<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:44:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@teryani/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Cascadia April Garden Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spring is sprung. Daffodils are in their full glory, blossoms are on the fruit trees, and if you planned ahead, starts are being hardened off, getting ready to be planted out into beds. The growing season]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@teryani/the-cascadia-april-garden-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@teryani/the-cascadia-april-garden-guide</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 07:09:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwqy328DS7w4S3ZURkcMwKaL2UiB89H9nDXF6c32dyNCJGK79X8tUMvmtTpe1J5iqT9ggnrvyBh8UvxCRCYv7YQ9kt59ci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time to Plant Potatoes--Here's How]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you’ve only eaten potatoes from the market, you’re missing out on a lot of fresh flavor. Home-grown potatoes are incredibly tasty, easy to grow, and honestly, there’s nothing quite like the feeling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/a-guide-to-getting-those-potatoes-in-the-ground</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/a-guide-to-getting-those-potatoes-in-the-ground</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5yzL9o6z3MHdECxcQc6FPKpPQY6kV2NaisC33iHJ6uJT9reBu4hJuTv2cxox2Zd9ojjMSqokGgQf9Ziexdk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks for Checking!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A big thank you to @salty-mcgriddles for checking my exif data and finding that it was missing! I had no idea. Apparently I had a box checked on Photoshop's "save for web" dialogue that didn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/thanks-for-checking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/thanks-for-checking</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 18:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2UMEe6krUNDjwEqydBRyE7RnfRZpWDu22f93TpbRrAF9YgABBVPzVsm5hVAgfSPjC8NTjQvEX2YdKpoaWX8yhbGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wetland Wonderland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wetlands are remarkably important for a number of reasons: they recharge groundwater supplies; trap floodwaters; and contain a disproportionately high number of animal and plant species when compared to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lsphotocompetition/@teryani/wetland-wonderland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lsphotocompetition/@teryani/wetland-wonderland</guid><category><![CDATA[lsphotocompetition]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 07:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVLfvydY6z4V3Y43FpqcRZhYY7LtXL94xqSBt8uhqhvWKyuh2haRPr23tuM4Y3hGJ6kKZmc2YgN298LzdSeU1ufyEukJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Your Potatoes Off to a Great Start by Chitting!]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the end of March comes potato planting season in the Pacific Northwest (Cascadia). You can plant these delectable tubers from now until May for an August or September harvest, and that means not only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/get-your-potatoes-off-to-a-great-start-by-chitting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/get-your-potatoes-off-to-a-great-start-by-chitting</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 05:40:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zBQypppRZkcAMV3uVHhRktN5374LT3Afe6xPMpXmUYwWw3E6v2BhK5eLwoSX6FHkoPCQmaNkh7nRr4PCzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Avoid Transplant Shock]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some gardeners like to believe that there’s no way to avoid transplant shock. Even worse, some even believe that transplant shock doesn’t matter—that it’s just a normal, unavoidable course of events that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/how-to-avoid-transplant-shock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/how-to-avoid-transplant-shock</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrcgwXXnJ8Z6jvhmhnuzx58q5X6ScFwnZgsbdsgXvaUJ3CUG6ahsy8vQ2eYsebWV9NNNTKdBU6YbRHHUCi4Kkg3rnVYKg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got Your Peas in Yet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fresh peas are some of the tastiest treats the garden has to offer, and now is traditionally the time to plant them. In fact, if you live in the Northwest US (Cascadia), the saying is “Peas by Presidents]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/got-your-peas-in-yet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/got-your-peas-in-yet</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K62Uzavpkkv4XoHPXuokosL4aMRwRne5JX3hLPanxk585Aa6Arz8cs5tMcBmNYiBEZHE21meWfmN11hnJttv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[March Garden Guide (Cascadia)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the gardener who’s been eagerly waiting for Spring, the fickle weather of late February and March can really play with the emotions. One day (or even week) it will be so sunny we can’t imagine not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/march-garden-guide-cascadia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/march-garden-guide-cascadia</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChbA3p2SDnuUtuZFdcQonv26bYrdTWt8ptJBuJhT5LKsvJtTaWAmAmugxWAwaTCB6Ff7DbpYGWTGdXGut?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bit of Indigo in the Sky Makes the Whole World Golden]]></title><description><![CDATA[One year, after leaving Joshua Tree National Park, I was hitching back north in the dark. It was a back road in the middle of nowhere, and the only thing that kept me from getting hit by the cars was my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/a-bit-of-indigo-in-the-sky-makes-the-whole-world-golden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/a-bit-of-indigo-in-the-sky-makes-the-whole-world-golden</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 03:52:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Gprpthf7CfQaAhp9xQMrf2MMYH7wS6EzVgPB3xVQnvRRAgtn3pduLDBdcyuYgviNZqScUdoMUT4FQqKioc2uiaS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Time for Introspection]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Posting this again for Blue Friday--and since so few people saw it the first time around.) Never fear, for there is beauty in the midst of darkness, and the light always returns. Now, in the time of spring,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/a-time-for-introspection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/a-time-for-introspection</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:57:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdfqKZrrGkQ9kKkaGpyJBDNgcythmxCtoUDFAVgFXUWxSKoWwquj9CCVNcpWhLnmcWZQQHWu1DqPWZogAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farm At Sunset]]></title><description><![CDATA[Usually when hitchhiking down the California coast I want to stay near the water. But this time my driver and I got a little lost taking side roads and we ended up a bit inland during the blue hour. At]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/farm-at-sunset</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/farm-at-sunset</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu2pEMogqpZoWixSdFDJb6TVRqzASu4dZJmuRAjdJa5RzXvYMN8caMvv2krauK21U5qeywSiNtYPW8rNWZECEyd8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting to the Heart of Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[While it's sometimes easier to stay on the periphery, there is often a wild madness of symmetry at the heart of things.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photocontest/@teryani/getting-to-the-heart-of-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photocontest/@teryani/getting-to-the-heart-of-things</guid><category><![CDATA[photocontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChTuZQnFtCxhesRNDSqkbhZFkXieZhNEMRtPoeikuBBrvt7tDa779q7HMrn3Pb3TDirrWoJtgCHWiugML?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready For a Visitor--Yellow Wednesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pollen is one of the tiny things that makes terrestrial life on Earth possible...well, at least life as we know it. The flower below is more than ready for its winged visitors, many of whom love to gather]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/ready-for-a-visitor-yellow-wednesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/ready-for-a-visitor-yellow-wednesday</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:41:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyCi7XwSvG6sY3cSLTtKvAGii6MYmL5H4841ZN2dn7bjgZcQPxdiHzr2FmZoF2dcQfpsHwAMzyCXfGyH4sVHrfevjwjk3mazVhQ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Monday--The Boathouse in Astoria]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the far north-western tip of Oregon lies this quaint little town called Astoria. This building seems to have been there forever, but I have no idea what it was used for. Any ideas?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/red-monday-the-boathouse-in-astoria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@teryani/red-monday-the-boathouse-in-astoria</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGbT4pVRMXK8ZD1PBkfz8k1dR1JSgKRmzqzH9DKWdzGQA1mqt5jgji5j1nkYtx4Rxjia6pPV33Z9yZeqNbu3FL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldn't You Like to Live Here?]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be part of a winter wildlife tracking program in Washington state (to help make wildlife corridors), we first needed to get trained in tracking. This was one of the meeting spaces. Whatdya think? Your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/wouldn-t-you-like-to-live-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/wouldn-t-you-like-to-live-here</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:59:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMpMtzs3gymFpNVvqH4pwxSkYQMyVPufiymm1YH3ktrQeATc5XJKRwcXNYweMK1bQGLYsBw7hAXxYLjEmKCcnZMTLxof7XvU83p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes We Need to Bring Out Our Shadow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Within each one of us lies the darkness, but don't flee from it--dance with it! (My kitten Darius looking all predatory.)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animalphotography/@teryani/sometimes-we-need-to-bring-out-our-shadow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animalphotography/@teryani/sometimes-we-need-to-bring-out-our-shadow</guid><category><![CDATA[animalphotography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:52:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpypmYsmEfRCoxHkGFYTjh5rbwZJ8d3RWCQRWbULSCrcoyRdu5dE5y8MRFwCRWZZbwRPXus1Z3gQwYZGPjR6N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the Path Leads into Mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without mystery, our lives would be dull indeed. Never let yourself be dissuaded by the darkness--it can lead to magical, mystical places. Taken in the Olympic National Park.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@teryani/sometimes-the-path-leads-you-into-mystery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@teryani/sometimes-the-path-leads-you-into-mystery</guid><category><![CDATA[landscapephotography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 08:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinpzX1BwxVuCdX6sw1X3gAsGyR4VAMPjMXCgdVbM8KJnyGyayqWFj7U3EY65o7bp8mkzs21RtP3JT8TP1ShYD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alien Landing Spot]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you ever need to get picked up by the Andromedans, Orions, or other nebula folk, this is the kind of place they like to visit. [Taken in the Joshua Tree National Park]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/alien-landing-spot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@teryani/alien-landing-spot</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 08:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVMVm7g4iGFRKgsi8gZwDsNRJWQ4yjuWBigc6v7NcQFNBGNhrWsiLhgyJG8Fyw6NLD1hQq3Z1RotLeLZEnUNJLeBJsb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evening Falls on the Hood Canal]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a while I was either hitching or driving Highway 101 on the Olympic every month. Once in a while I caught the light at the right time. This was taken in multiple exposures and processed in Aurora HDR.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@teryani/evening-falls-on-the-hood-canal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/landscapephotography/@teryani/evening-falls-on-the-hood-canal</guid><category><![CDATA[landscapephotography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdfqKZrrGkQ9kKkaGpyJBDNgcythmxCtoUDFAVgFXUWxSKoWwquj9CCVNcpWhLnmcWZQQHWu1DqPWZogAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Need Local, Open-pollinated Seed for Your Gardens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spring is right around the corner and that means it’s time to start thinking about our gardens. For some of us, it’s already time to start our seeds. If you didn’t save your own for starting this year,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/why-you-need-local-open-pollinated-seed-for-your-gardens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/livesustainably/@teryani/why-you-need-local-open-pollinated-seed-for-your-gardens</guid><category><![CDATA[livesustainably]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[teryani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:12:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rzJj54eqEoDmWWR79sC42UgWpRAyQknQzC7E7Tzv4SXPZLBdzK8toTZeeQdGz8LZZYsftksnEbQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>