The upper left corner of a forest-green, glossy print brochure is overlaid upon a post card such that the hypotenuse of a brown triangle accenting the upper left corner aligns with a bottom border of the photo on the post card below. An uncanny color match is found in that photo, which depicts ancient art from the Petrified Forest National Park. The brochure obstructs half of the text, leaving “Petrified Nation” visible. The brochure is titled “America the Beautiful.”

These were millimeters apart in a stack of mostly postcards

Tanager may be handsomer

twins!

Honored to be at the other end. Congrats!

lobster boat
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Heard you but couldn’t get in

What is the most overutilized word in my industry?

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Screenshot of eBird life list for Colorado, which contains a single species, a house sparrow seen at Denver International Airport.

It is

Bomb cyclone FEMA denial stings WA as Trump touts aid to red states A year after Washington's bomb cyclone, the Trump administration has withheld aid even as the president has bragged about awards to states that voted for him.

The President is a crook —and everyone should understand, when it comes to FEMA, these are taxpayer dollars he’s abusing, this isn’t Trump’s money.

Trump is punishing Blue states and rewarding Red states—and he could not be more transparent about his corruption.

mine were 5th and 9th!

Sorry not to have those transatlantic passes anymore

Facing the legislative building in Olympia, Washington, where a large crowd of people has gathered. At the base of the eight columns are giant, colorful handmade letters spelling RESIST.

I am not doing enough but I did this

#BlueskyArtShow #vertical #nokings #olympia @olyindivisible.bsky.social

Five green leaves of a Himalayan blackberry vine. On one is a Pacific chorus frog, also green, covering only about one-eighth of one leaf.

Gosh those things are small

Beans, franks, and brown bread. I’ll take the raisins.

Photographic still life with a molded Charlie Brown atop a wooden block, a baseball atop an antique bottle, a jade plant, and a transistor radio antenna. The baseball is branded Seattle Mariners.

A Micron pen, closed, rests on a Moleskine journal, green and also closed, on a blue-gray cushion. They are crossed by angular shadows from (unseen) blinds letting through much sun.

Set them down and was struck by the pattern

Congrats. Was it a hunch one would be there or your posture when seeing it?

Charlatan = faker, quack

“miserable, hate-filled wretch”

I like how my Senator characterizes people honestly and openly.

And how she keeps directing the conversation toward better alternatives than the current administration’s operating mode.

Our KitchenAid has performed well and is “good as new” after a decade or more

Semi rectangular stone obelisk with a sloping top edge interrupted by a circle depicting a taegeuk. Letters spelling “we are one” are stacked on the left side. Shadows of tree leaves and the torso of a human figure are cast on the yellow-toned, sun-warmed gray surface.

Shadow selfie at Hanwoori Garden, which opened in Federal Way, Washington, in June 2025. The space is impeccably designed, expertly crafted, and warmly inviting. It is the first traditional Korean garden in the state. Find it adjacent to Panther Lake.

Startling conclusion
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Nice seats

A dragonfly clings to a sun-faded fence board. It has black bands on clear wings and a pale chalk-blue abdomen. The top quarter of the image reveals glossy green leaves behind the board, some tinged yellow.

Aptly named dragonfly: common whitetail

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Beargrass Creek, your home away from home!

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Interesting shapes 13: Valley.
Wordle 1500

The head and neck of a crafted seahorse against a gray sky. The sculpture rises above trees in the background.

“SeaHorse” by Ben Dye, constructed from repurposed above ground oil tanks, installed in Covington, Washington in 2014 (2009).

Yep, plus great crested flycatchers can give a good whoop and blue jay would be a contender… but I thought you were just throwing a Jeopardy answer out there for guesses