Notices by Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)

Kona says it's #Caturday and time for snuggles, not silly sewing projects.

It's #DefaidodonDay! All sheep are Welsh today! These were sighted on the Isle of Skye.

#Defaidodon #IsleOfSkye #sheep #Skye

Kinda weird that they told us "wake up, sheeple" and so we did and now they tell us we have "woke mind virus".

Call me weird, old, a Luddite, but I really don't want my computer "vibing". I want it to compute. I want it to save my byte-encoded words and pictures to exactly where I tell it to and not allow access unless I've explicitly told it to. "Vibing" - geesh, it sounds like a virus.

A group project that's working out quite nicely.
Greenbie Natural Area, Castine, Maine, managed by the Blue Hill Heritage Trust.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #lichensubscribe #mosstodon

@steter That's all I'd like, please. A little less rain here, a little more rain there. Not too hot and not too cold. I guess that makes me a moderate?

@steter Too hot or too cold. I don't like this.

@steter Meanwhile in coastal Maine, it's been days since it hit 70°F.

I wish there was a setting to only show a post to mutuals (follower and following)

On our recent trip, every day was #ThickTrunkTuesday. I could post the hundreds of pictures I took of them, but I think they each deserve to admired individually. This beauty (probably a large leaf maple) was along the Madison Falls Nature Trail in Olympic National Park, near Elwha, Washington, US.

#RoadTrip #PNW #mosstodon

I had hoped to find some good hard cider on our trip to Washington, a state known for its apples. "Oh, yes! We have 4 kinds!" Except they were all mixed with other fruits and too sweet. But at the end of the trip, Copper Creek Inn (where we stayed 2 nights) came through.
Mill Haus Dry Newtown Pippin was easily one of the best ciders I have had: complex apple flavors, very dry but not bitter. Mill Haus is apparently a small cidery "just down the road".

#RoadTrip #cider

Not everything was perfect. We weren't able to see the reflection of Mount Rainier in the Reflection Lakes, and we had to cross this terrifying bridge to get to Carter Falls. 😂

#RoadTrip

Our last day at Mt. Rainier National Park so we took a more challenging (for us!) hike up to Rampart Ridge. 4.6 miles with an elevation gain of 1339 feet. They have some very big trees in this part of the world. Our favorite things to come across was two trees of different species growing as one.
Today we return east. Our kitties at least will be glad!

#RoadTrip #ThickTrunkTuesday

Mt. Rainier National Park treated us with waterfalls and glimpses of Mount Rainier itself.

#RoadTrip

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge was a very special place. It had been close to too hot in Seattle, but the wind off the Pacific was pretty chilly.

#RoadTrip

Arrived. Waiting on a bright sunny day for a shuttle to the car rental place. We have lots of company!

At Logan waiting to fly to Seattle. The plan is to get out of town and to Olympic National Park ASAP. We will stop at a grocery store and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the way, though.
https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/dungeness

#RoadTrip

Yesterday at Olympic National Park took us to the Hoh Rain Forest, featuring massive trees and lots of mosses and ferns in old growth forest, and then Ruby Beach with its sea stacks and ferocious Pacific Ocean waves.

Edit to add hashtags. Got excited and hit post because my breakfast was just delivered 😂

#RoadTrip #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #WildStones

At the Salmon House Restaurant on Lake Quinault ordering salmon. I think we're obligated to if we come to this part of the world. Happy to oblige.

#RoadTrip

Yesterday's amusing moment: After hours deep in the park with no cell signal, my phone suddenly pinged that I had a text as we reached Hurricane Ridge. "Welcome to Canada!" my cell provider was telling me. What? ! ?
It apparently just caught a whisper of a signal from across the Salish Sea LOL

#RoadTrip