A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[TomBoner]

^^^ to you too.

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Lake Stevens WA

 

[ItalianStyle]

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Dry Creek Falls, OR

Image found by EroticRomanticMan ~ thank you!!!!

She's a beauty!

 

[ItalianStyle]

Of course!
Happy Earth Day!

Amazing!

 

[cascadiabound]

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http://www.youthultimate.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-28-at-1.53.47-AM1.jpg

This weekend is Spring Reign which is the largest youth Ultimate tournament in the world! 32 ultimate fields in continuous play for 4 days.
Skagit River Park, Burlington, WA

 

[cascadiabound]

Procession of the Species

https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dandelion1.jpg?w=540&h=811

http://www.procession.org/WowPics/POSC2015-01.jpg

https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/baboon1.jpg?w=540&h=360

http://69.195.124.129/~yeayeapu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130427-img_39742.jpg


https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/baboon21.jpg?w=540&h=811

Olympia WA at it's weirdest and finest...
The home of the first Procession of the Species beginning in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. The Parade has only three rules:
No written words
No live pets
No motorized vehicles

The Procession of the Species is a joyous, spontaneous artistic pageant where community members celebrate their relationships with each other and with the natural world.

Created by the community for the community, the Procession program facilitates seven weeks of art, music, and dance workshops that inspire personal understanding of and local action for wildlife protection.

Then on Procession day, residents don their creative expressions and proceed through the streets of Olympia in masks and costumes. Carrying banners, windsocks, and giant puppets, they participate in a cultural exchange honoring the awe and splendor of the natural world.

There are usually about 2000 or more people of all ages in the parade!

 

[daus42]

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https://www.tacomasoutsidersguide.com/uploads/1/0/2/8/10289085/_____7225441_orig.jpg
~~~Luminary Parade~~~

https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dandelion1.jpg?w=540&h=811

http://www.procession.org/WowPics/POSC2015-01.jpg

https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/baboon1.jpg?w=540&h=360

http://69.195.124.129/~yeayeapu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130427-img_39742.jpg

http://thequirkist.com/files/procession2012-7.jpg

http://livinginolympia.info/upload/pages/image/events/procession2.jpg

http://thevillageatmillpond.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/procession1-copy_resized-copy.jpg

https://msnbsatan.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/baboon21.jpg?w=540&h=811

Olympia WA at it's weirdest and finest...
The home of the first Procession of the Species beginning in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day. The Parade has only three rules:
No written words
No live pets
No motorized vehicles

The Procession of the Species is a joyous, spontaneous artistic pageant where community members celebrate their relationships with each other and with the natural world.

Created by the community for the community, the Procession program facilitates seven weeks of art, music, and dance workshops that inspire personal understanding of and local action for wildlife protection.

Then on Procession day, residents don their creative expressions and proceed through the streets of Olympia in masks and costumes. Carrying banners, windsocks, and giant puppets, they participate in a cultural exchange honoring the awe and splendor of the natural world.

There are usually about 2000 or more people of all ages in the parade!

Love the creative expression........viva les arts!

 

[Tallcajun]

Love the pictures!
Such color and composition.

 

[Susurration]

It's the colour that I love so much about this thread. It really makes me feel more positive and is very inspiring.

 

[cascadiabound]

It's the colour that I love so much about this thread. It really makes me feel more positive and is very inspiring.

Suss ~ thank you for saying this about "colour"

I do love the B&W erotica images...
But at other times I strive to bring out the beauty in every color ...and the colors of creation remind me of just how to do this.
Cascadia ~ is the palette of my life... and it is easy to see how there is every possible color here. At the ready to inspire and bring joy and happiness to those who have eyes to see.

 

[cascadiabound]

Skiing up to Camp Muir, Mt Rainier, WA

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[osprey44]

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Dry Creek Falls, OR

Image found by EroticRomanticMan ~ thank you!!!!

luv it!

 

[UrbanBohemian]

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This is where someone I know very, very well works. Stop in if you're in Seattle. Great baked goods and even better coffee.

Not a shock I'd know about this joint and post about it. I mean I am an urban bohemian after all.

 

[cascadiabound]

Is that Gather Bakery? ^^^^

What part of town is it in?
Thanks so much for posting Urban Bohemian

 

[TomBoner]

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Trillium Lake, Oregon

 

[TomBoner]

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Multnomah Falls, Oregon

 

[UrbanBohemian]

Is that Gather Bakery? ^^^^

What part of town is it in?
Thanks so much for posting Urban Bohemian

It's actually Columbia City Bakery. The address is 4865 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

And my pleasure!

 

[cascadiabound]

^^^^thank you

This is in the Columbia City/ Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Seattle is a cool town partly because it has such distinct neighborhood communities.

 

[cascadiabound]

Plum blossoms
Photo by Grnthb

 

[cascadiabound]

White lilac
Photo by Grnthb

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

An oxymoronic flower

 

[cascadiabound]

Flowering tree, WA
I don't know what this is...
but it is stunningly in bloom today.

Edit:
Weigela shrub/ tree - not a native...

 

[jameslewis]

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It wouldn't be spring without some lilacs. One small submission for this most beautiful thread.

 

[BlackCashmere]

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Flowering tree, WA
I don't know what this is...
but it is stunningly in bloom today.

Truly stunning...Thanks for sharing all the beautiful photos...love them...

 

[BlackCashmere]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/8e2976cb70ccb9990ba5f5387e582191/tumblr_o69z2hgm3E1u8crymo1_540.jpg
It wouldn't be spring without some lilacs. One small submission for this most beautiful thread.

Oh how I miss my Grandma's Lilac trees...she had so many...so vibrant and nothing like the smell of Lilacs...This brought me back to such a beautiful time in my life...remembering...