Sometimes, maybe, I am a creature of habit on #weekends. But if what I do expands the creative mind, restores and refreshes and pushes physical boundaries like last Sundays "Tour de Dave" (to honor the TdF fini in Paris) 🚴‍♂️then its a great habit I think🤟 #explore #livelife #nature #vintagecars

Saturdays in SW Washington in the summer are blissful. Breakfast with the family, vintage car shows, and snacking on thimbleberries under restorative blue sky #forest #hikes were just the ticket today 🙌 #nature #environment #zen #restorative #pnw

There is a Douglas Fir #tree in one of my favorite old growth forests and when I #hike by, I give it a pat, an occasional hug and we chat. I call it "The Mother Tree". At one of the tallest trees here, I feel better when we meet. Go hug a tree. Have a chat. #nature #ecology #environment #pnw

"A peerless beauty from a distant land, now loved in #rainbow colours round the globe, her tresses, curls and sumptuous curves delight, she’s surely clad in Nature’s finest robe."- Peter Rees #Rhododendron at the Gardens by the Bay. #Singapore. #flower #nature #beauty #travel #singapore

"come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain"- W.S. Merwin #fern #nature #pnw #ecology #environment #forest

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of #life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach..."- #Thoreau "Walden" And so it was, my afternoon in the #forest, feeling late spring in the air, calm #zen in my brain and soft ground under foot.

"The earth has music for those who listen." - William Shakespeare I can't really find the words for how deeply I get moved by the sight of Pacific Trilliums in the springtime, as they stake their claim in the forest. You get the picture... #nature #wildflower #pnw #ecology #zen #forest #optoutside

#Hiking in midweek is such a gamechanger. My stress level stays lower, trails are empty, and I think even the birds know its just more "chill" too...just in time for the seasons first tasty #salmonberries. 😋 #pnw #nature #ecology #optoutside #environment #lookup #zen #photography #visualstory

Yesterday the first #hike day in nearly a week where the weather cooperated, so I could get back to one of my happy places. The first salmonberries of the season are nearly ripe for foraging, and the #ferns are green as an Irish glade...restore, refreshed completed. #nature #ecology #forest #pnw

#Aristotle said "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." Nailed it. The #forest and Fallen Leaf Lake seemed to belong just to me this sunny soaked afternoon, except for the #frog. Happy #weekend, folks! #spring #hike #wildflowers #nature #optoutside

"There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a #waterfall and listening to its music" — Roland R. Kemler ...a good place to sit on a Friday morning, take in the fresh air and feeling lucky to have the health and time to #hike there to enjoy it. #pnw #nature #ecology #environment

A mid week morning, and a very green, #forest #hike across the river in #Oregon with my former work colleague. So lush out there. It was just the ticket on a "Chamber of Commerce" day. #ecology #nature #environment

After a long career in the #environmental field, I spend my days supporting non profits focused on environmental #education, #habitat #conservation and material circularity. I #hike trails weekly “taking photos and leaving only footprints” and staying connected to my "true north”. #HappyEarthDay.🌏

#Frogs were croaking, barred #owls were checking me out and screeching above, while the #forest floor was entering an explosive phase of spring growth and color. It was a nice sunny Friday #spring #hike to start the weekend ahead. #pnw #ecology #environment #nature #zen #optoutside

Last weeks sweet walk in the forest, where trillium, wood sorrel and lady fern were all kicking into high gear, tall trees, hooting owls and the warmth of the sun was just icing on earth's cake. #nature #ecology #forest #environment #wildflowers #hike #optoutside #pnw #landscape

Take daughter, add a little sunshine, hit the trails to the Camas Lily Fields as they're just starting their annual color splash, add gnome...blend and enjoy the family moments...ahhhhh, tasty. #pnw #ecology #hike #spring #wildflowers #environment #family #nature #camaslily #photography #forest

"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light." – Theodore Roethke #wildflowers #nature #pnw #forest #landscapephotography #naturescape #ecology #environment #pnwphotography #zenmoment #trillium #optoutside #hike #walking #relax #naturelover

A Zen kind of afternoon in the PNW. The forest is unfurling one flower, one fern at a time... "March-ing" into spring 😀 #nature #ecology #fern #trillium #forest #landscape #photography #PNW #environment #spring #zenmoment

Hidden in the shadows, just off the sidewalk, a lone magnolia blossom, with its gentle curves and folds, brings soft color and light to the dark corner. #magnolia #spring #nature #pnw #landscapephotography #optoutside #environment #flower #zenmoment

Petals and blossoms, delicate and small, land with the breeze, ushering in another phase of spring and showering the passerby with spring-fetti. #spring #blossom #nature #landscape #naturescape #environment #ecology #seasons #walk #optoutside #zenmoment #pnw #photography

#Spring keeps emerging one #blossom at a time. Down in the forested #woodlands by the river, if you look up it's still very much winter ...but if you look down it is very, very much spring, one wild #rose, one #trillium at a time... #ecology #forest #environment #nature #optoutside #hike

On this International Day of Forests, I took to the trail to celebrate what's essential to my well-being, and to raise awareness about the vital role that forests and trees have. Get out there, hug a tree, and tread lightly. #ecology #sustainability #climateaction #biodiversity #education #forests

Out of the wet #forest floor shadows, the #mushroom shoots upwards overnight, while the first #Trillium of the #spring dots the emerging greenscape in the filtered sun...ahh, spring...bring it on! #ecology #nature #pnw #environment #optoutside #Washingtonstate #naturescape #hike

“Between our two lives, there is also the life of the cherry blossom.” – Bashō Matsuo Cherry blossoms in full regalia as spring slowly takes over the landscape. #spring #cherryblossom #naturelovers #landscapephotography #zen #environment #ecology #urban #optoutside #pnw

earth's favorite color is spring spring's best-loved color is green and green himself loves to party with yellow, red, orange, and pink ~Terri Guillemets, "Parti-colored," 2008 Indian Plum shoots greeting the forest in the muted afternoon light... #nature #forest #landscapephotography #spring #zen

"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also" — Harriet Jacobs. #spring #nature #reflections #water #naturephotography #environment #zenmoment #optoutside #landscape #pnw #ecology

"There is no repose like that of the green deep woods." — John Muir On the cusp...waiting out the rain for spring wildflowers... #naturephotography #spring #fungi #pnw #rain #ecology #environment #zenmoment #johnmuir

"Look,exquisite white blossom, bathing in the sun- the scents of Spring,cross my path, a magnolia blossoms a sunlit bouquet" © Brian Strand Star Magnolia alighting the neighborhood in early spring... #blossom #magnolia #nature #Spring #optoutside #environment #pnwphotography #March #zenmoment

"I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees."-Pablo Neruda Spring is slowly unfolding, one blossom at a time here in the Pacific Northwest #cherryblossom #spring #nature #springvibes #pabloneruda #naturescape #ecology #environment ##urbanlandscape #pnw #optoutside

"The crocus reminds us that no matter how harsh the Winter, Spring always returns." — Katrina Mayer #crocus #spring #naturephotography #naturelovers #optoutside #environment #flower