Twins.
Tag: Washington
Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.
Partridgefoot (Leutkea pectinata), at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.
View of Olympus from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.
From the collections at Tacoma’s Museum of Glass.
From top:
Schaenexw (Salmon) / Dan Friday / 2018 / blown and hot-sculpted glass.
Detail of Bowl / František Vizner / 1998 / cut glass.
Detail of Raw Sienna Macchia with Deep Red Lip Wrap / Dale Chihuly / 2002 / blown glass with applied lip wrap.
Detail of untitled vessel / Clare Belfrage / 2008 / blown glass with cane drawing.
Hotshop dome of Tacoma’s Museum of Glass, designed by architect Arthur Erickson, 2002. The structure’s distinctive shape was inspired by the sawmill beehive burners (used for disposing wood waste) that were once common around Tacoma’s waterfront.
Surf fragments.
The kelp forests of the Olympic Peninsula are dominated by bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). I love the sinuous and tangled patterns formed of the wrack cast up on the beach.
At Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Clallum County, Washington.
Etymology note: The generic name Nereocystis is derived from Greek roots meaning mermaid’s bladder.
Early morning views at Rialto Beach. It was a gray and glorious day.
Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington.
American. Bald.
At Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington.
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