Northwest Natural Moments

Views from the Big Valley Trail System near Winthrop

2012-01-27T14:22:00.000-08:00

All Moments become Scenic when Seen through a Wondrous Lens.

Mule Deer Baby Enjoying Fresh Winthrop Snow

2012-01-26T13:56:00.001-08:00

New Snow erases old tracks and patterns,

Where adults then find fresh ways to maneuver through life with a clean slate,

As if they themselves can suddenly see with children's eyes.

Play with Nature

2012-01-20T15:20:00.001-08:00

Lighten Your Heavy Loads.

Northern Flicker on Ponderosa Pine Tree

2012-01-17T14:22:00.000-08:00

Design Your Own Clothes or Persona in Life to be both Functional and Fun.

Northern Pygmy Owl Capturing and Foraging on a Vole

2012-01-16T14:22:00.000-08:00

Merge You’re Attention with Intention for a Natural Connection.

Northern Pygmy Owl in a Ponderosa Pine Tree

2012-01-15T14:24:00.001-08:00

The Greatest Out-look in Life is an Elevated In-look.

Adult Female and Male Red Breasted Nuthatch (Flash Photography)

2011-12-11T12:47:00.000-08:00

Sending you the Spice of the Seasons in every Greeting.

Male Red Breasted Nuthatch in Natural Light

2011-12-10T12:46:00.001-08:00

Life can often feel Sticky,

But you can easily detach and fly Yourself into Positions.

The Methow Valley’s Gardner Mountain

2011-12-07T05:02:00.000-08:00

The river of life

Flows in all Things and Places.

Jump into its endless waters

Who’s Shock

Will return us to Crystal Clear Living.

Views of the Methow Valley as Experienced from Lewis Butte

2011-12-06T05:11:00.000-08:00

The solution is the mixture of the whole,

Whereas,

The problem lies in the quest to conquer individual parts.

Winthrop and Goat Peak as Seen from High Above Wolf Creek Road

2011-12-05T14:36:00.001-08:00

Approach Life from New Angles.

Mountain Chickadee on a Snowy Douglas Fir

2011-12-04T05:09:00.000-08:00

One’s Self Determination Manifests

When one moves beyond the detriment and excrement

imposed and deposited

In any landscape of one’s personal and artificial making.

You can instead choose to flow through a world that mimics your own natural likeness.

American Kestrel Freshly Painted in Nesting Cavity

2011-12-03T05:20:00.000-08:00

Paint over Existing Pictures to make the Perceptions Feel Better.

Winter Scene of an Abandoned Bald Faced Hornets Nest

2011-12-02T07:35:00.000-08:00

The Nest is Abandoned

When Life Loses its Sting.

The Methow’s Wintering Sagebrush-Bitterbrush Community

2011-12-01T05:15:00.000-08:00

Every Scenic View has an Exchange of Fresh Air.

One breathes in the beauty of Nature,

And One breathes out a fresh and uplifting perspective for much of Nature to re-Absorb.

How one feels is contagious and spreads easily as Good Atmosphere for all to enjoy.

Black Capped Chickadee Immersed in the Fresh Blanket of Snow

2011-11-30T05:07:00.000-08:00

Be Refreshed in the Moment

By immersing Your Self fully within your natural environment.

You shall surely Glow

And will burst with pure Excitement.

Panoramic Scenes of the Methow Valley

2011-11-29T06:30:00.000-08:00

The world speaks endless volumes for those without bookmarks.

American Goldfinch Drinking Water from Melting Icicles on the Rooftop of my World

2011-11-28T05:08:00.000-08:00

The fountain that gives Life is Always On

When you are Your Self,

Open and Available to find it.

Winter Scenes From Winthrop, WA

2011-11-27T05:27:00.000-08:00

Life doesn’t have to be worked out.

It can be Played from Within.

White Doves That Flock Together

2011-11-26T05:31:00.000-08:00

The Atmosphere You Attain,

Is Up to You

To Create Individually and yet Together.

California Quail Seeing through the Wishbone of Nature

2011-11-25T05:31:00.001-08:00

Every Moment

Is a Wish That has become True.

I Wish You All Wish Well.

Wild Turkeys Giving Thanks for Simple Living

2011-11-24T05:07:00.000-08:00

Your True Family is Experienced in that which you Truly Relate with.

Also, Gobble Up the Life that You Love.

Northern Goshawk Flying Towards Destiny

2011-11-23T05:29:00.000-08:00

You are always in the Spotlight

When You learn to Fly

As your Higher Self.

The Methow Valley Near Sunset After Our First Foot of Snow for the Winter Season

2011-11-22T05:28:00.000-08:00

When You Change Positions after Understanding a Viewpoint,

You begin to see and feel the bigger Picture.

Snow Geese of Western Washington State

2011-11-21T07:43:00.000-08:00

Eat Green and You will Travel Lightly in Flocks of Good and Plenty.

The Elusive Winthrop the Red Nosed Mule Deer

2011-11-20T03:40:00.000-08:00

Our Snowy Home in Winthrop, WA

2011-11-19T04:39:00.000-08:00

We are on the cusp of being tucked in for the Winter,

By a blanket of warm cottony Snow.

Sweet Dreams as Always.

Winthrop, WA Views from Patterson Mountain

2011-11-18T05:55:00.000-08:00

Let the light you see release your inner rainbow.

Stitching the Beauty of the World Together One View Point At A Time

2011-11-17T05:29:00.000-08:00

There are Points of View both left and right of center.

If you can truly see,

Both do come together in the Middle,

And are yet equally beautiful.

American Dipper Plunging into the Methow River

2011-11-16T07:15:00.000-08:00

Move to higher ground.

A flood of fresh consciousness is on its way.

Don't let it get over your head, but rather meet it head on.

White Tailed Deer Holiday Greetings

2011-11-15T05:15:00.000-08:00

Everlasting Moments

Are Only One Kiss Away.

Red Squirrel Eating Crabapples

2011-11-14T07:13:00.000-08:00

It has always been the best of times

And it has always been the worst of times.

Its just a matter of where, when, and how you really want to Live.

White Doves Free to Dream

2011-11-13T09:01:00.000-08:00

Catch Up to Your Dreams,

And You will find that you are suddenly Lucid.

Above Winthrop, WA next to Patterson Mountain at Sunset Just Before the Snow Arrives

2011-11-12T14:56:00.001-08:00

Get Your Head in the Clouds.

This is where dreams are born.

White Breasted Nuthatch Sheltered From Fresh Falling Snow

2011-11-11T11:11:00.000-08:00

Appreciate Any and All Storms that Arrive at Your Doorstep.

The Turbulent Weather Changes What You Experience Outside Your Window.

Varied Thrush Eating Mountain Ash Berries

2011-11-10T16:54:00.001-08:00

With every Perch in Life,

There is a New Taste Sensation,

As well as an Old Waste Station.

In Nature,

Every Mouthful is Recycled from and into Fresh Ingredients.

Homing Pigeon At Home in the Stillness of Air

2011-11-09T05:45:00.000-08:00

Even if One is seen to Move through the Outside World,

Home is found in the Stillness of the Inside World.

Red Squirrel Peeking Out of Nest Hole Cavity

2011-11-08T05:45:00.000-08:00

Find the Interface

Between the Inside and the Outside,

Where Whole New Worlds Reveal Themselves.

Marbled Godwit Foraging For Food At the Beach

2011-11-07T04:55:00.000-08:00

Improvise in this Moment,

In a Way

That you will never fall down.

Life is an Ongoing Exchange

Of Yoga Postures.

Sunset Upon Mount Baker as Seen from Ferndale, WA

2011-11-06T06:23:00.000-08:00

Allow the Light to Set Fully With Each Blink of the Eye.

In this Way,

The Sun Rises Brand New With a Clear Eye,

To Bring Fresh Views to an Ever-changing Canvas.

White Dove (Homing Pigeon) Release from “Flights of Fancy” in Bellingham, Ferndale, and the Greater Whatcom County

2011-11-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

Stacey’s Mom Raises White Doves

(Alias Homing Pigeons)

For the sheer Joy of Experiencing Birds Flock

To an Innate Sense of Home.

These Doves are Available for Hire at:

Flights of Fancy

(http://www.flightsoffancy.info/)

In Ferndale and Bellingham in Washington State.

Cassin’s Finch Eating Over-Ripened Blue Elderberries

2011-11-04T07:20:00.000-07:00

Instant Jam

Steller’s Jay Adding Its’ Self to a Beautiful World

2011-11-03T05:35:00.000-07:00

Just Look All Around You.

There is Beauty in Every Direction….

There is Beauty In Every Leaf, Shape, and Colour.

If You Truly See Something as if for the First Time,

It can be nothing less than Beautiful.

American Robin Eating Crabapples in a Tree

2011-11-02T07:15:00.000-07:00

When One Actually Gets Out and Into Nature with a Truly Open Mind,

One can not help but to See,

That there is no shortage of Food in the great outdoors.

There is Always Something Edible to Nibble Upon.

Living within Abundance is both a state of Mind

And an indicator of no-mind whatsoever.

Calliope Hummingbird Dreaming of Being Outside and Returning to Nature

2011-11-01T07:05:00.000-07:00

As the Darker Winter Months Begin to Approach Upon Us,

Don’t Catch Yourself Staring Out of the Window.

Instead,

Open Up the Door and Step Out into the Realm of True Nature,

Where You will Surely Come Alive with Inner Excitement,

Regardless of What some external Forecast may prescribe.

White Tailed Deer Enjoying a Thanksgiving Feast

2011-10-31T07:53:00.000-07:00

Have Fun With Your Food.

When You Are Happy When You Are Eating,

One’s Food and Nourishment Always Tastes Better.

An Osprey Playing Chicken With A Canada Goose–Honk Honk

2011-10-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

When two different Worlds Collide,

The Old takes off in favor of the New.

Black Capped Chickadee Eating Black Hawthorn Berries

2011-10-29T05:39:00.000-07:00

You are never too Small

To Act Really Big.

Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel Releasing Tension

2011-10-28T07:17:00.000-07:00

Stick Out Your Tongue at the World,

And then Roar Like a Lion.

Your True Expressions of Who You Really Are,

Will soon Follow.

North Cascade Views of Gardner Mountain with Fresh Snow from Harts Pass on 10-25-11

2011-10-27T07:07:00.000-07:00

Fresh Moments Shine with New Precipitation,

Bringing with it,

Unique Views of Reflection and Perspective.

Subalpine Sunset Along the Pacific Crest Trail below Slate Peak in the North Cascade Mountains 10-25-11

2011-10-26T07:27:00.000-07:00

The Mountains are seen to Glow,

When there is nowhere else left to Go.

Yellow Pine Chipmunk in Birch Tree Hole

2011-10-25T11:41:00.001-07:00

At the end of every narrow Hole,

Is an Open and Whole Picture.

A Holistic View of Life Lives there.

This then is Home.

Mule Deer Enjoying the Views of Sun Mountain in Winthrop, WA

2011-10-24T04:49:00.000-07:00

Good Absorption of Scenic Views

Is Great for One’s Digestion.

Northern Flicker in Tree Hole Cavity

2011-10-23T05:07:00.000-07:00

Be Friendly

When Someone or Something

Comes Knocking at Your Door.

A Walk Within the Changing Colors of the Methow Community Trail Near Mazama, WA

2011-10-22T06:29:00.000-07:00

Blaze Your Path with Changing Colors,

Spanning the Way into New Worlds of Discovery.

Golden Eagle Flying Low in Search for Blue Grouse

2011-10-21T07:15:00.000-07:00

Know What You Are Looking For,

And Set Your Self Free to Find It.

Autumn Colors of Winthrop and the Methow Valley Along the Methow River

2011-10-20T07:59:00.000-07:00

American Goldfinches Foraging on Garden Sunflowers

2011-10-19T03:32:00.000-07:00

Knowing that You are the Sun,

And that which you Eat From,

Makes You Feel Golden.

Steller’s Jay Vocalizing Its Appreciation for New Discoveries

2011-10-18T04:13:00.000-07:00

Tell the World How You are Feeling.

This is a part of our Truth that We are Here to Share.

American Goldfinches on Autumn Garden Sunflowers

2011-10-17T03:33:00.000-07:00

We are that which we are attracted To.

Blend with that which speaks to You.

Canyon Wren Exploring Small Tunnels and Crevices at Goat Wall in Mazama, WA

2011-10-16T06:47:00.000-07:00

Simply Explore All Nooks and Crannies in Life.

Drake Mallard Taking Off

2011-10-15T05:59:00.000-07:00

Aim High in the Wild Force!

Double Crested Cormorant Eating a Very Big Fish

2011-10-14T15:28:00.001-07:00

Don’t Limit the Size of Your Ambitions!

Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel Eating a Blueberry

2011-10-13T20:07:00.001-07:00

Life is like a Dessert,

When you share the Sweetness of your True Nature.

Bank Swallow Taking Off to Hunt Insects over the Methow River

2011-10-12T06:59:00.000-07:00

Just let go of your Perch,

And find all the delicacies that soar into your Way.

Pika Collecting Kinnikinnick for its Winter Hay Pile

2011-10-11T05:59:00.000-07:00

The wholesome and natural products that we put into our mouths,

Is just as important as the words that come out of our mouths,

For the rest of the world to chew and digest upon.

Goat Wall Scenic Views Along the Methow River in Mazama, WA

2011-10-10T04:44:00.000-07:00

Field Mint ~ Mentha canadensis

This wild mint is a close relative of the garden herbal varieties.

I found her blooming on October 8th,

In the Methow River amongst rocks and gravel.

This location was underwater for a good portion of the summer,

Due to last winters high snow pack.

Changing of the Seasons for the Subalpine Larch and the Pacific Crest Trail near Glacier Pass and Grasshopper Pass of Okanogan National Forest 10-7-11

2011-10-09T05:55:00.000-07:00

Follow Your Wildest Dreams with every Step You take.

White Tailed Ptarmigan Changing into Winter Plumage 10-7-11

2011-10-08T06:47:00.001-07:00

Blending In Well with Nature Brings Upon Good Health.

Yellow Pine Chipmunk Collecting Sunflower Seeds

2011-10-06T11:11:00.000-07:00

Feel as if you are One within the Sun.

American Robin Foraging in Mountain Ash Tree

2011-10-05T14:12:00.001-07:00

Nature is always Ripe and Available for the Picking.

California Quail Falls for Autumn Colors

2011-10-04T05:59:00.000-07:00

Colour only Fades in a World of Fads.

Douglas Squirrel with Prize Truffle

2011-10-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

When You Find that which You truly Connect with,

Then You will have uncovered the best of All Treasures.

American Goldfinch Harvesting Sunflower Seeds

2011-10-02T07:26:00.000-07:00

When we release the notions of Up and Down and Right and Wrong,

One suddenly finds themselves in unique Positions and Viewpoints,

That have never been experienced or imagined before.

What was once rigid and locked in the mind,

Is Now released to allow for New Perspectives.

Steller’s Jay Homing into a Changing Season

2011-10-01T04:44:00.000-07:00

In creating your very own Home,

One has the power to personally Paint any and All Colours,

Into the Scenery of a Life

That Is truly and purposefully Lived

From an Authentic Point of View.

Thank You Summer of 2011

2011-09-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

Make Something Pretty, Prettier,
By Including Your Loving Attention.

~

Juvenile Yellow Rumped Warbler Eating an Insect

2011-09-29T07:07:00.000-07:00

Know what you are taking In,

By discovering it from its Source.

Summertime Wildlife of the North Cascade Mountains

2011-09-28T07:07:00.000-07:00

Juvenile Ruffed Grouse in Serviceberry Tree above the town of Mazama.

Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel near Liberty Bell Mountain.

Hoary Marmot near Blue Lake.

Mountain Goat with her Kid at a Salt Lick near Harts Pass.

Blue Darner Dragonfly

2011-09-27T03:17:00.000-07:00

By allowing constant Change into our Lives,

One learns to transform and metamorphose,

Where one learns to transcend boundaries,

And Fly into ever-expanding Horizons.

To see more Dragonfly Photos:

Enter Through Here

Bee Fly ~ Villa Pollinating Garden Flowers

2011-09-26T04:39:00.000-07:00

Try looking at life as if your eyes are big and always Open.

Bumblebee Pollinating a Nasturtium Flower

2011-09-25T05:55:00.000-07:00

What one searches for

Is found at the center of any scene.

The heart of any matter resides within us,

At the core of our very Being.

Return to this inner fulcrum point,

Where true balance of one’s designer universe allows one to float effortlessly,

In a internal still place of external fluid movement,

Bringing a sense of Home and Peace

Wherever one may find themselves.

Eurasian Collared Dove Readying for Flight Check

2011-09-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

Apparently expanding in its range,

This eurasian collared dove

Has made a temporary pit stop,

As it refuels its self with the local flavour of Love,

Preparing its self for Autumn splendor.

Bumblebee Coming Out of a Snapdragon

2011-09-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

That which is Golden,

Is Found Within.

Bumblebee Flying to Pollinate a Sunflower

2011-09-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

Let your Self be Moved

And Fly

Towards All that is Colourful

And that which puts a buzz in your Ears.

Bald Faced Hornet Pollinating Flower

2011-09-21T05:38:00.000-07:00

Interestingly, the bald face hornet not only feeds on insects,

But will also produce nectar for its Colony.

Wikipedia ~ Bald Faced Hornet

How to Pet a Bumblebee

2011-09-20T07:07:00.000-07:00

1) Find a crazy Assistant

2) Place finger on Bumblebee

3) Tickle the fuzzy bee till its rear leg kicks upwards

4) Giggle with Resonating Delight

Unwinding Our Way to Slate Peak in Okanogan National Forest

2011-09-19T07:03:00.000-07:00

Rise Like the Clouds

To get Over the Mountains,

Precipitating that which is heavy

And All that bares Weight.

Damselfly–Spreadwing–Genus Lestes and A Beautiful Poppy Just for Fun

2011-09-18T07:07:00.000-07:00

Insects Pollinating Oregano and Aster

2011-09-17T07:32:00.000-07:00

Getting to the Essence of what Matters.

Large Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa

2011-09-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

In every form conceivable,

There is Art.

An Orb Weaver Spider

2011-09-15T07:07:00.000-07:00

Red Tailed Hawk Flying and Changing Directions in Mid-Air

2011-09-14T15:26:00.001-07:00

We too can spread our wings

And fly out from the shadows

To merge with the colours and textures of our True Nature.

One can shift their Position effortlessly,

Merely by looking intently in a New direction.

A Walk Along the Methow River at Goat Wall, Mazama

2011-09-14T07:01:00.000-07:00

American Pipet Browsing from the September Snowline

2011-09-13T05:10:00.000-07:00

The Awesomely Raw Gold Ridge of Okanogan National Forest in the Pasayten Wilderness

2011-09-12T07:10:00.000-07:00

A Jack Mountain Sunset with Mount Baker as a Sidekick.

Higher Elevation Flowers of the leeward North Cascade Mountains

2011-09-11T11:44:00.000-07:00

Long Leaved Daisy ~ Erigeron corymbosus

White Mountain Heather ~ Cassiope mertensiana

Dwarf Blueberry ~ Vaccinium caespitosum

Orange Agoseris ~ Agoseris aurantiaca

Mountain Arnica ~ Arnica latifolia

Arctic Lupine ~ Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

Yellow Rumped Warbler and Pine Siskin in Subalpine Larch

2011-09-10T11:31:00.001-07:00

Late Summer Garden Pollination

2011-09-09T00:12:00.000-07:00

A few Montane Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest Mountains

2011-09-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

Pink Wintergreen ~ Pyrola asarifolia

Leafy Aster ~ Aster foliaceus

Bunchberry ~ Cornus canadenssis

One Leaved Foamflower ~ Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Showy Aster ~ Aster conspicuus

Arctic Lupine ~ Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

Twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

Up Eightmile Creek to the Pasayten Wilderness and Burch Mountain ~ 9/6/11

2011-09-07T13:34:00.001-07:00