My contribution for the week:

Do you remember him? (Haha, just kidding!) That's so cool that he went to your school; I could easily have written a post with Treasure Island as my favorite book.

The view from that house probably makes up for the traffic noise. Thanks for the feedback. I decided at the last minute to include the cormorant!

Lol, perfect.

LOL, yes, our misty mornings often suggest that!

I didn't plan on taking the camera to the river this morning. Far too cold. But the mist was rising off the water and shrouding the far shore ... too beautiful not to get a photo! #photography #pnw Taking

Great shot. And well done getting out in the cold to get it!

Thank you for the feedback, selecting your favorite. I'll look for more minimalist and abstract shots now. Looking down on the tug is almost like touring one. A tour would make a good photo post too at

Good point. Thankfully in my little town we didn't see the worst of covid reactions.

@qwerrie stole my immediate reaction! ... The one that scared me was fight or flee on command, but I guess that's just the military, an extremely normalized psychosis.

Thank you! It's interesting how difficult it can be to get the auto focus to catch those little ones.

In my last photography post, A Bird's-Eye View, I mentioned that we would likely be seeing goslings along the Hoquiam River soon. Monday after Easter I stumbled across the first brood. That new dad is

That's cool you have opossums; I see them rarely here. Racoons all the time, because they eat the cat food on our porch. we should all empathize with all living things.. Absolutely agree! Though it's hard

Thanks for reading. This story doesn't offer much in the way of hope or solution, does it? I was in that kind of mood, I guess.

My story for this week. Thank you!

I do too! It was a fun surprise on the trail. You see it until you're almost upon it.

@shiftrox and @thelastdash: too bad; it was a good interface for pools. Thanks for the info.

I'm out of the loop. Is BeeSwap done? Or do they have a new URL?

Fair

Thank you. I love the beauty of my town, and the main point of my photos is to share that beauty with others. Glad I could with you.