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#8 ~ Majestic Madrone

quilly — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:01:46 +0000

Madrone Tree & Amoeba at Lime Kiln Park, San Juan Island, WA.

#7 ~ Fawn

quilly — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:01:13 +0000

Fawn

#4 ~ Wild Rose

quilly — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:01:26 +0000

Wild Rose

#272 Tiger Lily

quilly — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:15:59 +0000

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Tiger Lily, 2009
Charlene L. Amsden, photographer

These beauties grow in abundance in the flower garden outside the San Juan Island Winery.

#271 Peppermint Posies

quilly — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:36:26 +0000

Peppermint Posies, 2009
Charlene L. Amsden, photographer

I hope I get the job.

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#269 Ruby Tuesday’s Romantic Garden

quilly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:17:46 +0000

Romantic Garden, 2009

Charlene L. Amsden, photographer

Another shot of the San Juan Winery’s lovely garden. I was going for an “impressionistic” kind of shot. I like the swirl of colors and the way the composition of the photo draws my gaze to the “sweet-spot” in the middle.

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#267 Will Work For Food

quilly — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:01:20 +0000

Alpaca, 2009.
photo taken at Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm, San Juan Island, WA.
Charlene L. Amsden, photographer

We spent several weeks this Summer in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Mostly Amoeba was working — teaching at the Friday Harbor Labs — and I wandered around taking photographs. Occasionally Amoeba set aside his microscope and took a jaunt. One of those jaunts led us to Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm where we got to participate in feeding time. It also took us to the gift shop where we got to participate in shopping.

Resumes out. No phone calls in.

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#266 Maple Sunshine

quilly — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:43:12 +0000

Maple Sunshine, 2009
photo taken in Lime Kiln Park, San Juan Island, WA

If I was asked to describe the colors of happiness, to me it would be the green of Maple leaves against a Summer blue sky. I took this shot while sitting in the shade cooling off. The sun patterns on the leaves intrigued me. They still do.

Photographer: Charlene L. Amsden
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#265 Cormorant Silhouettes

quilly — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:11 +0000

Cormorant Condo 2009.
Photo taken at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal, Anacortes, WA. from the back of an outbound ferry.

In Washing ton State we call these Cormorants. In other parts of the world they are called, Shags, because of the distinctive shaggy creast on the top of their heads. Whatever you want to call them, their little commune on the pier is an interesting site for travels riding the Washington State Ferries out of Anacortes, WA.

#264 The Deep Blue Sea

quilly — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:52:20 +0000

Watery Wednesday #49

I have a couple of favorite places here on the island that keep calling my camera and I back over and over again. One of them is Diamond Head Road. I love to drive up to the scenic overlook, park my car, and sit on the side of the lava rock wall. From there no matter which way I look has a magical view. On one particular day last week, this was the view. Doesn’t it look like something out of a fairy tale?