Rusty Ring

(Altocumulus undulatus clouds. The tree in the foreground is a sequoia [Sequoiadendron giganteum] . It's not native here, but intro...

(At 287 feet, the vault over the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia is the highest free-standing masonry dome in North Americ...

(US national day of demonstration, 14 June 2025. The photo depicts just the Capitol steps, where the speakers appeared, and maybe half th...

(Dredging on the high tide.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

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(The city developed a small but interesting walking park here a few years ago, on utilities land it's owned for many decades. ...

(Probably an immature bald [Haliaeetus leucocephalus] .) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(This is the resting place of the first US settler in Thurston County, Washington, one George Bush. No, not that George Bush. This on...

(Fishing with my nephew. Open in a new window or tab to see it better.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(Brothers' cemetery in the forest behind the Benedictine monastery in my home town. One of my favourite places since childhood....

(Behind the Washington state capitol in Olympia.)

(Here it is again : the old Olympia Brewery, aka the most photogenic structure in Thurston County. I believe this sole fact has prot...

(One of several found in two wooded parks in my hometown. Hint number one: It's not modern art. Hint number two: it is the sort ...

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(Was walking by the church I grew up in when I saw this sandwich board on the sidewalk outside. Centering Prayer is one of several Ch...

(On this site stood one of the first homesteads in the neck of Thurston County, Washington, where I grew up. During the Blockhouse War...

(I recently had to correct the Wikipedia entry for George Bush , earliest American settler in the Olympia area, which identified him a...