A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Mister_Song]

The first time I saw it was perhaps 25 years ago flying into Seattle. Your just flying along and all the sudden this massive mountain comes up and it's just amazing. I grew up in Colorado so I was used to big mountains, but Rainier just stands out on it's own which makes it all the more amazing.

I grew up in New Hampshire, thinking Mt Washington (6289 feet) was big.

Seeing Ranier for the first time--as you did, while flying in to Seattle--was something I'll never forget.

 

[Mister_Song]

This is breathtakingly beautiful.

Thank you. I'm planning on going to Portland soon, and (weather permitting) to the waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge. I'll take photos along the way and post them here.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cascadiabound]

Beautiful image. Mt. Ranier is so amazingly enormous, it's difficult to comprehend. It's not only visible from Seattle--it takes up a fair amount of the horizon. And historically, the flows of mud that take place when it erupts bury everything from Seattle to Tacoma, moving until they reach the ocean.

The first time I saw it was perhaps 25 years ago flying into Seattle. Your just flying along and all the sudden this massive mountain comes up and it's just amazing. I grew up in Colorado so I was used to big mountains, but Rainier just stands out on it's own which makes it all the more amazing.

I had very much the same experience the first time I saw Rainier - it took my breath away. I had seen big mountains and big mountain ranges, but Rainier is different. I love living in the shadow of it... I love how it has so many moods. How it has so many different faces depending on where you view it from. I keep posting pictures of it... because to me, it is breath-taking every single time I see it.

I love the coast during the off season. There is something so calming about it.

I love the off-season most anywhere... but the coast is magical in the off-season.

 

[Mister_Song]

I am very much hoping I can visit Cascadia in the fall. Cassie has awakened a deep longing to see places there.

She's doing a good job of conveying how remarkable the area is, then.

 

[yukonnights]

What a nice surprise to find your wonderful images this morning Mister Song! This thread is indeed a joy and inspiration. Your eye for composition and technique are really nice and I hope you have a lot more to share.

 

[Mister_Song]

What a nice surprise to find your wonderful images this morning Mister Song! This thread is indeed a joy and inspiration. Your eye for composition and technique are really nice and I hope you have a lot more to share.

Thank you for the kind words! I'm thrilled to have found this thread and look forward to sharing and learning more about Cascadia and the people who adore it.

 

[Mister_Song]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/springhassprung_zpsxm3hmlly.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/20150302_143149_zpsoykm8xvh.jpg

I took these last spring, while walking through Wallingford (a neighborhood of Seattle). Seattle has so many Japanese cherry and plum trees that when they bloom, clouds of the petals drift around in the wind, like pink snowflakes.

Only a few more weeks!

 

[Hornblende]

Vancouver - Stanley Park and Harbour

...taken from a Sea Plane.

http://i.imgur.com/bI16Syx.jpg

 

[Hornblende]

Vancouver - Lions Gate Bridge

...also from the Sea Plane

http://i.imgur.com/xdx2N5u.jpg

 

[Mister_Song]

...also from the Sea Plane.

Those are gorgeous. I see those sea planes take off and land all the time but have never been on one.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/IMG_20170223_192044_zpsujo1ydil.jpg

That's what I'm about to drink: a macchiato at Vivaces on Cap Hill. It's the coffee equivalent of an orgasm. Mind-blowing.

 

[Hornblende]

Those are gorgeous. I see those sea planes take off and land all the time but have never been on one.

That's what I'm about to drink: a macchiato at Vivaces on Cap Hill. It's the coffee equivalent of an orgasm. Mind-blowing.

That's a fine looking macchiato, Mr S!

Here's another one - this time the very absorbing Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the sort of place that had me wishing I had studied abroad.

http://i.imgur.com/OUWPr0G.jpg

 

[cascadiabound]

Those are gorgeous. I see those sea planes take off and land all the time but have never been on one.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/IMG_20170223_192044_zpsujo1ydil.jpg

That's what I'm about to drink: a macchiato at Vivaces on Cap Hill. It's the coffee equivalent of an orgasm. Mind-blowing.

That's a fine looking macchiato, Mr S!

Here's another one - this time the very absorbing Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the sort of place that had me wishing I had studied abroad.

http://i.imgur.com/OUWPr0G.jpg

You gentlemen are making me hunger...For mind blowing coffee and a day or two at MOA.
Color me jealous.

 

[Hornblende]

Vancouver- Lions Gate Bridge from Prospect Point

http://i.imgur.com/dDqxNdd.jpg

 

[Mister_Song]

Vancouver- Lions Gate Bridge from Prospect Point[/IMG]

I love that bridge, and that area. I spent New Year's Eve this year at the Blind Sparrow, about 15 minutes from there.

http://www.blindsparrow.ca/

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[tomboners]

http://68.media.tumblr.com/015c69ccef6518e81f5ca352460ae775/tumblr_olx557It1z1v27zymo1_400.jpg

Saltwater State Park, Des Moines, WA

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[BlackCashmere]

Vancouver- Lions Gate Bridge from Prospect Point

http://i.imgur.com/dDqxNdd.jpg

Stunning...

 

[Mister_Song]

I keep coming back to that photo. It's so good that I think it deserves to be made a photo wall in a home somewhere.

Thank you so much. I'm glad it's resonated with you.

 

[Hornblende]

Vancouver - Olympic Cauldron

http://i.imgur.com/oNxeovj.jpg

 

[Mister_Song]

Vancouver - Olympic Cauldron

Nice! And the sun's reflection is awesome.

 

[Mister_Song]

Saltwater State Park, Des Moines, WA

That's one relaxed seagull. It must be full because I usually see them squabbling with each other over food.

 

[cascadiabound]

Vancouver - Olympic Cauldron

Wow H~ that is one rare February day in Vancouver. Gorgeous.