Together alone...

 

The trains don't come to Astoria anymore...

 

Astoria, old and new---

 The dolly was used to haul fishing boats out of the water.   Some of the canneries are simply gone,   some have been replaced by hotels.

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Astoria-- Only a few miles from the mouth of the Columbia River--

 

Established 1811 and named after John Jacob Astor, Astoria was the first permanent U.S. settlement west of the Rocky Mountains.

Minnie Peak from Johnston Ridge, looking North...

 

Lots of sunshine on Coldwater Lake-- with Minnie Peak looking on...

 

Shadows and light...

 

Still a flower or two in the wetlands...

 

Bright light and big trees...

 

The sun is coming out over the wetlands...

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The mountain is bare in the early morning light...

 

Terrible Tilly!

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse sits on a rock a mile offshore of Tillamook Head in Clatsop County, Oregon. Operating from 1881 to 1957, the lighthouse was nicknamed Terrible Tilly for its ferocious storms and the difficulties facing lighthouse keepers stationed there. It was the most expensive lighthouse built in the United States up to that time.

There was just a tiny bit of drizzle this past Tuesday morning-- Not enough to do much good, but enough to make this spider web turn in to a galaxy of stars...

 

This very tall fellow seems quite welcoming...

 

September is just a couple of weeks away...

 

Keeping watch...

 

It's cool and peaceful down by the creek...

 

Snavely, the little garden snake, says, "Can't see me! I'm hiding!"

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Things look kind of scary out there...

 

No time to waste!

 

A lovely morning at Coldwater Lake--- Minnie Peak in the background.

 

Open windows-- The birds fly in and out. I don't know about the ghosts.

 

Do you suppose there are ghosts in the old metal fabrication factory?

 

Good Morning!

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It's just a good place to be...

 

Here you can see the trees AND the forest. It just takes a little practice.

 

Smoke from a distant fire-- At the end of the day, from a viewpoint 2000 feet above the Toutle River, the mountain is mysterious... At the base of the mountain, to the right, steam sometimes vents as well.

 

There's some smoke around Mt. St. Helens-- The wildfires aren't close, but they are sending some smoke our way. We're looking east up the Toutle River Valley. Before the mountain exploded the river was hundreds of feet below where it is now.

 

All by myself...

 

It's a lot easier to be calm in the forest...

 

Come in! You are welcome...

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