Linda Barnia King
@lindaking78.bsky.social
Retired, 7 year survivor of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, mom, granny, proud Democrat, birder, nature photographer, flower gardener, collage/glue booker…refugee from Facebook…photos are mine unless noted…
#birds
#birds
Just now stepped out to try for a hawk shot…heard loud geese noises…missed the hawk but got this flock of Canada Geese heading south…11/29/24…Harrah, WA…phone camera…
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just now stepped out to try for a hawk shot…heard loud geese noises…missed the hawk but got this flock of Canada Geese heading south…11/29/24…Harrah, WA…phone camera…
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
Bald Eagle pair perched above the Naches River near Naches, WA…had to shoot from great distance and through brush to capture size difference…male is smaller bird…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdwatching #TheWildImages
#birds #ornithology #audubon #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdwatching #TheWildImages
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bald Eagle pair perched above the Naches River near Naches, WA…had to shoot from great distance and through brush to capture size difference…male is smaller bird…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdwatching #TheWildImages
#birds #ornithology #audubon #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdwatching #TheWildImages
Snapdragons still blooming after Thanksgiving here in south-central eastern Washington state…elevation about 1000 ft.
#flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#gardening #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#photography #flowerreport #gardening
#flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#gardening #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#photography #flowerreport #gardening
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Snapdragons still blooming after Thanksgiving here in south-central eastern Washington state…elevation about 1000 ft.
#flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#gardening #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#photography #flowerreport #gardening
#flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#gardening #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#photography #flowerreport #gardening
Feral faces…lots of zoom is the only thing that makes photographs possible…
#caturday #cats #closeup #photography
#TheWildImages #pets
#caturday #cats #closeup #photography
#TheWildImages #pets
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Feral faces…lots of zoom is the only thing that makes photographs possible…
#caturday #cats #closeup #photography
#TheWildImages #pets
#caturday #cats #closeup #photography
#TheWildImages #pets
Brisket my son smoked for Thanksgiving…BBQ is his thing and competition BBQ events are a hobby…enjoys creating his own rubs…keeps us well fed…
#FoodFriday #foodie #whatscooking
#foodphotography #FoodSky #cooking
#BBQ #photography
#FoodFriday #foodie #whatscooking
#foodphotography #FoodSky #cooking
#BBQ #photography
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Brisket my son smoked for Thanksgiving…BBQ is his thing and competition BBQ events are a hobby…enjoys creating his own rubs…keeps us well fed…
#FoodFriday #foodie #whatscooking
#foodphotography #FoodSky #cooking
#BBQ #photography
#FoodFriday #foodie #whatscooking
#foodphotography #FoodSky #cooking
#BBQ #photography
Ring-necked Duck at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…brown feathers around neck that it’s named for are rarely visible…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #nature #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #nature #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ring-necked Duck at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…brown feathers around neck that it’s named for are rarely visible…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #nature #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #nature #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography
Snow this morning 11/28/2024 to the west of us including on Mt. Adams…we had heavy rain last night on the valley floor…hope our historic drought is breaking…
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#mountains #snow #landscape #scape
#nature #rural #snow #ruralscenes
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#mountains #snow #landscape #scape
#nature #rural #snow #ruralscenes
#WestCoastKin
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Snow this morning 11/28/2024 to the west of us including on Mt. Adams…we had heavy rain last night on the valley floor…hope our historic drought is breaking…
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#mountains #snow #landscape #scape
#nature #rural #snow #ruralscenes
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#mountains #snow #landscape #scape
#nature #rural #snow #ruralscenes
#WestCoastKin
Photos I took 11/26/2024 of a friend’s garden where many things are still blooming in the Lower Yakima Valley despite several nights of light frost…
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#flowers #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #gardening
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#flowers #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #gardening
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Photos I took 11/26/2024 of a friend’s garden where many things are still blooming in the Lower Yakima Valley despite several nights of light frost…
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#flowers #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #gardening
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#flowers #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #gardening
Killdeer…irrigation system had a problem…made a little pond at a low spot in our pasture…Killdeer loved it…sadly the system got fix, pond dried up, Killdeer moved on…
#birds #closeup #ornithology #audubon
#Birdoftheday #Photography #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#TheWildImages
#birds #closeup #ornithology #audubon
#Birdoftheday #Photography #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#TheWildImages
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Killdeer…irrigation system had a problem…made a little pond at a low spot in our pasture…Killdeer loved it…sadly the system got fix, pond dried up, Killdeer moved on…
#birds #closeup #ornithology #audubon
#Birdoftheday #Photography #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#TheWildImages
#birds #closeup #ornithology #audubon
#Birdoftheday #Photography #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#TheWildImages
Happy Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating it today…Found this very unique,what I’m calling, Thanksgiving Poinsettia in Yakima, WA while doing last minute shopping yesterday!
#Thanksgiving #flowers #photography
#holidays #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin
#dailyflowers #flowerreport
#Thanksgiving #flowers #photography
#holidays #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin
#dailyflowers #flowerreport
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating it today…Found this very unique,what I’m calling, Thanksgiving Poinsettia in Yakima, WA while doing last minute shopping yesterday!
#Thanksgiving #flowers #photography
#holidays #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin
#dailyflowers #flowerreport
#Thanksgiving #flowers #photography
#holidays #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin
#dailyflowers #flowerreport
These are antique embossed post cards over 100 years old I found in an antique shop at Shantiko, Oregon, population about 30, a “ghost town”, once known as the wool capitol of the world in early 1900s…
#Thanksgiving #antiques #closeup
#Oregon #collectibles
#Thanksgiving #antiques #closeup
#Oregon #collectibles
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
These are antique embossed post cards over 100 years old I found in an antique shop at Shantiko, Oregon, population about 30, a “ghost town”, once known as the wool capitol of the world in early 1900s…
#Thanksgiving #antiques #closeup
#Oregon #collectibles
#Thanksgiving #antiques #closeup
#Oregon #collectibles
AI says this is a “Chicago Peace” Hybrid Tea Rose…found it this summer in commercial landscaping, Yakima, Washington…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
AI says this is a “Chicago Peace” Hybrid Tea Rose…found it this summer in commercial landscaping, Yakima, Washington…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
Light-morph Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk…rarely seen here…found it in the lower Yakima Valley…western red-tails have many more color morphs than eastern birds…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Light-morph Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk…rarely seen here…found it in the lower Yakima Valley…western red-tails have many more color morphs than eastern birds…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
Dogwood tree wearing its fall colors in October…note interesting puzzle-piece bark…spring flowers and fall colors—generous tree…it’s in a small grove of other Dogwood types…Yakima Area Arboretum
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #autumn
#fallcolor #AutumnVibes #leaves
#WestCoastPhotography #photohraphy
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #autumn
#fallcolor #AutumnVibes #leaves
#WestCoastPhotography #photohraphy
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dogwood tree wearing its fall colors in October…note interesting puzzle-piece bark…spring flowers and fall colors—generous tree…it’s in a small grove of other Dogwood types…Yakima Area Arboretum
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #autumn
#fallcolor #AutumnVibes #leaves
#WestCoastPhotography #photohraphy
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #autumn
#fallcolor #AutumnVibes #leaves
#WestCoastPhotography #photohraphy
A flying leap’s a great way to end a successful 8 second bull ride…Helix, Oregon…
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#photographersofBlueSky
#photography
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#photographersofBlueSky
#photography
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A flying leap’s a great way to end a successful 8 second bull ride…Helix, Oregon…
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#photographersofBlueSky
#photography
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#photographersofBlueSky
#photography
Wild Turkeys hunting a safe place for the holidays…their lean, streamlined bodies allow them to fly…domestic turkeys bred for dinner tables can’t…Fort Simcoe State Park…
#birds #birdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audubon #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #TheWildImages
#usbird #birdlife
#birds #birdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audubon #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #TheWildImages
#usbird #birdlife
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wild Turkeys hunting a safe place for the holidays…their lean, streamlined bodies allow them to fly…domestic turkeys bred for dinner tables can’t…Fort Simcoe State Park…
#birds #birdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audubon #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #TheWildImages
#usbird #birdlife
#birds #birdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audubon #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #TheWildImages
#usbird #birdlife
After several days of fog and low hanging clouds hiding Mt. Adams we have a beautiful but chilly morning…and, she has more new snow…
#BlueskyMonday #mountains #rural
#landscape #AutumnVibes #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#BlueskyMonday #mountains #rural
#landscape #AutumnVibes #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
After several days of fog and low hanging clouds hiding Mt. Adams we have a beautiful but chilly morning…and, she has more new snow…
#BlueskyMonday #mountains #rural
#landscape #AutumnVibes #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#BlueskyMonday #mountains #rural
#landscape #AutumnVibes #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
Most of the leaves are gone taking the fall color with them but there a bit here and there and their reflection on the gravel pit pond doubles it…lower Yakima Valley, WA
#AutumnVibes #fall #reflection #water
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #landscape #trees
#AutumnVibes #fall #reflection #water
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #landscape #trees
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Most of the leaves are gone taking the fall color with them but there a bit here and there and their reflection on the gravel pit pond doubles it…lower Yakima Valley, WA
#AutumnVibes #fall #reflection #water
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #landscape #trees
#AutumnVibes #fall #reflection #water
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #landscape #trees
Photo of 2 male California Quail taken by my son who made the garden bench they’re perched on and 2 others out of old Oak wine barrel staves…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#photography #BirdoftheDay
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#photography #BirdoftheDay
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Photo of 2 male California Quail taken by my son who made the garden bench they’re perched on and 2 others out of old Oak wine barrel staves…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#photography #BirdoftheDay
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#photography #BirdoftheDay
#wildlifephotography #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography
I think white Poinsettias with a touch of green are so pretty…found these while shopping for T-Day dinner fixings…love holiday flowers so treated myself to a red and white Amaryllis bulb…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #flowerphotography
#photography #stunday
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #flowerphotography
#photography #stunday
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I think white Poinsettias with a touch of green are so pretty…found these while shopping for T-Day dinner fixings…love holiday flowers so treated myself to a red and white Amaryllis bulb…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #flowerphotography
#photography #stunday
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #flowerphotography
#photography #stunday
4x6 vintage themed collage card done on an index card…
#collage #art #collageart #creative
#traditionalcollage #rippedpapercollage
#cutandpastepaperart #ArtistsofBlueSky
#collage #art #collageart #creative
#traditionalcollage #rippedpapercollage
#cutandpastepaperart #ArtistsofBlueSky
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
4x6 vintage themed collage card done on an index card…
#collage #art #collageart #creative
#traditionalcollage #rippedpapercollage
#cutandpastepaperart #ArtistsofBlueSky
#collage #art #collageart #creative
#traditionalcollage #rippedpapercollage
#cutandpastepaperart #ArtistsofBlueSky
Dusty, one of the feral cats showed up for breakfast…if all 3 are here the older tom Smokey needs to be fed separately…he doesn’t share like he used to when they were kitties…then he seemed “mother” them but not now…
#caturday #pets #cats #photography
#closeup #photographersofBlueSky
#caturday #pets #cats #photography
#closeup #photographersofBlueSky
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dusty, one of the feral cats showed up for breakfast…if all 3 are here the older tom Smokey needs to be fed separately…he doesn’t share like he used to when they were kitties…then he seemed “mother” them but not now…
#caturday #pets #cats #photography
#closeup #photographersofBlueSky
#caturday #pets #cats #photography
#closeup #photographersofBlueSky
I spend my flower budget on my garden (am searching seed catalogs now) so when winter comes I turn to photography in grocery store floral shops to help satisfy my need for flowers…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #photography
#fallcolors #flowerphotography
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #photography
#fallcolors #flowerphotography
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I spend my flower budget on my garden (am searching seed catalogs now) so when winter comes I turn to photography in grocery store floral shops to help satisfy my need for flowers…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #photography
#fallcolors #flowerphotography
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#dailyflowers #photography
#fallcolors #flowerphotography
Praying Mantis in my garden yesterday 11/20/2025…AI says it’s a female based on color and its plump abdomen…preys on other insects…she lays eggs in the fall…she will not survive the winter…
#insects #nature #inmygardentoday
#photography #closeup #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography
#insects #nature #inmygardentoday
#photography #closeup #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Praying Mantis in my garden yesterday 11/20/2025…AI says it’s a female based on color and its plump abdomen…preys on other insects…she lays eggs in the fall…she will not survive the winter…
#insects #nature #inmygardentoday
#photography #closeup #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography
#insects #nature #inmygardentoday
#photography #closeup #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography
Tundra Swans, Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…dark feathering on two of them indicates they’re juveniles…there are several Canada Geese in the background…
#birds #swans #ornithology #audubon
#wildlifephotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#BirdoftheDay #geese #nature
#birds #swans #ornithology #audubon
#wildlifephotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#BirdoftheDay #geese #nature
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tundra Swans, Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…dark feathering on two of them indicates they’re juveniles…there are several Canada Geese in the background…
#birds #swans #ornithology #audubon
#wildlifephotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#BirdoftheDay #geese #nature
#birds #swans #ornithology #audubon
#wildlifephotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#BirdoftheDay #geese #nature