If you are not convinced that these rocks came from an ancient beach, take a look at the last post closely and you will see the...

About 30 to 40 Million year ago, the region that is now the Green was beneath the sea! The bedrock is made of brown/tan siltstones and...

Lichens can actually break down rock. These crustose lichens are part of a community of organisms that colonize surface like this (you...

I love the many innovative ways living things have evolved on our planet, and one of my favorite innovators are the lichens. These...

Quartz, biotite and amphibole pepper this igneous rock from the stream bed. These course-grained, plutonic, igneous rocks forms when...

Small mounds of freshly excavated dirt littering the path are a sign that moles are afoot - doing their tunnel-digging thing! (October 2022)

One more for now - this time over a human constructed step in the stream. What its purpose is, I'm not sure. (July 2022)

Here is one in action - I could listen to the water all day. (September 2022)

This one cascades over some rocky substrate. (August 2022)

The creek is ever pulled by downhill by gravity, sometimes creating riffles and waterfalls. This is one of many that flows over an old...

Puget Sound has been covered with ice several times in the last million years, most recently about 20,000 years ago. These massive...

Every healthy stream in salmon country, especially small ones, are shaped by large logs and branches that fall in the stream. This...