Iography

Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath and Sunday, August 30 and 31, 2025 One of the recent encouraging trends I’ve noticed (amid a host of discouraging ones) is that Barnes and Noble bookstores keep sprouting up here and there. They’re delightful...

The Offer

Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Maylan Schurch Friday, August 29, 2025 After breakfast most mornings, I stroll a mile-long loop in our neighborhood, and Shelley joins me to continue our walk in a different direction. On my first loop, I always pass a corner property...

Passion

Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, August 28, 2025 It is fun to see when someone is passionate about something enough to paper their car with stickers. This avid birder even has a custom license plate, to which I applied a little masking to...

Bountiful Giving

Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Darren Milam Wednesday, August 27, 2025 In our garden last year, we had 4 zucchini plants and had an excessive amount of zucchini that we were giving away by the handfuls. This year we felt that two plants would be sufficient. Earlier...

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Photo and Commentary (c)2025 by Robert Howson Tuesday, August 26, 2025 What’s not to like? A beautifully colored bird with a long, graceful tail that accounts for nearly half its length, accompanied by a jaunty crest that seemingly hints at its outgoing personality....

Beside Still Water

Photo ©2016 and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis Monday, August 25, 2025 The Cle Elum River gains its head on the slopes of the mountain in this photograph. It roars across the Pacific Crest Trail and then slows to calmly meanders into Hyas Lake. I have not been to the...