Happy New Year!

Perhaps we can all try again to believe in each other.

Right at the line....

A barge pusher...

You're right! You can walk on it!

While the ducks in the foreground are dabbling for food where they can, Henry and Matilda are standing on the ice.

The duck wonders why...?

... he can stand on the water!

What's the matter Henry? Cold feet?

Henry and Matilda, skirting the ice on the lake...

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In perfect stillness...

... except for the occasional  quack, honk, or caw, and the crunch of our footsteps.

Wherever you are...

I hope that in your heart you are home for Christmas.  Merry Christmas!

Walking on the pier-- crunch crunch crunch...

Like a river of clouds...

Softly...

Still some ice in the wetlands...

And then the rain...

...comes to wash away the snow

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Just above the water...

More sun and less snow... The Great Blue Heron flies just above the water, still searching.

The Great Blue Heron...

... still out looking for dinner.

Winter, just outside the kitchen window...

Just before the snow...

Where the wild goose goes...

Canada Geese winter here by the thousands.

The snow always makes Elk Rock stand a bit taller...

In the last ray of light...

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Frosty Leaves....

Wintry wetlands walk...

Vigil...

Quiet... I wonder if frogs migrate...

Better stay here with us...

... it's crazy out there.

Hurry up, Henry!

The storm missed us!

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Beautifully cold...

A ray of sunshine...

Just when the darkness is closing in, a beam of light is so welcome...

December comes to the wetlands path...

December along the Columbia River...