle is a Rivian.

2026-09-04 16:25:28 UTC

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What is it made out of? What's funny is that in the third photo it kind of matches the woman's hair

2026-09-03 20:04:34 UTC

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I had one of these as a kid. That photo brings back so many memories!

2026-09-03 03:33:21 UTC

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I just downloaded this to try it out. It's impressively good. I'll see how the driving directions are tomorrow. I'd be particularly happy to have a map app that doesn't drain my battery (I've noticed this about Google maps, it's like a battery vampire) and that works decently offline.

2026-08-31 03:05:14 UTC

RE: https://zpravobot.news/@TerribleMaps/117181161619466628
This is pretty much a population density map, with Arkansas and Oklahoma over-represented and Rhode Island somewhat underrepresented. In other words a map of the Bigfoot believing population.
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2026-08-31 01:50:57 UTC

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It's fantastic. This is the only place I've been able to get any distance into it, it's intriguingly remote. Some big fires in there right now, mostly north of Glacier Peak, and a lot of access points are closed (I was in the far Southwest part of it which is till open).

2026-08-31 01:41:05 UTC

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That ridge has a lot of spectacular scenery. And it's not well traveled so I kind of had it all to myself.

2026-08-30 05:24:29 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 11. For the following day's descent I was basically hiking through a cloud. Photo 1: The magenta blooms of fireweed stand out even in the mist. Photo 2: lichen growing on the trees at the top of the ridge. Photo 3: that's Sloan Peak, a popular climbing destination. Eventually this moisture will tamp down the fires but we've got weeks to go. In the meantime it's a reminder that fall is on the way. End.
#hiking #backpacking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-30 05:10:53 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 10. Photo 1: blueberries for breakfast. Photo 2: this little clubmoss (Diphasiastrum sitchense or Sitka club moss, and yes I had to look that up) is doing its thing with its cones. It's an easy plant to overlook but club mosses are vastly older than the dinosaurs and once grew to the size of trees and covered the whole Earth. Now it's content just to cover this boulder.
#hiking #backpacking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-30 05:06:27 UTC

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Lost. Reel Ridge part 9. Thunderstorms moving across the mountains visible from miles away. (Photo 1). Lightning strikes from these dry-ish storms start new blazes constantly. it did rain a bit, but with everything this dry it's not enough to put out a fire. Photo 2: you can (just barely) see the glacier capped cone of Mt Baker away to the North. The layer of brown murk surrounding it is the pall of smoke from various fires.
#hiking #backpacking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-30 04:47:19 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 8. I camped on the ridge top, and even though Friday was a hazy smoky day, when dawn came Saturday morning I woke up to clearer air and a bit of sun. I got my only clear view of vast and mysterious Glacier Peak, just after dawn (photo 3, in the back).
#hiking #backpacking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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Lost Creek Ridge part 7. Occasionally I passed through glens with these huge (I assume glacial) debris fields in them. Last time I was up here, in 2000, these fields were alive with little snowmelt streams and rivulets pouring off the mountain. This year the snow pack was abysmal and they're all dried up. Only a handful of these of these gorgeous little flowers (Parnassia fimbriata), too; they grow only in wet rocky meadows.
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2026-08-30 04:28:18 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 6. Some late season butterfly action: a Mormon fritillary (Argynnis mormonia) on Pearly Everlasting flowers (Anaphalis margaritacea). Photo 3: A pine white butterfly (Neophasia menapia) on some leafy asters (Symphyotrichum foliaceum).
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2026-08-30 04:21:59 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 5. The trail switchbacks endlessly up this ridge--almost 4000 feet in just about three miles. The wilderness boundary is the top of the ridge. Once you get up there the trail levels out and breaks out of the trees into meadows filled with wildflowers. The magenta flowers are our ubiquitous fireweed. In photo 2 you can see how hazy it is; that's wildfire smoke.
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2026-08-30 03:58:55 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 4. Sometimes you go over the log, sometimes you go under the log.
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2026-08-30 03:54:41 UTC

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Lost Creek Rudge part 3. The trail starts a ridiculously steep climb up the side of the ridge. The lower portion appears to have been logged at some point (photo 1). All the trees are the same size and the canopy is close and dense; almost no undergrowth. Photo 2: this is what old growth looks like: a few huge mature trees, many downed logs, and lots of seedlings growing in sun afforded by the gaps in the canopy.
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2026-08-30 03:37:55 UTC

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Lost Creek Ridge part 2. Like a lot of treks in the Cascades this one starts off in a river valley, the North Fork of the Sauk River which empties into the Skagit River and then into Puget Sound. You can tell we're near the river by the moss draped alders and the luxurious bracken ferns.
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2026-08-30 03:32:08 UTC

I've been busy--another hiking thread with plants. This time we're going into the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Glacier Peak is Washington State's 4th highest mountain-- and also a stratovolcano--but few people see it because it's really inaccessible, surrounded by roadless wilderness in the vast Mt Baker Snoqualmie National Forest. One trailhead into that wilderness is via Lost Creek Ridge, about 2-1/2 hours drive from Seattle. A short thread #hiking #backpacking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-25 22:45:30 UTC

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I just spent several minutes trying to figure out what the dentition of Mammut borsoni had to do with Elton John. Thought boy did I misread his lyrics or what.

2026-08-20 00:50:05 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas/117121393803294257
Why not choose both? Then you can feel like you're underperforming in your day job AND feel like a sellout at the same time!
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2026-08-20 00:46:02 UTC

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oh now that would be funny! I've seen a couple dogs in the trail with little panniers but I never thought to ask what was in them

2026-08-20 00:45:32 UTC

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Hiking Upper Lena Lake part 7. But a really special place is about a mile farther on: this small lake called Milk Lake. Look at that color! These photos were shot on iPhone 13 Pro with no adjustments. Apple camera process does kind of oversaturate a bit but the real thing is very nearly this bright. That blue color is from dissolved minerals in the water (copper perhaps?). No fish here but there are tadpoles. All in all well worth the climb.
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2026-08-19 18:30:41 UTC

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Hiking Upper Lena Lake part 6. Here is Upper Lena Lake itself, at about 4600 ft elevation. It's not very deep but it has fish, probably stocked by humans. There's a ranger station here (actually just a tent) and a few campsites, and a composting toilet which they must have airlifted in because it's far too big to get up that trail. #hiking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-19 18:20:44 UTC

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Hiking Upper Lena Lake part 5. The trail climbs 4000 ft (1220m) into the Olympic Mountains. In the subalpine meadows all that's really blooming anymore is fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) and cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum). But if you look close, there's always a few interesting little plants: the white leafed one is (I think) wooly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum) and the red beady one is Sedum divergens or Pacific stonecrop. #hiking #PNW #nativeplants #getoutside
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2026-08-19 18:12:48 UTC

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Here's a sooty grouse or "forest chicken" surprisingly undisturbed by my presence. Photo 2: some licorice ferns hanging on to the underside of a boulder. photo 3: there are quite a few Saxifrage family plants in the Pacific Northwest. This is one called three leafed foam flower (Tiarella trifoliata).
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2026-08-19 15:26:39 UTC

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This is a popular trail and the trailhead was full of scouts and families and dog walkers. The lower lake is only about 3 miles from the road and the trail is broad and well-used, and has these elaborate wooden bridges. Photo 2: for the love of God, people, take the poop bag with you. I mean I guess it was nice of you to clean up after your dog, but who did you think was going to come pick that up? The park service?
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2026-08-19 15:16:51 UTC

Another hiking thread! The Cascades in Washington State are on fire now. Remember when I posted about Stiletto Peak back in July? It's burning now. Remember when I posted about Lila Lake in late June? It's burning now too. So I took a trip west to the Olympic Mountains, to a place called Upper Lena Lake. It's just inside the boundary of Olympic National Park on the Eastern side of the peninsula, near Hood Canal. #hiking
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2026-08-14 05:45:15 UTC

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Last photo from San Juan island. This is the other lighthouse, Lime Kiln Point, on the West coast facing #VancouverIsland . If you look carefully you can see an orca surfacing in the water off to the left. This is best place in the lower 48 states to see #orca whales but even here you don't see them just offshore like this every day. I got lucky.
#nativeplants #PNW #Island #sanjuanisland #Trees
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2026-08-14 05:37:31 UTC

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Some views of Cattle Point, San Juan Island National Historic Park. This is where the American military quartered their troops during the border dispute. No formal gardens here but look at those meadows full of thistles and pearly everlasting. Look at those gnarly contorted shore pines. Before white settlement the Samish Indians used this site to haul in vast quantities of salmon and they dried the meat in the sunny windy summer weather.
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2026-08-14 05:27:14 UTC

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A walk along the shore of San Juan island. A saltwater lagoon with a lot of driftwood and some blooming Puget Sound gumweed --Grindelia integrifolia, which is the coolest name, like a fairy tale character.
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2026-08-14 05:17:11 UTC

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Some San Juan island history: for a while in the 1800s both the US and British Canada laid claim to the island (the border treaty was unclear on which side of the island the border was to be drawn) and militaries of both nations established camps to support their claims. The British did so in part with a formal garden, parterres and all, for the enjoyment of their officers. It's still there, maintained as part of the historic site. #gardening #VancouverIsland
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2026-08-14 05:03:42 UTC

Some photos from my recent trip to San Juan island, in Puget Sound, about two hours' drive plus an hour long ferry ride North of Seattle. Here's the picturesque town of Friday Harbor, with its attendant ferries. It has lots of cute little shops and restaurants (which I didn't photograph) and also this quirky storefront elm tree, which I did. #PNW #Island #ferry #Trees
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2026-08-13 14:06:36 UTC

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I was there in January. Yes they are bigleaf rhododendrons, our state flower. There are quite a lot of them in that area.

2026-08-13 02:40:41 UTC

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listening to it now on Apple Music. Probably sends better on your turntable.

2026-08-13 02:39:15 UTC

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what a steal!

2026-08-12 05:31:57 UTC

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just starting it but it makes a nice palate cleanser after the other book I'm reading for my book club which is "Dungeon Crawler Carl."

2026-08-12 05:28:13 UTC

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Purchased.

2026-08-12 05:09:02 UTC

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wow they just started you right in on the stone huh? What kind of stone is it and what kind of tools are you using?

2026-08-03 04:08:48 UTC

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that's awesome that his armor is made from a cheese grater. Fits his character so well 😆

2026-08-02 03:56:58 UTC

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Those are really extraordinary. How big are they? I can kind of tell from the photos but not really. Do you sew all the clothing too?

2026-07-30 04:39:42 UTC

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Here's another garden with a fabulous parking strip. This one is pretty well known locally, it's been on a couple garden tours. In contrast to the last post, this one is actually pretty labor intensive (lots of annuals here, high water needs too). Last photo: here is your lowest maintenance parking strip option. But don't be fooled: even gravel isn't maintenance free. This strip will be full of weeds in in 6 months, even if they used weed block fabric. #gardening #Bloomscrolling #lawn
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2026-07-30 04:23:58 UTC

Took a walk today and looked at parking strips (verges, hell strips, whatever). Photo 1 is your typical. Photos 2 & 3 show a parking strip that has reached its potential. It's all drought tolerant flowering perennials and shrubs. But get this--the second strip isn't any more work to maintain than the first one. Grass is not your lowest maintenance option. Add up the time you spend mowing, fixing & fueling the mower, watering, feeding, weeding, and you'll see.
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2026-07-29 05:09:39 UTC

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Beautiful plant. Has those distinctive Saxifrage family inflorescences, a lot like Bergenia, which is in the same family.

2026-07-29 04:28:47 UTC

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I've given up shopping at places that have these. I've literally walked out of stores rather than deal with them. Of course I realize that I'm privileged enough to be able to just go to the same company's website, order online, and have it delivered to my door by the next morning. Often the people who need these products the most just don't have that luxury. They have to buy in person.

2026-07-28 01:45:49 UTC

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It's very otherworldly. The flowers are so tame I was not expecting seeds like that.

2026-07-28 01:45:09 UTC

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😆

2026-07-27 23:37:41 UTC

Earlier this year I posted photos of a woodland peony (Paeonia mariei ) in bloom my garden (photo 1). Now the flowers have gone to seed and the seed capsules have ripened and opened and the result is pretty trippy (photo 2-3).
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2026-07-27 23:17:13 UTC

RE: https://universeodon.com/@world_beauty/116986872074753857
Looks like something I dug out of the back of the vegetable drawer in my refrigerator...
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2026-07-27 04:50:05 UTC

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Ha! Maybe they only use the recycled water for urinals?

2026-07-26 20:51:51 UTC

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Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle also uses gray water for their toilet systems but I think their signs give a little more context

2026-07-26 20:49:38 UTC

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Exclusively in Portland or exclusively in the men's as opposed to the women's? The latter would explain a lot actually 😆

2026-07-24 22:42:20 UTC

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I was wondering if maybe it needed a content warning 😆

2026-07-24 18:35:19 UTC

Happening now in my garden: I was going to cut down this second year parsley plant because it's grown into a beast then I noticed all these little beetles frolicking about on the flowers. Anyone know what they are? @npub1nw7…g0ek
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2026-07-24 05:13:37 UTC

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That is such a weird sounding cross I had to look it up. Desert Willow is apparently in the catalpa family too o guess?

2026-07-23 22:04:00 UTC

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seeds are fair game as far as I'm concerned. It's not like the Fred Meyer landscape team is going to collect them.

2026-07-21 06:40:37 UTC

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oh yeah. Where's Richard Dreyfuss?

2026-07-21 06:18:39 UTC

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Hiking Stiletto Park part 12. Panorama of the view from the top. Photo 2: My hiking guidebook mentioned a climbers scramble trail to the true peak. I spent an hour searching only to find it leads all the way around the peak across a steep debris field and up the far side--too far for so late in the day. The funny thing is that after 5 miles and 3650 feet of elevation gain, I can still see the parking lot where I left my car (photo 3). End of thread.
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2026-07-21 06:07:39 UTC

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Hiking Stiletto Park part 11. Nearing the old fire lookout that is the end of the trail, elev 7660 feet. Once there was a little hut here and someone would spend the summer in it with a telescope keeping an eye out for forest fires. It was taken down in the 50s and there are only some rocks left. You can see the neighboring mountain is almost completely burned. It's impossible to travel through the Cascades now without encountering massive areas like this.
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Hiking Stiletto Park part 10. I had no idea what this little purple thing was--turns out it's a Delphinium! Plant ID app says maybe it's Sutherland's larkspur (Delphinium sutherlandii). BONAP says that species is only found in far Northeast Washington, not here, but it's still the most likely ID based on flower size and color. For sure a Delphinium, but it's a far cry from the gigantic double-flowered cultivars you see at the nursery.
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