palouse

snow

hill

blue foam

pullman highway

The Palouse is usually portrayed in photos as some sort of Hobbits' shire. Green, growing, idyllic.-- Blah. Here's the ever-majestic Palouse as Mordor.

Brown Creeper

A ghost of gnats

These gnats swarm as the sun goes down, or at least that is when they stand out. Wikipedia says, this nightly swarm is known as a "ghost." Happy Halloween!

Here's one up close.