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a visit to a waterfall friend this week
small waterfall mists mosses and maidenhair ferns near Walker Pass in the Olympic National Forest, WA, USA ©2008 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com
tumbling water near Walker Pass - Olympic National Forest - Washington

©2008 Ed Book

Before my Daughter and my Grandkids flew back to the east coast, I spent a few days camping with them and my Son, Seth and my new Daughter-in-law Victoria. On the way home, I visited an old friend, this waterfall along the Rocky Brook road that climbs from Walker Pass on US 101 in the Olympic National Forest.

This is one of those places that I keep returning to hoping that the air will be still so I can photograph non-blury Maidenhair Ferns with a long enough exposure to render the water silky. This was the first time the air was still... happy me

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parallels
mature conifer forest in the Tahoma State Forest, Cascade Mountain Range, Washington, USA ©2007 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com
mature forest - Tahoma State Forest - Cascade Mountain Range - Washington

©2007 Ed Book

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ripples in the sand
sand dune ripples, Eureka Sand Dunes, Eureka Valley, Death Valley National Park, California ©2006 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California

©2005 Ed Book

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did you ever see a rock go this way and that way and this way and that?
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rock skidmark on the Racetrack Playa
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lone dune
Eureka Sand Dune in the remote Eureka Valley of Death Valley National Park, CA, USA ©2005 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2005 Ed Book
Eureka Dunes at the south end of the remote Eureka Valley of Death Valley National Park, California



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Aspen and Oak forest - Mount Desert Island - Acadia National Park - Maine
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garden from the deck
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Olympic Mountain winter stream
Olympic Mountain stream  ©2007 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2007 Ed Book

'a photo from a couple weeks ago on the Olympic Peninsula when I was feeling human...

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Red Alder Colonnade on Gold Mountain-Kitsap Peninsula
Red Alder Colonnade on Gold Mountain, Green Mountain State Forest, Kitsap Peninsula, Puget Sound lowland forest, WA  ©2007 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com


'takin' a break from a project to look at some images I made yesterday while returning home from an appointment. I went for a short walk on Gold Mountain in the Green Mountain State Forest south of home about ten miles. It's January and the Red Alder is showing it's red phase of new growth with catkins soon. Alder is one of the first trees to return after clear cut logging. It grows quickly and is considered a garbage tree because it's brittle and has little strength. It fixates nitrogen in the soils and makes it acidic so the firs, cedars, and pine can start. It's overwhelmingly the most populous deciduous tree of the Puget Sound lowlands.

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Current Location: Nika Trail

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along the Rainier Vista Trail
along the Rainier Vista Trail - Mount Tahoma Trails (MTTA) ©2006 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://edbookphoto.com

©2006 Ed Book

These trees carry a lot of snow and many bend down across the trail to be a hinderance to grooming... when knocking the snow off the branches spring up to dump snow and if you're not quick, instant snowman...

Peace

ps to give a better idea of scale, the gap between those trees is the logging road which is the trail and about 12feet wide–those are big trees.

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Klickitat Garry Oak
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wetlands at Anderson Landing Preserve
Anderson Landing Preserve, Kitsap Peninsula, Hood Canal, Puget Sound, WA - wetlands  ©2006 Ed Book (all rights reserved - DO NOT COPY)   http://EdBookPhoto.com
Kitsap Peninsula, Puget Sound, WA                                          ©2006 Ed Book



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Gold Creek