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from a walk in the park, a silvery lichen and a burst of colors from a broken madrone tree
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A silvery fruticose Evernia lichen species on a branch: the lichen is relatively large, and very branching. It is mostly a silvery gray color, with some powdery green fronds. The lichen is growing on a mossy branch. Everything is very moist and green due to the current weather. A broken chunk of a large madrone (Arbutus menziesii) has fallen to the ground after a windstorm. The branch wood shows the richness of the madrone wood colors: to the right is a dark, almost black area (possibly disease damage) and then you can see the grainy wood flowing to the left, with shades ranging from a deep orange red heart to a pale tan at layer at the edges. There are a couple of knots, with convolutions in the grain, like a swirl in a stream. The branch is resting on a bed of dead leaves. Several large but unhealthy madrone trees fell this winter. The park rangers have been removing them from the trails, and cutting some down, but the litter usually gets left in place, providing shelter for critters and an insight into the decomposition process. It is untidy and sometimes jarring, but the parks department tries to follow nature as much as possible in the trail system.
February 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis) tentatively blooming, a first sign of spring in the native flora.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #NativePlantsInTheCity #PNWFlora #BloomScrolling
The white petals of a male osoberry flower poke out from a red and green bud cluster. The pale yellow anthers are barely visible. The background is full of out of focus, still bare gray twigs from the berry shrubs.
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) blooming in the park. Although it doesn't grow natively quite this far north, it thrives in our climate.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #RavennaPark #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #NativesInTheCity #PNWFlora #BloomScrolling #SeattleParks
A silk tassel bush is blooming, with a cluster of long flower catkins in a light olive green hanging down from a branch, surrounded by green leaves. The catkins look as if each small frilly bell-shaped flower were growing out of the one above it. The leaves are smooth and leathery, with a wooly underside.
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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A quirky madrone (Arbutus menziesii) in the park in the rain
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #Trees #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants #EastCoastKin
A madrone tree has an odd trunk. The main trunk leans sharply to the right, almost parallel to the ground. The secondary trunk veers off away into a madrone thicket behind it. The tree trunks are a typical umber brown, with streaks of orange and dark brown. The leaves are at the well-branched crowns of the trunks, dark green, and glossy with rain. The scene is set on a gravelled park path with a picnic table under the trees, and shrubby under growth on either side. There is a foggy haze under the rainy sky.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Yesterday I forgot why I didn't go to the parks this past week, and saw all the fallen branches and trees covering the trails. The saws were buzzing in the background. The main trail was clear, thanks Seattle Parks!
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Some nicely branched, blue green fruticose lichens spring out from a bed of moss on these two twigs. There are also some smaller green ones. A variety of foliose lichens in shades of blue gray to powdery blue clasp the twigs. These are lying on bed of brown decaying tree leaves. Another set of twigs, looking very artsy with the tufts of blue green lichens contrasting with the leaves in various shades of brown.
December 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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It's pouring rain and the madrone (Arbutus menziesii) looks extra polished
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleWinter #RavennaPark #ColorScrolling #NatureAbstract #EastCoastKin
A split madrone trunk viewed in the pouring rain shows its peeling glory. The right and left of the fork are covered with rough dark bark at the periphery of the photo, with green moss bits providing some color. But the center of the fork is bark less, and is a golden yellow brown with patches of glowing orange yellow. Looking through the fork you can a background of brown autumn leaves. Everything is covered with a gloss of water creating bright highlights
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Split gill mushrooms in the rain look like fuzzy sweaters in the wash
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleParks #SeattleWinter #RavennaPark #Mushrooms #FungiLovers #FungiFriends
A fallen branch covered with gray bark has a small colony of tan split gills (Schizophyllum commune) growing in a patch of green spiky moss. The fungus caps are mostly fan shaped and covered with fine hairs. One has been broken off to show the gill structure underneath the cap, radiating from the center.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Tapestry
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #Autumn #Leaves #Artsy #EastCoastKin
An array of fallen leaves in shades of yellow , green and gray, lay on top of the rough boards of a bridge. The photo is processesd to give it the feel of a drawing, the colors overlaid with a slight green haze to make it look like old tapestry.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Shades of brown
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #Leaves #EastCoastKin #BigleafMaple
Bigleaf maple leaves cover the park lawn. They're layered on top of each other, like a haphazard puzzle. Looking closely, you can see that there are many shades of brown, from light yellow brown, to tan, to orangey brown, to purple brown. There are a few splotches or a blue-white fungal rot. A bright yellow elm tree leaf at the bottom of the photo makes for a sharp contrast.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Light and dark
Looking down on Ravenna Creek on a winter afternoon
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Bright sunlight pours down between trees with some bright yellow leaves. The thin leaf layer tints the light a pale yellow. Young big leaf maples and cottonwood tree trunks reach upward. The ground and the banks of the creek are covered with a litter of yellow and brown leaves. The creek water is a dark navy blue and hazily reflects the sky and trees. The whole effect is of bright and dark contrasts.
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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A soggy doggy rainy day walk
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Looking down a trail between the trees at Ravenna Park, with a green painted fence on the left and a bank on the right. You can see that everything is covered with fallen yellow and brown leaves, with the embankment on the left going down to the unseen creek, and on the right to the unseen street above. The trees on either side are either almost barren with some yellow leaves clinging, or dark green firs and red cedars. The atmosphere is gray and moist as the drizzly rain falls.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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A couple of Mycena fungus species popping up to rot rot rot that wood away
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #FungiFriends #FungiLovers #FungusFriday
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A cluster of bonnet (Mycena galericulata? M. inclinata? ) mushrooms grows on an old log among fallen leaves. The mushrooms are small, with convex grayish-tan caps and slender feet. You can see the striation of the gills through the thin caps. The leaves surrounding the cluster are in shades of yellow, and also spotted with autumnal rot. There is some moss on the log, and a few brown pine needles. These grow everywhere, and are the prototypical LBM. Small brown mushrooms, some species of Mycena or bonnet (M. galericulata or inclinata?), grow on a dark rotting log. They are framed by a brown maple leaf and a yellow-brown oak leaf. There is a bit of green moss poking out from under the leaves.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Candlesnuff mushrooms (probably Xylaria hypoxylon)
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A small cluster of white fungi with black feet (they look a bit like fingers) poke out of the wood they are decomposing. They're called candlesnuff because they look like the ( inverted) wick of a snuffed candle.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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A glyph and a leaf
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A yellow birch leaf, caught in a spot of light, rests on a dark gray concrete bridge railing next to a elegantly scrolled pale gray graffiti "letter". Another dry green leaf rests in the middle of the letter. You can see a couple more darkly colored leaves in the background. The lighting is sombre because the day is overcast.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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"I may be muddy and dirty but my heart is pure"
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #DogsOfBluesky #ShihTzusOfBluesky
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Monty, a small gray shih tzu dog looks quizzically at me while standing on a muddy path carpeted with autumn leaves. The leaves are from poplars, maples and elastic, and ars green, yellow, and shades of brownish orange.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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A flight of maple leaves
#Autumn #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #AutumnLeaves #BlueskyArtShow #Artsy
A photograph processed to look like a colorful decoupage or watercolor: a view of green to yellow to tan big leaf maple leaves viewed from above looks like a flight of butterflies or birds flowing from top left to the bottom right. The flow then curves slightly to the left again The background is a contrasting dark green, increasing the flighty appearance
November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Looking down into the ravine
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Looking down into Ravenna Creek ravine from the footbridge: off to the right,. Off to the crowns of big leaf maple trees glow yellow and gold above a dark green understory. You can see the gray tree trunks between the leaves. Off to the left a few branches covered with mosses and lichen poke out, framing the top of the photo. There are a couple of craggy snags, and at the bottom a leaf littered trail winding its way next to dark tree trunks. The effect is of a dark rainy morning making everything slightly mysterious and the colors very contrasty.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Black cherry
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A drooping black cherry tree branch transects the image. It is covered with leaves turning autumnal colors, from russer to gold at the top to dark green with hints of purple at the bottom. The ground in the background is littered with colorful leaves. The effect is a penumbra shot through with jewel like colors.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Hawthorn berries in fall. At some point the birds will come through and strip them off the tree.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #SeattleOlmstedParks #SeattleParks #EastCoastKin
A small cluster of shiny bright red berries hangs down between dark leather brown leaves on slender twigs Off to the side there is one leaf in shades of yellow and russet. I don't often use presets when not doing artsy stuff, but this moody preset with its old fashioned sepia toned and crepuscular light just grabbed my fancy. So perhaps this is artsy stuff! There is a very thin burnt umber border to complement the photo colors.
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The fall colors are just not there, I moan and groan. It's almost November! Then I come on a patch of vine maples!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RavennaPark #NativePlants #ColorRiot #EastCoastKin
A triptych of photos of vine maple leaves in brilliant orange, red and yellow fall colors. Vine maple leaves are rounded, palmate, and have seven or more dentate lobes. The vine maple isn't really a vine, but usually a bush with many thin branches or a small tree.
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It's been really dry this summer, even with a few days of rain here and there. The peafruit rose (Rosa pisocarpa) hips are looking parched.
#Photography #RavennaPark #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW
Four small, bright red but slightly wrinkly rose hips perch on the end of a leafy branch. It's been a dry summer, and the leaves are somewhat splotchy with powdery mildew.
September 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Seattle turtles, Ravenna Park Playground
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Three sizable concrete and mosaic sea turtles make their way across the lawns by the playground in Ravenna Park. I can find absolutely no mention of them, though lots of photos, so I can't give you an artist for these lovelies. Kids do love to climb on them in cool days.
September 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I found only three hazelnuts (Corylus cornuta) in the bushes...and there are lots of bushes in the understory here! #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #SeattleParks #RavennaPark #NativePlants #FruitScrolling #NativePlantsOfThePNW
A still light green hazelnut with its green cup like sheath curling back peeks out from under its leaves. The leaves are dark green, oval shaped and dentate, and have a rough, brittle texture. These are in same shape, having been chewed on by insects. Two tan colored wild hazelnuts with their light green leafy sheath peek out from under their leaves. The leaves are dark green, oval shaped and dentate, and have a rough, brittle texture.
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Spring refreshment: native rhododendrons (Rhododendron macrophyllum) flopping about in the undergrowth at Ravenna Park along the woodsy trails
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #RavennaPark #SeattleParks #SeattleOlmstedParks #BloomScrolling #NativePlants
A couple of trusses of pink rhododendron blossoms peek through the Oregon grape and thimbleberry leaves in the upper right quadrant of this photo. The soft pink trumpet-shaped flowers form a pompom of blossoms, a small bouquet. The rhodie leaves which surround the trusses are oval, long and smooth. The Oregon grape leaves are glossy and relatively small, the thimbleberry leaves are large and palmate. There is an abundance of texture contrasts giving a cheerful effect.
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Today I Saw 6/27/25

Raven and Cooper's Hawk. There was a large gathering of crows making a fuss about Ravens on their turf. The Cooper's swooped in, broke up the party and scattered the crows. Maybe it was protecting kiddos?

#coopershawk #raven #birds #ravennapark #todayisaw #dailyphoto
June 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM