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Joe Hickman
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Lover of wild places, better living through fermentation, and beautiful songs about terrible things.
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Murhut Falls on a rainy day. #WaterfallWednesday #optoutside #pnw #getoutside #photography #nature #scape
A two-stage waterfall cuts through the center of the photograph. Evergreen trees on both sides with fallen trees crossing the cascade.
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A sunny, chilly morning on the Pacific Coast. #TidesOutTuesday #optoutside #photography #getoutside #pnw #scape #seascape
Rocky intertidal zone covered in kelp. Seamount rises in the distance.
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I found this little fellow popping up in the trail while hiking over the weekend. #MushroomMonday #optoutside #photography #getoutside #pnw #scape #macro #fungi
Two small mushroom caps near a root that crosses a trail, temperate rainforest vegetation in the background.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Here’s hoping you can avoid the clutches of capitalism today and get outside. #ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape #seascape
The Pacific Ocean near Neah Bay, WA. Photo taken through sunlight trees, two sea mounts and a rocky, tree lined coast can be seen.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A waterfall classic, Christine Falls in Mount Rainier (Tahoma) National Park. Taken May of last year. #WaterfallWednesday #optoutside #pnw #getoutside #photography #nature
A stone bridge divides the frame, with a waterfall and canyon below the bridge and trees and the canyon walls above the bridge
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Here is one for a mossy, mushroom Monday from the woods near my house.

#MushroomMonday #MossyMonday #optoutside #photography #getoutside #pnw #scape
Closeup of a large tree trunk covered in moss and several species of mushrooms
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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One from my walk yesterday, noticed the ferns seem to be venerating the tree in the center.
#ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape
Temperate rainforest scene, tree in the center is surrounded by sword ferns that appear to be bowing toward it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Tahoma (Mount Rainier) viewed from the east side. #MountainsMonday #optoutside #photography #getoutside #pnw #scape #mountain
Tahoma, tallest mountain in Washington State rising above the forested mountains that surround it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Mount San Jacinto State Park, taken from the tram. #RockinTuesday #nature #optoutside
Multicolored rock formation takes up most of the frame, aerial tram tower and cables can be seen at the summit, with the sun peeking from behind the top.
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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For #MushroomMonday, here is a lobster mushroom I found with a banana slug for scale. #optoutside #pnw #nature #sluglife
Lobster mushroom at the top of the frame, lying on a mossy rock. A banana slug crawls by at the bottom of the frame.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Path to a forgotten adventure?
#ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape
Old stone stairs, covered in moss and dead leaves, leading up a hill in the forest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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#ThickTrunkTuesday with a bit of shelf #fungus for good measure.
Closeup of a tree trunk with two shelf fungi with white undersides growing on the trunk. Evergreen trees in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Happy #Caturday! Hope your day is as relaxed as Artemis.
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Spooky scenes happening on the Pacific Coast.
#ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It hasn’t been much above 10C in weeks, and yet there on the east side of my house, facing the morning sun, blooms are happening. #RoseWednesday #bloomscrolling
A pink rose bloom in center of the photograph with a few unopened buds behind it
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It’s #TidesOutTuesday, a great day to show off my mussels on the beach. #SalishSea #marinelife #marineinvertebrates
A rocky intertidal zone covered in blue mussels and a single red sea star. Clallam Bay in the distance.
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Moon jellies doing what moon jellies do. Defiance Point, Tacoma. #BlueSkyMonday #marinelife #marineinvertebrate #jellyfish
About a dozen moon jellies swimming in a tank of dark blue water
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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One of the local squirrels has learned how to balance on top of the baffle meant to keep them at bay. Enjoy your spoils, my wily friend. #animal #nature #wildlife #squirrel #backyardwildlife
Grey squirrel balancing on top of a conical squirrel baffle attached to a metal pole. There is a red bird feeder just above the squirrel.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Our Epiphyllum anguliger (fishbone cactus) only blooms one night a year. Last night was that night! #bloomscrolling #cactus #plant #photography
Pale yellow and white blossom extending from a flat, zig-zag stem. Pale yellow and white blossom extending from a flat, zig-zag stem.
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Kennedy Creek in the afternoon sun
#ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape
The edge of a creek in the foreground, ferns cover the bank, a moss-heavy branch cutting across the picture and cedar and maple tree trunks in the background
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Hairy chiton going about its omnivorous business #nature #macro #marinelife #SalishSea #photography #optoutside
Hairy chiton on a rock, surrounding by small acorn barnacles
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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A fallen soldier on Lake Crescent. #ThickTrunkTuesday #PNW #optoutside #olympicpeninsula
A large tree trunk extending into a lake of crystal clear water. Swimmers and a kayaker are in the water and there are tree-covered hills across the lake
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#vertical #waterfall #optoutside
Waterfall in the middle of the the image, flowing over fallen logs. Trees and mossy rocks on either side
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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A forest of ferns near Forks.
#ForestFriday #optoutside #photography #forestscape #getoutside #pnw #scape
A forest of sword ferns below a blue sky dotted with clouds
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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On the beach below my house, striving to still stand tall. #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #nature #optoutside #SalishSea
Dead, greying tree trunk sticking from the sand toward the sun reflecting on the inlet
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM