Bring a pillowcase on your Land Rover safari drives, and use
it to protect your camera in between photos. The dust isn't
as bad as often described, but it pays to be careful. Also,
after six trips through much of Africa, my wife and I have never
had a mosquito bite (we still carry Deet wipes).

I was born and raised in Cashmere and appreciate your pictures.
One of the pluses in living amongst all those apple trees was waking
up on a May morning and smelling the apple blossoms. Spring would
bring some great photo opportunities, too.

Yes, billmck, and judging from her expression, possibly prepping for an hemorrhoidectomy . . .

I think you're leaving out one of the most interesting
and beautiful aspects of mushrooms -- color.

I lived in the Palouse for years. I like your photo, but the best time is in the late
spring when the wheat fields are green and the rapeseed fields are bright yellow
(best seen from Steptoe Butte).

Any visitor who mistook this for a lighthouse must either have come
straight from the Sahara Desert, not be over 4 years of age, or have
a severe IQ problem.