Took a lovely day trip out of #Seattle to #CapitolStateForest outside of #Olympia to hike the #MimaFalls trail. A bit chilly, but well worth it for a view of the #waterfall.

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Mima Falls in the Capitol State Forest in Washington, Circa July 2022

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Lilo looks great with her new Säker gear 🐶

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I wish I'd been closer—or that this capture had a high-enough resolution that I could zoom in further without noticeably reducing the quality of the image—but even though not ideal, I love what I caught 🐶💗

She looks so happy, and that front paw hovering over the trail is so flippin' cute! Adorable 😍

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First time coming up on this bend in the trail on the Mima Falls Trail, and I was really taken with the scene 😍

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I know I ought to stop attempting macro photography with my phone—mobile cameras these days are incredible, but they still have their limitations—but I saw this little huntress move as I ran by, and I felt compelled to try capturing some images of her 🕷️💛

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More trillium 😅

But, wait⁠—hear me out: You can also see the trail in this one! So it's different enough, right? Right?

Right 😆

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I'm a sucker for trillium 🤷‍♂️

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Obligatory waterfall shot from my first visit to Mima Falls

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Just adding to my collection of trillium portraits here ☺️

Second photo is a bonus for the science hippies, not very artful composition. I just wanted to document how these patches of trillium along the Mima Falls Trail had so many purple-pink phenotypes. In this bonus photo, more than 75% of the flowers are the purple-pink variety. (I'm counting those that are purple-pink on white as purple-pink) Interesting stuff!

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