Windblown trees

by Paul Brians, Winter 2024-25

Paul Brians is an active member of the Bainbridge Island Photo club. His daily walks usually take him into nearby Battle Point Park, where he recently shot numerous images of autumn color, including this brief video of trees near the duck pond on a windy day.

Paul Brians

Paul Brians is an active member of the Bainbridge Island Photo Club and posts at least one photo a day on his Facebook page. Books containing his photos include Thirty Walks on Bainbridge and Natural Bainbridge. His first photo book,  Four Seasons on Bainbridge, is available at the BI Senior Center.

His daily walks usually take him into nearby Battle Point Park, where he recently shot numerous images of autumn color, including this brief video of trees near the duck pond on a windy day.

Issue Page

Issue 26 header

Table of Contents, Issue #26, Winter 2024-25

By the Wind Sailor

By the Wind Sailor

By-the-wind Sailor by Andy Lamb, Winter 2024-25A beach strewn with by-the-wind sailors that have been blown ashore. photo by Rick Harboby Andy Lamb Winter 2024-25When asked to contribute something about marine life for the "In the Air" issue of the Salish Magazine, it...

Aerial Relationships

Aerial Relationships

Red alder strobiles and catkins. photo by Sarah Ottinoby Sara Ottino Winter 2024-25“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” — Kahlil Gibran   Plants and air have a complex relationship. Plants...

Eggs On a Journey

Eggs On a Journey

by Christina Jarvis Winter 2024-25 I heard about the theory that one way fish can spread to new bodies of water is when waterfowl eat fish eggs and then poop them out into new places. For example, this could be how a new alpine lake gets its fish. An ecology research...

Dance of the Fairy Moth

Dance of the Fairy Moth

Dance of the Fairy Moth by Mary Johnson, Winter 2024-25Ocean spray fairy moth. photo by oxalismtp via iNaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)by Mary Johnson Winter 2024-25the discovery One morning while exploring the yard deep into May, I spot an insect no longer...

High-flying Lichens

High-flying Lichens

High-flying Lichen: Three Aerial Traits That Increase Its Likability by Celeste Hankins, Winter 2024-25Snow on fruticose lichen. photo by John F. Williams by Celeste Hankins Winter 2024-25Look up! You can’t miss them. They drip from the trees, soft, pale gray-green,...

Listen to Wandering

Listen to Wandering

by Meiwei Winter 2024-25Barn swallow looking for insects in a grassy field in Hansville.  photo by John F. Williamsby Meiwei Winter 2024-25 Here's a song — you can read the words as you listen.WANDERING by Meiwei Where there’s a way there’s an aimless wandererWhere...

Poetry 26

Poetry 26

by multiple poets Winter 2024-25Cormorants in Rich Passage. photo by John F. Williamsby multiple poets Winter 2024-25Along Rich Passage by Sue Hylen   Along Rich Passage   Cormorants guard pier pilings   sea lions honk their songs   seven geese...

COPYRIGHT

Copyright SEA-Media
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution, in whole or in part. without consent of copyright owner is strictly prohibited — except for brief quotations in critical reviews and other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright laws.
SEA-Media is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT

SALISH MAGAZINE

DONATE

Salish Magazine contains no advertising and is free. Your donation is one big way you can help us inspire people with stories about things that they can see outdoors in our Salish Sea region.

We also don't advertise Salish Magazine, so please spread the word of this online resource to your friends and colleagues.

Thanks so much for your interest and your support.