November is wet in the Pacific Northwest. I was down on the mainland visiting with family last week, and while I went outside walking in the rain every day, I took my camera out one afternoon when the sun sort of broke through for a little while. Here are some moist scenes from a bottomland habitat in western Washington.
These lowlands were settled and logged by the end of the 19th c so stumps like the mossy one above are all that remains of the primeval forests. But creeks and bottomlands persist. It still rains a lot here, and this fall has been especially wet. In October this area had a record-breaking 10.03”, far more than the normal 3 ½”, and it has been raining steadily through November.
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Usually by this time of year aquatic and annual plants have died off, but our unusual weather this year has included much warmer temperatures during the fall. This month the high and low temps, with a few exceptions, have been several degrees above normal, and on few days more than 10ºF higher. It’s strange seeing all this bright green actively growing foliage in winter.
Overcast and cool in the Pacific Northwest this morning, more rain on the way.
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