The protective layer....

a slow disintegration...

Autumn sampling...

Rose Hips, the fruit of the Rose plant...

Beauty Berry, Callicarpa americana var Lactea...

The vibrant Fall colors of the Sumac...

Tufts of moss forming on the Rose, very odd...lovely & intriguing.

All Photographs by Barbara De Pirro

Above & Below

churning waters...

on the waters edge...

cloudscape...

morning light...

above & below...

All photos by Barbara De Pirro

Manzanita Textures

wind, sand & shadows....

All photos by Barbara De Pirro

Palouse Falls

Stony canyon and Palouse Falls...

Basalt columns...

Palouse River...

Castle Rock...

the overlook...

the upper falls...

All photos by Barbara De Pirro

Cape Kiwanda

land sculpted by the sea...

  

 wind & water carved into the stone...

Inside the cave...

Peering over the edge...

Tide pools...

Chief Kiwanda Rock

All Photos by Barbara De Pirro

Dosewallips River Delta

 Eel grass & salt marshes laced with brackish sloughs...

 uprooted bleached tree...

 eel grass, tide in, tide out...

All photos by Barbara De Pirro

Olympic Peninsula

Crashing waves & salt spray...Strait of Juan de Fuca

Gooseneck Barnacles...

Sea grass & Mussels

Tongue Point at Salt Creek

a mosaic of Mussels & Barnacles...

 Rock studies...

Tongue Point at Salt Creek

All photos by Barbara De Pirro