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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #ECK Just a quickie to let y'all know I'm still alive and breathing....

Redwood burl...
A burl or burr is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
Then again there's...

(Also found on Wiki:)
Redwood burl stealing, also known as burl poaching, involves illegally cutting and removing burls from coast redwood trees, which can severely damage or kill the trees. This practice has increased in recent years, threatening the health of old-growth redwoods and prompting legal action to protect these trees.
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They can be quite valuable to make exotic slabs for furniture and sold at some jaw-dropping prices on eBay and Amazon!
It seems as though poachers are rarely caught or punished.

zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Getting carried away with #WeekDForDark #AlphabetChallenge Perhaps too many thoughts of wildfire season. Seems as though at least half of our state is ablaze. Not to mention the rest of the west.... and all the other places burning up on the rest of the planet.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A group of crows is **called a "murder**," while ravens are referred to as an "unkindness." #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDark

I never did figure out what the attraction was (a family get together?) But I did get a picture.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK Daze in the mountains and the depths of Hells Canyon in search of the Snake River. I've heard that this Canyon is far deeper than the "Grand" Canyon. It certainly was more of a challenge to get to... We never made it.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #ECK While making progress on the photo sorting project I came across a close encounter we had with #ForestFire from nearly a decade ago. We had gone up in the hills to check on the extent of the wildfire and scout a spot to view the solar eclipse due the following day.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A #Quiet early sunrise morning near Jasper in the Canadian Rockies... fond memories from 1979. #BlueSkyArtShow#EastCoastKin #ECK

A glowing mountain top peeks above a closer mountain hidden in fog. A River shyly shows through nearby trees in the foreground. The misty morning scene was utterly peaceful and quiet.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Came across this one for a a quick post for #Stunday. Still making progress on sorting through photos, but yet a long way to go. Takes me back to some glorious trips we had back then. #EastCoastKin #ECK

Looking south from Cape Perpetua along the Oregon Coast. One of the moody sort of days I love. The ocean is calm and the cloud cover is just right to avoid too much squinting. There are still some wisps of fog creeping inland on the coastal mountains. A bird hovers above it all.

(May 2015)

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It's #ForestFriday and I happened to come across this image during my massive photo sorting project. How could I possibly resist posting this lovely hike through all that green? #EastCoastKin #ECK Then it's back to my daunting project of organizing which has been way overdue... sigh. 😕

Take a deep breath of all that fresh air (at least imagine it!)
This.... taken a bunch of years ago on a hike through the woods along the Oregon Coast. (2018)

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In case anyone has missed me..... I thought I'd pause in the monumental task of sorting, deleting and/or editing a remaining 25,000+ images. I'm trying not to get distracted so I can FINALLY get this dreaded task done. In the meantime, here's one I came across. Enjoy! 🤗

Stormy skies above a ominous looking sea. the sun still manages to light up the horizon in between. Then there's the rocky seastack pretending to be a whale.

The good news is that the photo sorting project is moving along nicely except for the times when I forget what I'm doing and ALMOST delete a whole stack of images meant to go to the external hard drive (for back up) and nearly lose the whole precious batch!!! I need to be careful when I start getting tired.

I miss each and every one of you I follow! Hope to be back soon!

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#Stunday indeed! Looks like my iPad died overnight. I'm about to attempt a (VERY) long overdue upgrade on the desktop, so if I disappear for awhile... chalk it up to one who doesn't keep up with the time these days! 😉🥴 #EastCoastKin #ECK

Can't help it. It's probably AI, but it seems apropos for the moment.

A bedraggled rose looking a bit damp during the rainy season.

Sometimes, the way I feel........?

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#ThickTrunkThursday with a some bonus buzzing bees you may need to click on the image to see them (the shot was taken from quite a distance with a telephoto and then cropped. #EastCoastKin #ECK #AlphabetChallenge #WeekforXyloid

A couple of bees about to fly into a tree cavity in a dead tree. Sorry, they're just tiny specks shot from a hefty distance with a telefoto lens and heavily cropped... or you'd miss them entirely.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A triple with a minimal twig (of #wood) floating in a bit of ( #blue) water. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekforXyloid #MinimalMonday #BlueSkyMonday Not wishing to show off, I didn't wait for #TidesOutTuesday #EastCoastKin #ECK

A small twig caught in what's left of a high tide on a sandy beach. A blue sky is reflected in the water creating abstract patterns.

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Raised by Voles @raisedbyvoles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Chestnut Backed Chickadee in its winter plumage, very dandy... This species inhabits the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest #Paridae #Birds #Chickadees

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Trickles of water appear as rain begins to fall. You can see the dark stains on the red rock canyon walls from previous downpours. #WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #ECK #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWater

The start of a rain storm as it works its way down the red cliffs of a deep canyon in Arizona.

A better view of how the rain leaves its stains on the canyon walls.
The next day the weather turned to snow.

~Canyon de Chelly, New Mexico, April 2016.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I may have posted this before, but I was searching for #Yellow and I've always liked this one. #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #ECK

Yellow reflections of a setting sun show up delightfully amongst rocks scattered on a beach.

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Keith Williamson @kwilliam8.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Sunset Bay, Oregon. Images taken 5/17/2013

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ferns and oxalis (?) growing in the understory of the redwoods highlighted by a splash of sunshine. #BlueSkyArtShow #Growth #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #ECK

Ferns and Oxalis lit up by the sun in the understory of Redwoods.

May the Forest be with you!

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

#BlueSkyMonday with something that might pass for #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #ECK @alinagrafik.eurosky.social Thank you once again for the weekly cheat sheet. Now if I could only remember what day of the week it is? 🤔🤣

An amazing hard to describe cliff face with a moon floating just above it in a saturated blue sky above.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Fog... marine layer? Not entirely sure what the distinction is. How does one see through it all? #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK

“We've got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what's really important anymore.

Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. 'Guess what I got? Guess what I got?'

You know how I interpreted that? These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Mountains with a bit of blue sky and clouds. A distant peak can be seen off in the distance. Could it be Mt Rainier? #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #ECK

Jagged mountains march toward a snow covered peak seen in the distance with streaks of clouds in a pale blue sky.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Reliving memories of breathing the forest and walking the trails. #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin #ECK

I think of these moss covered trees as Doctor Seuss creations. The lush green growth in the Olympic forests is an unforgettable experience.

Specks of sun highlights bits of the understory.

Tall trees reminding me how truly small I am in the scheme of things.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

#RandomTuesday (because I went missing for nearly a week?) #10minutesfromhome ...and because I missed #BlueSkyMonday there's #BlueTue Not entirely sure if it's #TidesOutTuesday but there's some #RockinTuesday to be seen out there somewhere. 😉 #EastCoastKin #ECK

Sun rays shine at the left edge of a blue sky with a thick bank of fog (or clouds? -can anyone tell me what the difference is?) hovering over the horizon. There are several sea stacks out to sea with a grassy and brushy hillside at the bottom edge of a placid scene.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Shadows in the ripples of sand along the wrack line. Debris left in the ripples where the waves recede. #BlueSkyArtShow #ShadowPlay #EastCoastKin

The wrack line is the line of debris left on the beach by high tide. The wrack is usually made up of eel grass, kelp, crustacean shells, feathers, bits of plastic, and all kinds of litter. You will also find bird and mammal carcasses and things like pallets, boards, branches and small logs, and pieces of crabbing and fishing gear and and things that have fallen or been thrown from boats.
~Had to look up how to spell it - https://theoutershores.com/wrack-line/

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

It's a stretch, but here's a hawk (red shouldered) stretching out for a take off. #BirdoftheDay #Stretched #Birds #ECK

A hawk stretches out as it launches into flight. Wings and legs stretched to the max.

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zen sation @zen-sation.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

If I have my daze straight, this must be #ForestFriday Let's call it Forest Framed..... or a tangle in the trunks. 😉 #EastCoastKin #ECK

A tangled view of various conifer branches framed between a couple of trunks.

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Raised by Voles @raisedbyvoles.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Disinterested and doesn't want to discuss it. #RestingBeakFace #BirdoftheDay #Birds

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