March 6th, Day 65: Raindrops

It has been raining like crazy here today, which should be no surprise, it is Western Washington after all, but given the weather we’ve been getting lately, it is an abrupt change!

I headed down to Lake Wilderness after work to see what I find. I found a lot of water, much of it coming from the sky! Looking at my photos now on my computer screen, I realize I should have upped my f-stop for a wider range, since I of course had no way of knowing where the next drop would land. Ah well, now I know for next time (tomorrow??)!

February 1st: Day 32: Raindrops on…

Raindrops on roses grassblades, and whiskers on kittens Toby & Isaac…okay, it doesn’t have the same ring as the Sound of Music.

This one, I dunno. I like how the windmill and trees along the bottom look.

It’s like there’s a dog in the front seat with me…

“We’re going to the DOG PARK! We’re going to the DOG PARK! We’re going to the DOG PARK! DOG PARK!”

“I know! Let’s fall asleep while Abra stays up and watches the end of this show. That way, she can fill us in on what happened tomorrow!”

 

 

Over at Laughter and Love Photography this month’s Fine Art Friday post is up! See if you notice anything by yours truly…

January 31st, Day 31: Looking up

The sky was dreary all day today, but we can’t let that stop us, can we? :)

I went traipsing through a bit of forest this afternoon and found the following pretties. (As usual these look better when you click on each image)

And this one was from yesterday, but I like it too much not to share it with you:

One month down, just 11 more to go!

 

January 30th, Day 30: Drops of Agua

I had a little time this afternoon before going into work, so I thought I would drive to the nearby park and see what I could see.

I drove under this bridge on the way and decided to stop there.

Which then led me to notice how the misty rain was settling on everything not bridge-covered.

July 27th, photo of the day: Jewels

Water droplets looked like jewels during a lull between downpours on a recent visit to Port Townsend.

 

 

July 23rd, photo of the day: After the rain

 

There is always so much to photograph after the rain has fallen.

It rained like crazy here the other morning, and then stopped abruptly around the middle of the day, to allow the sun to break through the clouds and shine down.

 

They’re called “Indian Plum”

I’m so excited!

For those of you who follow this little blog, I have been taking a lot of photos recently of a certain budding plant, that, until today, I didn’t know the name of.

Well kids, today I found out it’s an “Indian Plum.”  Thank you Redmond Watershed Interpretative Displays! I’m looking forward to seeing them with fruit (and tasting it?)

Here are some Indian Plum photos, and a few others (including some more Chewie…):

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March 18: Chewie and I go for a stroll

Today’s challenge from Capture your 365 is “A mini figure.”

So, while Isaac ran around the Redmond Watershed Preserve today, Chewbacca and I took a walk.

Chewie strolls through the clovers

While he wasn’t much of a conversationalist, it was still a fun walk in the rain! :D

Give him a hand!

Oops! I didn’t post yesterday’s photo challenge photo!

Ah well. Here it is today.

The challenge was “hands” and so I thought, what with it being Valentine’s Day, that I could get a photo of Isaac and I holding hands! It’s harder than I thought it would be, probably mostly because I don’t have a remote shutter release, so I would set up the shot, hit the timer button and run over to where Isaac was standing. The results are not very natural looking shots.

So, after a bit of trying that, Isaac got bored and started throwing crazy hand gestures to the camera. I decided to use of those instead.

Thumbs up! or hitching a ride?

Another reason these photos didn’t turn out how I’d imagined them was the weather. I know, I know, don’t blame the weather, but it was nice-ish out when we got to the park, but started raining shortly there after. Thanks Isaac, for putting up with it all! :)

Rain, rain…

Man! So much rain. I guess I should have known, moving to Seattle and all. “They told me it rains here all the time, but I don’t believe them!” I do. I do believe them.

As I was walking though the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at Lake Hills Park yesterday, I had a realization about rain.

While rain won’t kill you (most of the time) it will keep you from doing something you’re not already 100% interested in doing in the first place. Let me explain. Let’s say I had planned to go for a jog around the neighborhood, but I wasn’t really interested in doing that, I just felt that I should. Well, if it was raining, I could say “eh, it’s raining I can’t go jog in the rain!” and that would be that. But, if it was something I really wanted to do, I would do it anyway. “I need to go take today’s photo challenge of the day!” And I would do it, rain or no rain.

This may seem like an obvious thought to some, but really, it’s a good test. Don’t know for sure if you’re really into something? Think about doing it in the rain, and you’ll have your answer.

For me, like I said, I’d go outside in the rain (and people, it was really raining today, no little wimpy drizzle) to take photos. I got all bundled up in 5 or 6 (I lost count) layers to stay somewhat dry.

for Isaac, he went jogging, and got back to the car soaked. But he really wanted to do it, see?

Rain can offer challenges to photography, but it can also offer opportunities.

Like today’s photo, with these happy little raindrop covered-clovers.

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