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November 7, 2017 by drkottaway

faint gold

Lake Whatcom on Sunday: there are still gold leaves on the trees, showing in the evergreens and white snow.

For the Daily Prompt: faint.

Posted in boats, forest, outdoors, rural doctor, sail, sky, travel, water
Tagged cold, Daily Prompt, faint, gold, Lake Whatcom, sky, snow, water
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November 6, 2017 by drkottaway

fleet

Taken on Saturday. I wanted to capture the lifting cloud with the snowy hill below and the trees still gold and green. And the sailboats returning to switch crews.

Posted in boats, outdoors, photography, rural doctor, sail, sky, water
Tagged FJ, Lake Whatcom, photography, Regatta, sail, sailboat, sleet, snow, water
November 4, 2017 by drkottaway

In sleet

Posted in boats, outdoors, photography, sail, water
Tagged boat, photography, sail, sleet, snow, water, wet
November 3, 2017 by drkottaway

happy

I received an email yesterday that I have two poems accepted into a collection, the QU Poetry book.

Happy!

I took the photograph from the train, probably in North Dakota, three years ago. Today our weather is nearly freezing, might snow, clouded and wet….

Posted in friendship, joy, photography, poetry, rural doctor, sky, water
Tagged blue, from a train, North Dakota, poetry, sky, train, water
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November 1, 2017 by drkottaway

morning with mountain and ferries

For Wordless Wednesday.

Posted in boats, hike, ocean, outdoors, sky, water
Tagged Ferry, hike, morning, Mount Ranier, Port Townsend Bay, Salish Sea, sky, water
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October 30, 2017 by drkottaway

fluff

For the Daily Prompt: fluff.

I took this at Lake Matinenda, in Ontario, Canada, summer 2015.

Posted in outdoors, photography, rural doctor, transformation, water
Tagged Canada, Daily Prompt, family, fluff, lake, Lake Matinenda, merganser, photography, travel, water
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October 29, 2017 by drkottaway

sunrise

Zoom all the way out and across the Sound to the east.

Posted in Beloved, hike, ocean, outdoors, photography, rural doctor, sky, water
Tagged Beloved, Cascade, love, mountain, ocean, Puget Sound, sunrise, water
October 27, 2017 by drkottaway

orange in water

For the Daily Prompt: orange.

I took this during the Poulsbo Photowalk: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/poulsbo-art-walk/.

Posted in Beloved, boats, love, ocean, photography, rural doctor, sky, water, Wooden boats
Tagged boat, Daily Prompt, happy, orange, photography, water, Wooden boats
October 23, 2017 by drkottaway

break

For photrablogger’s Mundane Monday #132.

This is from the PNA Invitational, synchronized swimming, 2011, our girls after warm up. Their break is in the water, comfortable there….

Posted in mermaid, photography, rural doctor, swim, swimming, synchronized swimming, water
Tagged break, mermaid, Mundane Monday, photography, photrablogger, rest, swim, Synchronized swimming, water
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October 22, 2017 by drkottaway

turn

Black turnstones, I think.

Posted in grief, hike, ocean, outdoors, rural doctor, sky, water
Tagged bird, gray, ground, hike, ocean, rain, sky, walk, water

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