The roses are going to fade in the coming hot temps so I tried to capture their beautiful spring colors in the early morning light today
#BloomScrolling #gardening #RoseCity #pnw #Cascadia
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My burgundy lacecap #hydrangea #plants have gorgeous, multicoloured #foliage 😍
#FoliageFriday #leaves #Summer #Wsanec #leaf #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #textures #VeinsOfLife #garden #LeafLife #ombre
#Lavendar & #catmint in #PollinatorGarden. Good companion #herb plants. Both draw in thousands of #pollinators 🐝🦋
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #gardening #perennials #nature #Saanich #gardens #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography
Leaving y'all with some buzzing action from our garden before I go to work 🐝❤️🐝
Two #bumblebees at work in the morning.
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #pollinators #pollen #garden #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8
RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0.1 - 4 August 2025
Updates this release are fairly minor EXCEPT for the decades-awaited connection from Elliot Bay Trail to Waterfront, and an important new set of bike lanes on Meridian in Shoreline.
As always, check the blog post for the deets:
https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/08/04/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-1/
Maps download:
https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/
Previous permalinks continue to work.
If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/solarbird
Enjoy!
#biking #BikeTooter #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #cascadia #SnohomishCounty #Shoreline #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #LakeForestPark #Briar #Kenmore #juanita #Kirkland #Bothell #Woodinville #Maltby #KingCounty #Redmond #BikeMap #maps #design
For those unfamiliar with Cascadian politics, the Tri-Cities are as red as you get outside Spokane Valley Christofascism. Their paper being done with this shit matters.
Indiscriminate ICE arrests devastate WA farms, churches and families | Editorial
By Tri-City Herald Editorial Board
March 21, 2026
As spring arrives in Eastern Washington, farmers need workers to prepare their fields and orchards. It is getting harder to find those workers, however, because federal immigration enforcers have made the region a hot spot for arrests and deportations. These enforcement actions disrupt lives and communities with little regard for the disastrous consequences.
