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Blair Larsen

@blairlarsen.bsky.social
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Science educator (retired), reader, hiker, cook, friend, human. Shares home with hubby, dog and 3 cats. Blue dot in a red state. All photos my own.

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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We hiked the Crimson Trail today. Beautiful weather!
Lovely gold, orange and green tree colors of fall. A dog stands on a trail beside a river. A view of Logan Canyon with the highway winding through. A paved path through fall colored trees.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today's hike along the aspens.
A dog stands on a trail with yellow aspen trees in the background. Tall aspen trees showing their white bark against a blue sky. A dog stands on a trail overlooking yellow aspens and mountains in the background. A rocky mountain with yellow Aspen trees.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yesterday's walk in the foothills.
A dog stands on a leaf covered trail. A dog crosses a wooden bridge over a creek.A dog stands on a gravel road. Fall colors are seen on the sides of the trail, and a mountain is in the background. A dog stands on a gravel road lined by trees in fall colors.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today's hike. The fall colors are starting!
Orange maple trees in the foreground and tall mountains in the background. A view of the valley I live in. Mountains in the background. A dog walks on a trail through woods. A dog runs down a  path with fall trees in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's walk in the mountains. The fall colors are starting to pop!
A dog walks on a trail with red maple trees in the background. A steam flows down a wide valley. Red maples and yellow aspen are in the distance. A dog stands in a grassy spot, looking in the distance.A dog walks on a trail. Red maples are colorful in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today's walk. What a beautiful blue-sky day! 🥰
A dog stands on a gravel trail with rocky cliffs in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The cooler weather has finally arrived!
A dog walks on a tree-lined paved path through the local cemetery.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Had a restorative weekend in the silence and dark skies of the western Utah desert.
A storm rains over the desert. A lone straight road leads to stratified mountains. Sunrise lights up the desolate mountains of western Utah.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sue and I (and Roxy) had a fabulous camp trip in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho. Our gear was taken up and down by horses, for which we are supremely grateful. The hike is a tough 8.5 miles one way and 3000 feet in elevation. But it's worth it in order to camp at 9000 feet for 5 nights.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A collection of flowes blooming in my yard today. Hibiscus Coneflower Phlox And some unknown ones. 😄
7 pictures of blooming plants, ranging from white hibiscus to red hibiscus to purple cornflower to white phlox and pink phlox.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We took the train from Anchorage to Denali and back. Had a great time in the park and on the train. It rained every day until today (our last day in Alaska). We were happy to see sunshine today.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A few of the bears we saw at Katmai National Park.
A brown bear walks along a beach. A brown bear stands in a stream, looking for salmon. A brown bear cub calls for mama. A trio of brown bears fish for salmon at the top of Brooks Falls, Alaska.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We walked along the river today to help stay cool.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Aurora from northern Utah, July 3, 2026, 11:30 pm.
Pink and purple aurora in the night sky above a house. Pink and purple aurora in the night sky above trees.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today's walk.
A dog walks on a tree-lined lane through a cemetery.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It's been so hot lately that our daily walks have been utilitarian. But today is cool and beautiful, so we took a pleasure walk.
A dog stands on a gravel trail through sage. Mountains are in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Today's hike with hubby and doggie!
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Fabulous hike yesterday with my friend and Roxy.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My peas are just starting to bloom. #4500feetelevation #garden
White pea blossoms
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today's flowers in my yard.
A quartet of blooms. Clematis, sage.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Yesterday's hike with a friend. We hiked 6 miles at 10,000 feet and I'm pretty happy about that. The scenery was amazing!
A dog runs down a trail through grasses. A dog walks on a trail into the woods. A dog runs on a trail through Corn Lily with a mountain (and a bit of snow on spots) in the background. A woman and her dog pose in a field of Corn Lily, with a mountain and waterfall in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Spent a few precious days with my friend at her cabin in Colorado. Gorgeous, peaceful, restorative.
An old woman sits on a log bench, eating a bowl of cereal. A log cabin. A dog walks on a green path through a forest of tall aspen trees. Trees in the foreground and snow covered Colorado mountains in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Roxy and I explored Colorado National Monument today.
A dog stands at the edge of a cliff, overlooking red rock walls and rock spires.A winding road marks the route up to Colorado National Monument. A road through a tunnel carved in red sandstone. A Bighorn Sheep stands at the edge of the road.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Roxy enjoying our shady campsite.
A dog sploots on grass with her favorite toy next to her.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
What an absolute mess and a complete disgrace!
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Flowers in my yard.
Blue columbine, purple lupine. Purple Pentstemon and red pentstemon. Yellow columbine, another Yellow columbine,  Yellow snapdragon, white pentstemon
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Flowers in my yard today.
A quartet of flowes. Deep purple columbine, Lilies of the valley, yellow columbine, lavender columbine.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Memorial day of not just the unofficial start of summer. It is a day to honor the men and women who never made it home after serving this country. The people who gave everything while defending ideals many now argue about from the comfort of a comment section. So enjoy your cookout. Spend time with family. But take a moment to remember why the day exists in the first place.  -- Connie (@Constitutionoftheusofa on Threads).
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Today's walk.
Blue flax flowerA dog walks on a trail with flowers on the sides and trees in the background. Yellow Mule's Ear flower. The Logan river
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A bunch of blue-purple iris in my yard.
Blue-purple iris flowers.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Chestnut blossom.
White chestnut blossom in a tree.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yesterday's hike.
A dog stands on a trail through a green field with snow capped mountains in the background. Yellow Cut-Leaf Balsamroot wildflowers. Blue Camas wildflowers in a green field while a dog stands on a boulder. A path winds through a green valley with sagebrush on the right and freshly green trees on the left.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Irises in my yard. I ❤️ iris.
A quartet of irises: peach, blue & white, blue, and yellow & white.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Thanks for the beauty, Grand Teton. ❤️❤️❤️
The three prominent mountains of Grand Teton National Park. Mount Moran from Oxbow Bend.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Last spectacular full day in Yellowstone.
Baby bison and their mommas Mama grizzly and her cub nestled behind her. Mama grizzly and her blonde cub.Mountain goat.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Today's adventures in Yellowstone (just a sampling).
A big black bear, cinnamon phase.A sandhill crane stepping through a marshy area. A Marmot sunning itself on a boulder. A grizzly bear (far away) eating in a grassy area beneath trees.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We drove up to Yellowstone today.
Lamar Valley. A big green valley surrounded by mountains. If you look closely, there are brown dots in the valley, which are bison.A big bison on each side of a road through Yellowstone. A big bison eating grass beside the road. The bison is shedding its winter coat.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Today's walk. Spring is in the air!
A dog stands on a trail overlooking a road through a green mountain canyon. A dog stands on a gravel path overlooking a golf course, and snow capped mountains in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Sisters
Two cats snuggled together.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Today's walk.
A dog wakes across a tree-lined paved path through a cemetery.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Today's walk.
A dog poses on front of a grassy field with snow-capped mountains in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today's hike up High Creek Road. The Glacier Lilies are at their peak!
A dog walks on a gravel road through trees. A forest floor carpeted with yellow Glacier Lilies. A dog walks on a gravel road beside a strongly flowing steam. A dog walks gingerly through some yellow Glacier Lilies.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Beautiful day for a hike.
Wide sky view from a trail. A dog is on the trail.A dog walks on a trail beside a steam. A dog stands on a trail that winds through a mountain canyon.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today's walk.
A dog poses on a fence-lined trail through woods.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today's walk. It was a beautiful day!
Yellow Heartleaf Balsamroot flowers blooming. A dog walks on a two-track path with dramatic clouds in the background. A dog walk on a path through trees that are just starting to leaf out.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today's sky.
Wispy cirrus clouds streak across a blue sky. Trees are in the foreground.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Today's walk to inspect beaver dams. The beavers have been very busy!
A beaver dam and lodge beside a gravel road in the mountains. Large Cottonwood trees beside a steam felled by beavers.A new beaver dam has caused water to overflow and block the trail. A dog trots beside the dam.A very large beaver dam and lodge in the mountains.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Today's walk.
A dog stands on a gravel path with flowering trees in the background.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our peach trees are blooming but the bees aren't awake yet to pollinate them. It's too bad we didn't do anything about preventing climate change when we had the chance.
Pink peach tree blossoms.Pink peach tree blossoms.
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Blair Larsen @blairlarsen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
After 18 days away (on a fabulous tour of Egypt), we're home and very happy to be reunited with the fur-family.
A dog poses on a sidewalk in front of a blooming yellow forsythia bush.
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