Local educators out to Anderson Island with Natural Resource Professionals to explore the marine life of South Puget Sound's low tide, bordered by the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve.

Two community members enjoy a laugh as they cut, sew, and finish their own leather handbags.

I love to introduce my grandchildren to gardening and watch their wonder at growing food and flowers. They remember this and look forward to going through the garden gate to pick peas, strawberries, and lettuce.

The Eye on Nature Program, done in collaboration with Nisqually River Education Project, South Sound GREEN, Chehalis Basin Education Consortium, and Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, brings hundreds of students to the Refuge each spring to gain hands-on experience identifying plants and their uses while also learning how to record data about the wildlife they see and hear.

Fiber Arts Artist-in-Residence Janie Wallace works the floor loom with her hands, weaving a new piece. At Arbutus Folk School, participants explore areas of interest and curiosity, build community, and learn traditional and unique crafts like weaving, woodworking, leathermaking, stained and kiln-cast glass making, bookbinding, ceramics, and more.

The Rotary Club of Olympia raised funds for this sculpture to commemorate our Centennial in 2020. Each colored plate depicts a service project or event of the Club.

As an Ohioan, the thing I love the most about visiting Washington is the forests. The lushness and greenery are unlike anything I've seen anywhere else. I have hiked in the Staircase Rapids area of Olympic National Park in Mason County a couple of times, and it's always a magical experience.

I took this with a drone from my house on Steamboat Island Rd. I was happy to get Mt. Rainier in the photo.

An evening photograph of a wood duck hen bedding down with her chick nestling in on her back.