Category: IrwinFoto365
Photos and comments posted daily from 2017 to 2020.
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Riding the Ripples | East Wenatchee, WA | February 2020 Resting Birds #3 | Turbulence barely ruffles a paddling goose. She sees the swells of a boat’s wake rolling her way and gives barely a hink or chittle (the murmurings of an unperturbed water bird). Wouldn’t it be nice to similarly
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Waterfowl | Vantage, WA | February 2020 Resting Birds #2 | The Columbia River widens just above the I-90 bridge to become an attractive rest area for birds. No telling why they love it — food? safety? — but they don’t just float there, they frolic. They flap and splash like kids in a swimming…
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Killdeer | Sunland, WA | February 2020 Resting Birds #1 |The list of birds I know on sight stretches to about, um, nine. Crows, robins, pigeons, hawks, eagles, geese, pelicans, flamingoes, ostriches, and we’re done. I’m always incredulous when dedicated birdwatchers tell me they traveled to Arizona and spotted 143 different species. Since nobody can…
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Brickwork | Waterville, WA | February 2020 A new office building’s prefab pieces — factory-made eaves, machine-cut wall panels — speed construction but lack soul and personality. In contrast, the bricks laid one-by-one in Waterville’s downtown include frills, contours and textures that speak of the human hand. Protruding bricks create shadows that add visual oomph.…
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Chandelier | Entiat, WA | February 2020 “Grab me, kiss me, waltz me, and love me / I adore thee, cherish thee, absolutely love thee / Come let’s take to the floor ‘neath a chandelier of
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Ridge | Badger Mountain, WA | February 2020 Houses up high with magnificent views sometimes feel soulless. Many are built on shaky egos — too big, too empty, too lacking in what makes a house a home. They beg for cozy reading nooks, a compact kitchen, small quick-clean bathrooms and dog-proof floors. And then there’s…
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Nursery | Ephrata, WA | February 2020 From a distance, the leafless trees look like pencil scrawls on the very air. Or a cluster of cuts in the fabric of the universe. Sure, I know they’re trees, but it’s only when I stand closer — 20 feet away — do branches come into focus and…
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Art? | Ellensburg, WA | February 2020 A bathtub-shaped flower bed, mostly dead, seems to float on a sea of ivy. I can’t tell if this is a clever art installation or simply bad gardening. I’m on the second floor of the university’s art building and peering into a courtyard that also contains oversized bricks…
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