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shoe story

Published on August 27, 2026August 24, 2026 by Hashi1 Comment

maples big and small

Published on August 26, 2026August 23, 2026 by Hashi1 Comment

Before making the drive back to Seattle, we stopped at Fairholme for a last swim and sketch. Tara and Jack climbed into a gargantuan maple and hung out up there for half an hour. Tara said she could spend the rest of her life in that tree. But all too soon it was time to say our last good-byes and start the long journey home.

lichens

Published on August 25, 2026August 23, 2026 by Hashi1 Comment

So many types of lichen at Olympic National Park! These ones were just on the ground near where I sat.

blind gesture birds

Published on August 24, 2026August 23, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

One of the camp instructors was Debby Kaspari, who encouraged us to draw birds FAST without looking at the page, then clean up and correct our initial blind gesture sketch.

near and far

Published on August 23, 2026August 22, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

Polystichum munitum

Published on August 22, 2026August 19, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Published on August 21, 2026August 18, 2026 by Hashi2 Comments

Dicranum fuscenscens

Published on August 20, 2026August 18, 2026 by HashiLeave a comment

The temperate rainforest of Olympic National Park is extremely rich in bryophyte species. I was happy to find one ‘sporing’, because it’s a bit late in the year for most of them to be reproducing.