Category: Landscape
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Light and Shadow | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2020 “Within everyone there is light and shadow, good and evil, love and hate. In order to be truthful, you must embrace your total being. A person who exhibits both
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Place to Ponder | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 Ducks always seem a bit self-absorbed. They curb their emotions: No high fives, victory dances or other exuberant displays. Sometimes in a flock they’ll quack displeasure — “Webbed feet! Is anything more disgusting?” — but otherwise they’re unflappable. This particular duck, deep in thought, stood…
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Empty Road | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2020 Whoever thought we might miss traffic? In recent weeks I’ve heard people speak wistfully of the stop-and-go and bumper-to-bumper as measures of human vitality. I sympathize, sure, but am headed in a different direction. For me, the near-disappearance of traffic has been a cause for happy…
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Ducks Distancing | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 Extensive research on waterfowl behavior — i.e., me sitting on a log — reveals that quackers enjoy their solitude. They frequently break away from the flock to dine alone, fluff their feathers or take a nap. There’s no separation anxiety or boredom funk; they’re happy to…
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Stumps | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 Each spring river levels recede behind hydro dams to accommodate runoff from melting snow. It makes for long, wide beaches perfect for dog walks with leash off, masks off. The low levels also reveal hidden remnants — stumps and fallen trunks — of forest groves lost decades…
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Flock | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 Time for some Nature, but let’s not go crazy. Just because waterfowl flock together doesn’t mean we can too. For now, we cover our beaks and keep a distance that’s twice our wingspan. We turn our heads to honk. In recent weeks water and sun have become
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River Light | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 Thankfully “stay home” doesn’t mean stay inside. Every day we (and hundreds of others) hit the nearby river trail to walk the dog, watch the ducks and wave a “we’re alive” hello to fellow walkers. It’s a healthy affirmation of our pandemic predicament, a way to…
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Moon | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2020 An astral orb delivers first-rate distancing. From afar it brightens the dark, illuminating a grander, greater reality. Its billion-year existence offers security amid uncertainty. Its path stays true, an unwavering arc across the spectacular
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Cow with Wires | Mansfield, WA | March 2020 After a year of daily postings, IrwinFoto365 ends with this image and my sincere thanks for clicking here everyday. My college photo instructor always advised, “When in doubt, shoot the cow.” He believed cows were kindhearted creatures beloved by everyone. So if we happened across a…
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Hay Sheds | Moses Lake, WA | March 2020 Growers here export thousands of tons of hay to Asian beef producers. Shiploads of what’s essentially tall grass link local farmers to those expensive steaks favored by Tokyo execs. (My total knowledge of global economics is now exhausted.) Ag experts would say the hay bales are…
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