carolannie

carolannie, 15 hours ago to photography

Correction from my earlier post. Shame on me for not keying this one out to be sure, This is actually deer oak (Quercus sadleriani): This one grew from an acorn, and is living in Seattle, far from its native northern California and southern Oregon. It’s about 3 feet high, and gives us acorns…or rather gives the squirrels acorns. It can grow to 10 feet high The inset photo is the female flowers. The fuzzy bits belong to some stray seeds.
#Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington #OurGarden

carolannie, 1 day ago to photography

The bright orange trumpets of the orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) glow in the leafy understory of Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington. This pretty native is one of many that are making a comeback thanks to parkland restoration/rewilding efforts throughout the state.
#Photography #NativePlants #PNW #SeattleWashington

carolannie, 5 days ago to photography

I happened on a native Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum) in the understory this morning. Such a pretty sight, entwined in the undergrowth, Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington.
#Photography #PNW #NativePlantsOfThePNW #SeattleWashington

A closer look at a truss of rhododendron flowers with their bell-like shape, and color ranging from a white heart to brighter pink petal edges.

carolannie, 8 days ago to photography

#Photography #SilentSunday

carolannie, 12 days ago to photography

This afternoon the dog Monty and I wended our way to the Picardo P-Patch where I have my community garden plot. I have seriously neglected the plot because it’s been raining and cold. No point in planting seeds that would probably rot. My plot had an abundance of happy strawberry plants from last year, excellent green and juicy weeds, beautiful swiss chard, green garlic and a head of lettuce. Naturally I had to bring the edibles home!
#Photography #PNW #Gardening #SeattleWashington #CommunityGardening

carolannie, 23 days ago to random

According to Escobedo, the Tejon relationship with bears was far from the fearful and adversarial one taken up by White settlers. He recounts oral histories of bear cubs being given as gifts to neighboring tribal leaders. Though most large animals would be hunted for sustenance, Escobedo said, his people did not eat grizzlies.

“We coexisted in peace together here,” he added. “As long as we respected their space and they respected our space, there was almost a symbiotic relationship there between the Indigenous people and the grizzly.”
#Rewilding #Ecosystems #GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3UyKi1e

AskPippa, 27 days ago to random

Ever hear of the Matilda Effect? Maybe you know women researchers who have experienced it? Here's an interesting history about it.
"The Matilda effect is a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists whose work is attributed to their male colleagues."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_effect

carolannie, 29 days ago to photography

Hope for visually impaired photographers: I love photography. But I have a small problem. I am legally blind in one eye, and suffer from Fuch’s dystrophy, which means my eyesight will keep deteriorating, and probably faster now that I am old. The only cure for Fuch’s is a corneal transplant, which comes with a bunch of problems of its own. The symptoms, for me, have been difficulties focusing on the subjects of my shots. Since the LCDs on cameras are small, and the viewer is essentially useless to me, my solution has been eyeglasses and a BIG smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, because I have used Samsung for years). And a lot of tossed images! And some unhappiness with how my good shots turn out.
Of course, I am not the only person in the world suffering from impaired or increasingly impaired eyesight! And not the only photographer watching their love of the art of light receding into the twilight. There must be something available for folks like us! I did a lot of research online before I decided on the smartphone. However, I bought it before this came out:

Sony Develops Affordable Camera for the Visually Impaired

Yes, it’s unwieldy, but it’s a beginning! And the set up costs about the same as the Galaxy. I look forward to more advances in photographic equipment for the visually impaired.
The announcement article in PC Magazine:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/sony-develops-affordable-camera-for-the-visually-impaired
And a series of blog posts about how visually impaired photographers have solved their problems. Interestingly, you can actually see how their vision problems impact their photography. And I am glad I did this little article, because I am now inspired again.
https://www.thephoblographer.com/?s=retinal+projection
Cheers to all!
#Photography #VisualImpairment #AssistiveTechnology

elaterite, 29 days ago to Battlemaps

Not sure what this one is, but it's small and pretty! (Seen in the Four Corners area.)

#Flower #Wildflower #Desert

carolannie, 1 month ago to photography

Something new and blue in the grasses: First camas (Camassia quamash) sighting of the season for me, in the Maple Leaf Park restoration area, Seattle, Washington, USA. Camas bulbs are edible and a source of food for indigenous people, as many local tribes are reviving traditional cuisines.
#Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington

carolannie, 1 month ago to photography

#SilentSunday #Photography #PNW

carolannie, 1 month ago to pnw

Sunlight and magnolias
A flight of magnolia flowers into a sunlit evening sky...with some intriguing fruit. These will ripen into squirrel and bird food
weather permitting.
Next to flowering cherries, magnolias are the flowering tree of choice in Seattle gardens. This hybrid, Magnolia x soulangiana, is very popular. I've heard it called Japanese magnolia , saucer magnolia and tulip tree, but a magnolia by any other name would be just as sweet.
#Photograhphy #PNW #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring

carolannie, 1 month ago to photography

Rainy day moss growing on a fence in our garden, Seattle, Washington, USA
#Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington #MossMonday #Mosstodon

AskPippa, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

If I scoop up all the little fur tumbleweeds drifting around the house, I should have enough to make a new cat.
But then I'd have another cat, adding to the creation of even more fur tumbleweeds.
Maybe this is where cats come from.

(And that's just from the shedding from 2 longhair cats in a week!) 🐱 :ablobcatblinkhyper:

AskPippa, 1 month ago to random

I haven't verified this, but it sounds like a realistic thing to do (as long as someone makes sure they get enough water).

#bees #flowers #greeningcities

evelynefoerster, 1 month ago to nature

#nature #spring #frühling
Und wir schaffen es auch noch - Frühling, hier we come! 😊

elaterite, 1 month ago to Astronomy

A waxing gibbous moon framed in the fork of an eroded branch of a Pinus longaeva (Great Basin bristlecone pine) at ~3,048m (10,000ft) in the White Mountains of California. (This is a single frame photo made by a human, #notAI.)

#BlackAndWhite #Moon #Botany #Astronomy #AstroPhotography #Trees #Photography #Darktable

carolannie, 1 month ago to photography

#SilentSunday #Photography

CatherineBabault, 1 month ago to random

#SaturdayNightQuizz
I have learnt an Australian expression this week: long drop. Can you guess what it is? 🤔

carolannie, 1 month ago to photography

Well, it's raining in Seattle...so here's some pink to brighten things up: a salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) flowering overhead with a nascent berry forming, and a cluster of red flowering currant blossoms (Ribes sanguineum). These were growing in the Ravenna Creek ravine in Seattle's Ravenna Park. They are increasingly popular as garden shrubs, which pleases the ecologist in me.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #PNW

A photo of a cluster of bright pink red flowering currant flowers. The flowers are trumpet shaped, with an out-curving rim of pink petals and an inner bell of white.

AskPippa, 1 month ago to Dogs

It turns out most dogs don't actually like being locked up in a cage each day as many North American owners do. But they can be trained to pretend to like it.
We had many #dogs when I was growing up. Nobody crated their dogs then. And, the dogs did not look for a den-like place to sleep, which I think speaks volumes to what their 'nature' is when it comes to the ideas of dens. Dens are mostly for small pups in the wild, until they are old enough to not need that extra protection from predators. And when they are crated, they can't do their job of going to the window to check out a potential threat -- which must be really frustrating.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/should-you-crate-your-dog-it-s-complicated

AskPippa, 1 month ago to random

An old favorite (to the tune of That's Amore, made popular by Dean Martin, and the movies Moonstruck and Grumpy Old men).

carolannie, 2 months ago to pnw

Arctic butterbur, also known as sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) is another spring bloom covering damp soils in the PNW. Apparently it is edible, but I haven't tested it yet, because all the plants I see are in free-ranging-dogs areas, Which is why I won't eat the lovely lush watercress that is spreading across the streams and rills. Too bad! Cowen Park, Seattle Washington, USA
#NativePlant #NativesPlantsOfThePNW #PNW #Photography #SeattleWashington

carolannie, 2 months ago to photography

This image amused me. The stairs inside this coffee house reflect the stairs outside, not quite a mirror image. Montrose, Colorado, USA
#Photography #Colorado #Lines