Just released: “Haystack Rock Beach”, a tranquil scene from Oregon’s wild coast. The iconic sea stack stands tall against a soft evening sky, its reflection shimmering across the sand as waves roll in quietly. A peaceful reminder of the Pacific Northwest’s timeless beauty.

View the print here 👉 https://dansproul.com/featured/haystack-rock-beach-dan-sproul.html

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Relax, put your feet up, and enjoy the view looking out over Bellingham!

Come 🚀SPACE OUT🛰️ with us! [24H Live view of Bellingham Bay, WA, USA]

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My burgundy lacecap #hydrangeas are pretty in all their life stages. Some buds are still blooming into November but most are going to seed now.

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My pink #cosmos refuse to stop producing new flower buds, in 2nd week of #November 😍

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#PacificAster is one of my fave #NativePlants to use for #rewilding & for attracting more #pollinators.

It's a small, hardy, beautiful purple #NativeWildflower which is found from BC to California. It's tolerant of many different coastal habitats, from ocean sand dunes to rocky outcrops to salt marshes to grasslands to forests. Great plant to use for soil erosion & slopes stabilization work. It has a deep, clumpy, extensive fibrous root system - don't grow beside plants with weaker root systems.

Pacific aster is extremely easy to grow in it's native grow zones, across coastal PNW areas. You'll love their long bloom time, from late May into late October. It provides pollen sources for pollinators in Fall. After they stop blooming, they'll produce fluffy seed heads, full of prolific wind-born #seeds. Snip off tops of seed heads to save them. I store mine in airtight jars & share a lot of them too.

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Pale purple flowers on #rosemary.

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Relax, put your feet up, and enjoy the view looking out over Bellingham!

Come 🚀SPACE OUT🛰️ with us! [24H Live view of Bellingham Bay, WA, USA]

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Relax, put your feet up, and enjoy the view looking out over Bellingham!

Come 🚀SPACE OUT🛰️ with us! [24H Live view of Bellingham Bay, WA, USA]

#owncast #streaming #24hourstream #PNW #PacificNorthWest #Bellingham #Washington #Landscape #Relaxation #LoFi #Ambient #Outdoors

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#EsquimaltGorgePark. At #JapaneseGardens.
You'll see stone lanterns in many Asian gardens & lining pathways & entrances of Buddhist temples. They have a long history.

History of stone lanterns:

#StoneLanterns have been known in #China as early as the Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE), and prevailed from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties all the way up to the Tang Dynasty, when they were introduced to #Japan. The earliest known extant stone lantern in China is the Northern Qi (550-577) stone lantern in the remains of Tongzi Temple in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Other early stone lanterns which date from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) remain extant in several temples around China, such as the stone lantern in Faxing Temple in Zhangzi, Shanxi which was built in 773.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_lantern

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