Black and white photo. A rocky mountain peak, snow still clinging to it, against a sky full of wispy clouds. Dark trees cover the slopes below the snow.

I’ve been dealing with a pretty gnarly move, which has kept me busy the past month or so, but that’s finally over so: new post!

Last week I took my usual spring drive up to the North Cascades, and my friend Lisa Jordan of Kyr Creates joined me. She painted, I photographed, and a good time was definitely had by all!

What with all the warm weather we’ve been having there was a lot less snow on the peaks than I’m used to this time of year. It was around 90 at the Diablo Lake viewpoint, which was A Lot, and made me glad I’d worn my convertible hiking pants. Those legs got zipped off right quick.

Plenty of blue skies with high wispy clouds, though, just like I like it. 😀

All photos taken with a Nikon D850.  Lenses used were a Nikon 28-70mm f2.8 and a Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3.

Black and white photo. A rocky mountain peak, snow still clinging to it, against a sky full of wispy clouds. Dark trees cover the slopes below the snow.
Black and white photo. A rocky, pyramidal peak, with a line of snow just above the tree line. A smaller peak juts up to its left.
Color photo. A woman, seen from behind in a blue and white shirt, wearing a green hat, sits in a red camp chair in front of a railing. She is painting. Beyond her is a blue lake, and a mountain rising up above it.
Color photo. A high mountain meadow, covered in brilliant green grass, with dark pines dotted across it. Snow fills a fold of the land up from the bottom. The meadow rises up to the base of a rocky peak, which projects dramatically above it into a blue sky filled with wispy clouds.
Black and white photo. A rocky ridge rises from left to right, culminating in a series of sharp peaks on the right. The lower slopes are covered in snow and dark trees. The sky is full of wispy clouds.
Color photo. A smiling woman in a blue and white short sleeved shirt and a green felt hat, leans against a railing. Behind her are snow covered mountains and a blue sky. The lower slopes are covered in green trees.