Category Archives: seasons

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Autumn 🍂 is Here

Backyard Baby And Mama Deer.

White Salmon, Washington sunset last week, lovely Mt. Hood in the distance across the mighty Columbia River in Oregon.

another recent sunset in Trout Lake, Washington

Amazing old fashioned grapes 🍇 at my brothers place, on their way to become canned grape juice. They smelled heavenly!

Aspen trees in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge near Glenwood, Washington.

Columbia River Gorge is finally getting good fall colors. I have really been noticing beautiful yellow Oak trees this year!

The green patch is part of Dickey’s Farm in Bingen, Washington.

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Is it Spring?

While not entirely spring in Trout Lake, down the hill in Husum to White Salmon area flowers are popping. Here the upper valley we still have little spots of snow. However yesterday I woke up to the sound of birds singing loudly, birds I had not been hearing yet this year. That’s a good sign! How is spring progressing in your area?

Here are a few images from yesterday in the lower White Salmon River Valley.

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Flooding on the White Salmon River

So much rain, so fast; following a snowfall in the mountains and a pineapple express.  Rivers in the Pacific Northwest are as overwhelmingly full and destructive as the fires of summer this year.  Exacerbated by the erosion caused by the fires, the rivers are full of debri from upriver run off and landslides.

December 9, 2015, I took an afternoon drive up to Trout Lake, with stops in Husum to see the flooded Husum Falls.  Sure enough, with the wild waters and occasional big log, a group of kayaks were running these temporary chocolate milk colored class 5 rapids.

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In Trout Lake, parts of town had flooded as well, although downtown did not get hit with floodwaters as bad as the 1996 floods had caused.  The water level was actually higher this time, but ditches had been improved and there were no piles of snow this time blocking off drainage.

There is a cabin in these photos, home of Perry Stephens.  He said his house is fine so far, although water surrounded it up to the deck level due to a big log jam just above his house that is diverting the flow of the river.

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Last but not least, Here is a rainbow I saw along highway 141 as I traveled up the White Salmon River!

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First Snow

starting November 13 in the morning with a drive to Husum and photos of the White Salmon River; a few shots along the way of orchards that still have many green leaves dusted in snow; photos of the White Salmon Post office around noon; and ending with a few photos taken November 14th in the morning in White Salmon, Washington.
These are images are unprocessed, other than resizing for web and the addition of my watermark.  They still have dust bunnies and all!  Later I will choose the best ones to process further and add to my website at    www.starlisa.net with my best photos.