There's no backdrop quite like the Milky Way.

#Background #BlueSkyArtShow #MilkyWay #astrophotography #NightSky

Standing tall ...

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #MacroPhotography #forest

Mom, dad, and the kids ...

#MacroMonday #FungiFriends #fungi #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

Thank you ... it's an amazing spot!

Italy's Dolomite mountains ... jaw-dropping beauty in every direction.

#MountainMonday #DolomiteMountains #alpine #LandscapePhotography

Thank you!

With a belly-full of salmon, a coastal Alaskan brown bear enjoys an afternoon snooze in the sun. For this week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Horizontal

#AlaskanBrownBear #Bear #Alaska #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

May be my problem, too! 😂

Yes! I was actually going to caption it, "Lean to the left ... lean to the right!" 😊

A mushroom family in the forest of the Oregon Coast Range.

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #moss #MacroPhotography #nature

Thank you! It's a beautiful waterfall!

A multi-level waterfall in the Canadian Rockies.

#WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #CanadianRockies #mountains #CanadianNationalPark

Thanks so much!

Abstract images of the Alsea River's fast moving water, in the Oregon Coast Range, posted for this week's #BlueSkyArtShow challenge of #Flowing.

#rivers #whitewater #water #PacificNorthwest #nature #photography

Thank you ... they really were a nice find in the forest!

A group of tiny mushrooms next to a hemlock cone.

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #forest #MacroPhotography #nature

Thank you ... I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Beautiful, tiny, snow queen flowers have started popping up in the Oregon Coast Range. Let the wildflower season begin!

#MacroMonday #wildflowers #flowers #spring #nature

Fun things to do on a freezing day ... make frozen soap bubbles. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Round

#winter #freezing #bubbles #photography

Once in a blue moon ...

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mushrooms #autumn #MacroPhotography #nature

Definitely one of my favorite waterfalls!

A carpet of moss covered logs and rocks around a waterfall in the Oregon Cascade mountains.

#WaterfallWednesday #waterfall #moss #Oregon #PacificNorthwest #LandscapePhotography #nature

A crab spider just waiting for an insect to wander into that maze of a web.

#MacroMonday #CrabSpider #spider #MacroPhotography #nature

A mature eagle keeps its eye on the prize .. a fish held in the talons of the immature eagle. For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Two

#eagles #raptors #BirdsofPrey #Birds! #WildlifePhotography #nature

Thank you!

All in a row ...

#FungiFriday #mushrooms #FungiFriends #MacroPhotography #nature

It was good to see some snow on the higher elevations of the Oregon Coast Range this morning. It's been a dry winter for us.

#clouds #Oregon #OregonCoastRange #MarysPeak #forest #LandscapePhotography

A small feather with water droplets. I placed the feather on my phone screen, and carefully dropped some water on it. Things to do on a rainy day.

#MacroMonday #feathers #MacroPhotography #Birds

Sometimes there are eyes watching me in the forest. An old stump with holes for springboards for today's BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood

#Forest #PacificNorthwest #Logging #Trees

Smokin' fungi for this Friday! Have a good weekend!

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