Friday, 9 January 2015

Water and Sky - Sky Watch Friday

The sky over my part of the great Northwest has been rather grey and foggy, for the last few days. We had heavy rain, which led to flooding, landslides and raging rivers. Below is a view of the Deschutes River at Tumwater Falls Historical Park in downtown Olympia
That certainly contrasts with the way the sky was just a few days beforehand. Olympia is the capitol city of Washington State and is built at the tip of Pugent Sound on the Budd Inlet. In the distance you can see the Olympia mountain range..
And as a bonus ... I also got my first shot of a Heron :-)
Go to SKYWATCH for views of the sky from all over the world !

28 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos! Love the waterfalls!

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  2. just beautiful views! love the herons, too. nice shot! :)

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  3. You live in a beautiful place! I love the images, especially the heron! Have a happy weekend!

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  4. Gorgeous sky! Love the marina shot and heron.

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  5. Great post for Sky Watch Friday! Love the Heron, too!
    Have a wonderful week-end!
    Lea

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  6. Wonderfully contrasting images. I lioke that shot of heron.

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  7. Love the golden light in the last two shots.

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  8. Tumwater Falls is beautiful! I love your part of the country; if I could afford to move right now, it would be to the Pacific Northwest. And your heron shot is amazing! ~Lauren

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  9. We too have only grey skies available, the waterfall looks beautiful !

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  10. Lovely sky photo. Love the first photo as if it is straight from a post card, good photography skill.

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  11. Lovely sky photo. Love the first photo as if it is straight from a post card, good photography skill.

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  12. Beautiful details! The pine tree (I presume) near the river and the sunny bright golden sky...also, the heron is amazing...
    Have a great weekend of january!

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  13. Wonderful photos! Especially I like the heron!! Very well captured!

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  14. Thanks for stopping by my blog, Karen. I'll join in and be back. Love the waterfall picture the most.

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  15. Great shots, I learned something and remembered something. I didn't know that Olympia was the capital of Washington and I remember Olympia beer from when I was a kid and the ads always said something about brewed with water from Tumwater springs or falls or something like that.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  16. What beautiful skies in your corner of the world and a super shot of the heron.

    "Adelaide and Beyond"

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  17. Great shots! Nice detail on the heron.

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  18. All glorious shots!
    Cheers,
    Merisi

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  19. Beautiful places! A wonderful waterfall!

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  20. That is a fabulous shot of the heron! Beautiful skies too in that second picture and what a contrast with the first one.

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  21. Gorgeous photos, looks darn cold though. Nice Heron.

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  22. love the shots...especially the heron! So pretty...

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