Quintessentially Quilly :.quilly | August 21, 2009
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 [...]
quilly | August 20, 2009
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 [...]
quilly | August 20, 2009
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 [...]
quilly | August 18, 2009
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 [...]
quilly | August 17, 2009
Ruby Tuesday & Two 4 Tuesday: Wild & Tame
Right Here, All On One Plate
Last Summer Amoeba and I enjoyed a lovely dinner on the patio of the Makaha Resort & Golf Club overlooking the golf course. After our scrumptious meal, we ordered a piece of luscious chocolate cake to share. The cake was [...]
quilly | August 16, 2009
Cosmos, 2009
Photo taken on San Juan Island at Krystal Alpaca Farms.
I love these bright fuchsia flowers with their feather leafed fronds. The bold pink and green and yellow combine in a visual symphony that delights my soul.
quilly | August 14, 2009
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Bee At Work 2009.
I have been very busy lately.
quilly | August 13, 2009
Skywatch
Mt. Baker, Summer 2009.
This photo was taken from aboard a Washington State Ferry crossing Northern Puget Sound. If you ever have the chance to ride one of these ferries out of Anacortes, Washington, don’t forget to look back over your shoulder after leaving port. Mt. Baker is a glorious, not-to-be-missed sight that I [...]
quilly | August 12, 2009
Thematic Photographic 62 – Abandoned
Hosted by Carmi
ABANDONED adj. Forsaken or deserted.
This lonely bicycle sits outside Bilger Hall on the University of Hawaii Campus at Manoa. I have passed by it many times wondering how it came to be abandoned. Did the bike’s owner graduate to higher priced, classier transportation? Or perhaps he (or she) quit [...]
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