Beauty surrounds us. It deserves more attention than the irksome and negative that greedily steal our energy. After all, our lives are nothing but collections of seconds, minutes, hours, moments, so why not bring the beautiful to the forefront?I'd like to capture 2026 in one beautiful thing a day. These may be as bold and obvious as a vibrant sunset or snow capped mountain, as personal as wondering what another person is thinking, or as subtle as an interesting pattern of bark on a tree.
Let's see what is in the eye of the beholder this year.
June 2026
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| #183 - Promises, promises - Skipley Farm, Snohomish, WA |
#182 - Beauty is in the Cooler of the Beholder - Opening Day of Crab Season, Puget Sound, WA
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| #181 - My 7 year old self's greatest wish |
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| #180 - Luminous - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #179 - Nature Wins Again - Snohomish, WA |
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| #178 - Lavender Explosion - Snohomish, WA |
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| #176 - How to Feel Small - Fidalgo Island, WA |
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| #175 - Basking - Edmonds Marina, WA |
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#174 - Determination - Everett, WA
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| #173 - Syncopation - Anacortes, WA |
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| #172 - Negotiation - Everett, WA |
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| #171 - Resilience - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #170 - Don't Fence Me In - Snohomish, WA |
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| #169 - The Slim Tones - Woodinville, WA |
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| #168 - Comin' Up Cherries! - Snohomish Farmer's Market |
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| #167 - Watercolor - Mill Creek, WA |
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| #166 - Beaming - Everett Waterfront, WA |
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| #165- Growth - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #164 - Efflorescent - Snohomish, WA |
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| #163 - Fair Winds - Puget Sound, WA |
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| #162 - Red Hot - Everett Evergreen Garden, WA |
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| #161 - Etched - Snohomish, WA |
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| #160 - Veiled - Snohomish, WA |
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| #158 - Writing Group Mornings - The Muse, Everett, WA |
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| #157 - Daisypalooza - Mill Creek, WA |
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| #156 - Love From Friends and Family |
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| #155 - Perfumed Path - Wild Rose, Mill Creek, WA |
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| #154 - Delicate - Snohomish, WA |
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| #153 - Textures - Vella Cheese, Sonoma - 1904 |
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| #152 - Bertie Wooster - Sunspot in Calistoga, CA |
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#151 - Calistoga Cottage #3 - Sam Brannan Cottage, 1862
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May 2026
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| #150 - Fried Egg Poppies - Sonoma, CA |
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| #149 - Calistoga Cottage #2 - Augustus Palmer House, 1873 |
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| #148 - Youth Mariachi & Ballet Folklorico - Santa Rosa, CA |
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| #147 - Sentrees - Calistoga Cottage #1 |
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| #146 - Bouquet - Calistoga, CA |
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| #145 - Pied a Terre - Calistoga, CA |
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| #144 - Memorial - Co. Clare |
#143 - "They stood. And stood for something. Just by standing. In waiting. Unavailable. But there. For sure. Sure and unbending..." Lupins by Seamus Heaney
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#142 - "The color of the morning's beam, A tangerine, a juicy dream. Bright and bold, it brings a smile, A hue that lingers for a while." |
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#141 - "The blue and bright-eyed floweret of the brook,
Hope's gentle gem, the sweet Forget-Me-Not." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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#140 - "Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom - it’s yellow.”
– Edmund Burke |
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| #139 - "Pink make everything fabulous." - Barbie |
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| #138 - "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." - Alice Walker |
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| #137 - Return - Northern Saskatchewan |
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| #136 - Through the Panes - Donegal Town, Co. Donegal |
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| #135 - Breathing Room - Malin Beg, Co. Donegal |
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| #134 - Mirror Image - Killybegs, Co. Donegal |
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| #133 - Slieve League, Co. Donegal |
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| #132 - Sanctuary - Sathya Sai Trust for Nature - Co. Sligo |
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#131 - "Under Bare Ben Bulben's Head,
In Drumcliff Churchyard Yeats is laid"
Co. Sligo |
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| #130 - Tranquility - Glassilaun Beach, Co. Galway |
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| #129 - Mother's Day Bouquet - Clifden, Co. Galway |
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| #128 - So Blue Without Ewe - Renvyle, Co. Galway |
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| #127 Sunken Church - Inisheer, Co. Galway |
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| #126 - Tradition - Doolin, Co. Clare |
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| #125 - Rugged Beauty - The Burren, Co. Clare |
#124 - Heritage - Trinity College, Dublin
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| #123 - Dawn Breaks Over the Wingtips |
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| #122 - Kentucky Derby Hollywood Finish |
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#121 - Too hot to hop: What PNW bunnies do when it hits 72 degrees - Snohomish, WA
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April 2026
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| #120 - Homey |
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| #119 - Make Way for Goslings - Snohomish, WA |
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| #118 - Sunspot |
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| #117 - Chartreuse - Bothell, WA |
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| #116 - Finally! - My backyard |
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| #115 - Smooth Soaring |
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| #114 - Found in the Forest: Texture |
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| #113 - Hearts in Nature |
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| #112 - Found in the Forest: Mosster - Snohomish, WA |
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| #111 - Found in the Forest: Patterns - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #110 - Small Towns - Index, WA |
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| #109 - Skyscraper - Index, WA |
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| #108 - Where's Abe? - Lincoln Rock State Park, WA |
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| #107 - Covey - Lincoln Rock State Park, WA |
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| #106 - Blooming Pears - Dryden, WA |
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| #105 - Golden Hour - Lincoln Rock SP, WA |
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| #104 - "Hey! Hey! You! Hey!" - Lincoln Rock State Park, WA |
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| #103 -Subtle Spring - Orondo, WA |
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| #102 - Triumphant Trillium - Lord Hill Park, Snohomish |
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| #101 - Life's Full Circle: Bloom to Rest - Skagit Valley, WA |
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| #100 - Striking - Skagit Valley, WA |
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| #99 - Where Do Your Tulips Come From? - Skagit Valley, WA |
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| #98 - Omnipresent - Mt. Baker |
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| #96 - Statuesque - Mill Creek, WA |
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| #95 - Ominous or Promising? |
#94 - Suspended - Milos, Greece
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| #93 - The Muse - Everett, WA |
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| #92 - Woody |
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| #91 - Spring! |
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| #90 - Sprang! |
March 2026
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| #89 - Sprung! |
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| #88 - Ritual |
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| #87 - Holi Wars - Snohomish, WA |
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| #86 - Gathering - Snohomish, WA |
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| #85 - Cloud Catchers - Snohomish Valley, WA |
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| #84 - Black Hole Sun - Monroe, WA |
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| #83 - The Real GOAT - Monroe, WA |
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| #82 - Wavelength - Westport, WA |
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| #81 - Window Glass, Westport, WA |
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| #80 - Everything Leaves Their Mark - Westport, WA |
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| #79 - Muted - Grays Harbor, WA |
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| #78 - Black and White in Color - Mill Creek, WA |
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| #77 - Vintage - Snohomish, WA |
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| #76 - Imagination vs Reality - San Francisco, CA |
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| #75 - True Companions - Calistoga, CA |
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| #74 - Lodging - Mill Creek, WA |
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| #73 - Still - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #72 - Cherry Slush - Snohomish, WA |
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| #71 - Childhood - Sonoma, CA |
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| #70 - Treemendous - Calistoga, CA |
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| #69 - Outstanding in Their Field - Novato, CA |
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| #68 - Tiptoe Through the Vineyard - Sonoma, CA |
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| #67 - Muse at the Museum - San Francisco |
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| #66 Poppin'! - Calistoga, CA |
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#65 - Soaking it in - Everett, WA
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| #64 - Bumble in the Heather |
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| #64 - Jagged - Olympic Range |
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| #62 - My Thoughts Exactly - Snohomish, WA |
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| #61 - Working in the Shadows - Our New Roof |
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| #60 - Old Wood - Bellingham, WA |
February 2026
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| #59 - Vanishing Point |
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| #58 - Hark! |
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| #57 - Hydrangea in Winter |
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| #56 - Dog Park Energy - Willis Tucker Park, Snohomish |
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| #55 - Swinomish Channel - La Conner, WA |
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| #54 - Sheila's Reading Corner - Bellingham, WA |
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| #53 - Snowflakes in Flower Form - Snohomish, WA |
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| #52 - Spring Under Glass - Silver Firs, WA |
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| #51 - North by Pacific Northwest? - Harvey Field, Snohomish |
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| #50 - Inviting, Snohomish, WA |
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| #49 - Storm's Coming, Snohomish, WA |
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| #48 - Winter Meets Spring, Snohomish, WA |
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| #47 - Where to Start? - Snohomish, WA |
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| #46 - Everybody Loves Seamus |
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| #45 - Valentine's Hearts Necklace |
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| #44 - Lela Muzzle, Monroe, WA |
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| #43 - Early Morning Before the Color Rises, Snohomish River, WA |
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| #42 - Vintage Rainbow, Snohomish, WA |
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| #41 - Feathery Edge of Silver Lake, Everett, WA |
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| #40 - Anna's Hummingbird - My backyard |
#39 - Iconic Seattle #4 - Space Needle and Washington State Ferry
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| #38 -Iconic Seattle #3 - Mt. Rainier |
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| #37 -Iconic Seattle #2 - Tugs in Elliott Bay, Seattle |
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| #36 -Iconic Seattle #1 - Alki Point Lighthouse, West Seattle |
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| #35 - Waist deep in Sword Ferns - Paradise Lake, Woodinville, WA |
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| #34 - First Planting for New Year, My Garden, WA |
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| #33 - Cozy Bridget |
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| #32 - Snow Moon Over Snohomish |
January 2026
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| #31 - Anyone home? - Paradise Lake Conservation Area, WA |
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| #30 - Blackberry Cabin - Snohomish, WA |
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| #29 - Snohomish Library, WA |
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| #28 - Morning River Mist, Snohomish, WA |
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| #27 - Wooden Whistler - Kayak Point, WA |
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| #26 - Regatta - Shilshole Bay, Seattle |
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| #25 - Islands in the Stream - Potomac River, VA-MD-DC |
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| #24 - Concentration - Everett Waterfront, WA |
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| #23 - Cotton Candy Ice Crystals - Verlot, WA |
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| #22 - Weathered Wood - Fidalgo Island, WA |
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| #21 - Rays of Hope - Granite Falls, WA |
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| #20 - Relative Strength - Anacortes, WA |
#19 - Aerodynamic Mergansers - Anacortes, WA
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| #18 -Icy Lace or Lacy Ice? - Mountain Loop Hwy, WA |
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| #17 - Brilliant - Mountain Loop Highway, WA |
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| #16 - Melting - Kayak Point, WA |
#15 - Wave in Wood - Kayak Point, WA |
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| #14 - Backdrop - Cascade Mountain Range, WA |
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| #13 - Suspended Dew - Snohomish, WA |
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| #12 - Misty Mountain Hop - Sultan, WA |
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| #11 - Eclectic - Kiss The Sky Bookstore, Sultan, WA |
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| #10 - Farmstead - Snohomish Valley, WA |
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| #9 - Original Skyscrapers - Olympic National Park, WA |
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| #8 - Moist - Silver Firs forest, Snohomish, WA |
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| #7 Seamus in a sunspot |
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| #6 Nutty - My backyard, WA |
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| #5 - Iconic - Snohomish River Valley, WA |
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| #4 Lotta' Flapping - Riverview Wildlife Refuge, Snohomish, WA |
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| #3 Tucked In - Snohomish, WA |
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| #2 Potential - North Creek Park, Mill Creek, WA |
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| #1 - Contemplative - Howarth Park Beach, Everett, WA |
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