Recent content by SculpinSwinger

Terrazzo, brass borders with fragments of tile! Old world skills. From a pseudo caste I have been working on. I’m a carpenter but admire good work of any kind when I see it

Wildlife, scenery, northern pike, and lake trout. Awesome!

From my lady

This shows where we started, and the ground covered last week A couple more random shots

We went to the higher end of the ridge today, not as many Washington Lilies, and we only saw Tiger Lilies on the drive up. At least 30 degrees warmer than last week. The trailhead The trail I love trails that require route finding, so this did me some good. We lost the trail a couple times...

I have mixed feelings about this. I hope there can be a respectful and informative discussion about the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to stop funding Columbia River hatcheries...

I watched my good friend hook a 45” Pike on a gurgler, the eat is etched in my memories. Cast into the weed bed, blown up as it hit open water.

Slimy for sure - top water action is awesome, some huge explosions. They are good eats for a shore lunch too.

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v61n2/v61n2-bluhm.html I’m adding this here, not orchid related, but covers the Gnomes - Hemitomes congestum, and the other Monotropes of the PNW.

I see your traveling by “big otter”!

Steve If you don’t have this reference it is as thorough as I have seen.

My dog quickly learned to love it to. When I dropped my pack to dig out the deet as we hit an infested meadow he came over to get freshened up. I miss backpacking in the Sierras, and my dog.