Category: IrwinFoto365
Photos and comments posted daily from 2017 to 2020.
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Marmot | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Marmots are maddening critters. Just ask our poodle, who is tortured by their warning chirps from rocky ridges. “Over here! No! Over here!” I watch our dog dash frantically back and forth, chirp to chitter, and know that could be me — with…
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Ferns | Cashmere, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | One wonder of ferns is that they live a double life. The spore-making fronds we see along shady trails are their public face. Underneath are their alter egos — tiny heart-shaped plants called gametophytes that thrive hidden in
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At Roost | Twisp, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Ah, the joys of solitude. To sit solo and know alone does not mean lonely. Untethered, we can follow our own internal clocks — wake when ready, eat when hungry, pause whenever to ponder. We gaze
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Robin’s Egg | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Promise comes in small packages. Tiny beings, big ideas, expansive feelings (acceptance, forgiveness) can drop from the sky. As always, I have
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Osprey | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Our local raptors scout prey from atop power poles and fence posts. They’ve found perfect perches in a tree-deficient landscape. Plus, they hunt with nary a peep about civilization’s encroachment or ruined habitat. I wish I could adapt so well. My gym rearranged…
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Grills | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 A grill master in Spain has received worldwide acclaim for his barbecued baby eels served on a bed of smoked seaweed. Me? I like hot dogs. Either way, food cooked over an open fire seems more gift than gastronomy. The recipe is in the cooking itself, straight from…
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Window Dressing | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Manikins began to marry soon after the Great Emancipation of 2026. We’d place them side-by-side in a display window and, sure enough, in a day or two they’d be holding hands. Li’l Betty, our dummy for kids’ fashions, was asked to be ring bearer at the wedding…
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Palm | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Tropical is a state of mind. Wear a Hawaiian shirt and sandals while sipping mimosas under an electric palm and … well, it doesn’t matter if it’s 50 degrees outside with a threat of rain. What matters is that
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Chimney | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Our closest encounter with a spirit-like form is likely the phenomenon of smoke. Ephemeral, intangible, airborne, smoke is evidence of transformation, a wispy connection between the solid and the vaporous. It certainly affects us — cough, cough — but can we affect it? A friend in my youth…
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Stream | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 A mental exercise to reduce stress asks us to imagine a perfect place, our sanctuary, in vivid detail. We’re directed to conjure a refuge of comforting sensations — such as touch (light breeze), sound (gurgling creek), smell (forest loam) — and then step into the scene to…
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