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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Karen
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Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:46 pm
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A much-needed quiet day. Our first visit to Bloedels, certainly not the last.
Let the photos tell the story. Reservations are required but today there were few other visitors on the premises. The purpose of the reservations is to enhance the quiet beauty of the preserve and keep out crowds. Apparently they only allow 20 visitors in at a time. Good plan.
Late October at Bloedels Preserve The Bloedel Mansion, Bloedel Reserve Hellebore, Bloedel Reserve Japanese Garden, Bloedels A peaceful garden, Bloedels The cold fire of autumn, Bloedels Preserve
Found a used bookstore in Poulsbo where I picked up a little gem for $4.50 "Adventuring on the Columbia" by Byron Fish (Bob and Ira Spring Photos), copyright 1956 by Bob and Ira Spring. Apparently part of "Northwest Adventure Series" published by Superior Publishing Co.
Then a short visit to Wolfe Property State Park, Bywater Bay and Shine Tideland State Parks (we made a loop on the beach and on the road). These two parks sit close together and are the end of the Hood Canal Bridge.
Karen
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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Trevor Member
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 1562 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:52 pm
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Delightful composition within that final image.
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Dayhike Mike Bad MFKer
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 10958 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to Tukwila |
Nice, Karen...thanks!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Karen
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:43 am
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Thanks, glad you liked the photos.
It ain't the high country but it sure was a pretty place.
And it really FELT and SMELLED like November, even in the lowlands. Know what I mean?
Karen
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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