I wish I'd been closer—or that this capture had a high-enough resolution that I could zoom in further without noticeably reducing the quality of the image—but even though not ideal, I love what I caught 🐶💗
She looks so happy, and that front paw hovering over the trail is so flippin' cute! Adorable 😍
Heaviest May rainfall in 82 years recorded in WA town
"Parched areas of southwest WA have finally seen some rain this week, with Wandering recording its highest May rainfall in more than 82 years and the most rainfall the town has seen in 13 months."
In my experience, these purple-pink phenotypes are much less common than white trillium in these parts (the forests of western Washington); I was very surprised, then, to find that almost half—by my very rough estimate—of all the trillium I saw on the Mima Falls Trail were this purple-pink color. When I got onto the McKenny Trail, the majority went clearly back to white. I wonder what it is about the Mima Falls Trail... 🤔
HBC BRIGADES JOURNAL, 1828:
"Weather as yesterday till towards evening when excessively heavy rain came on. Busy at the furs but we were stopped by the rain. Some of the New Caledonia packs are not yet opened.
"Wednesday. Overcast, some showers. The unfavourableness of the weather prevented us from doing anything with the furs today.
A week later: "Wednesday. This morning the inland brigade left Fort #Vancouver#WA and encamped in the evening a little.... #HistoricJourney#AmWritingHistory