Happy New Year! A winter afternoon walk on the wetlands boardwalk.

 

Happy New Year to all! I hope 2024 will bring us a happier world.

 

A ship loaded with logs is headed down the Columbia River toward the Pacific, and eventually the Orient. Don't be upset about the trees-- they're from tree farms and are grown to be harvested.

 

Day is done, and there is hope for tomorrow...

 

Up, up, and away-- too!

 

Up, up, and away!

 

A power failure Christmas evening slowed down my posting, so here's one from a few years back--- That's Laura in red.

 

Nature really does do the best decorating for Christmas! Too all my family and friends, all over the world, Merry Christmas. I send love and hugs!

 

Another late afternoon, and a much lower snow level! But the ducks don't care.

 

Last light in the wetlands-- Our favorite tree is on the left.

 

The duck says it's getting a bit crowded up there...

 

A beautiful Good Night from Mt. St. Helens...

 

Who says things aren't colorful in December!

 

And miles to go before we sleep...

 

A glowing Mt. St. Helens as seen from the Spirit Lake Highway...

 

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Minnie Peak is wearing a veil today as she stands high above Coldwater Lake.

 

Foggy last light of the day...

 

A windy late afternoon at a rain-swollen Silver Lake...

 

She's surrounded by 3 boyfriends!

 

Cold tonight!

 

Sunset-- time to fly home.

 

There seems to be a large number of birds having a convention on the beach-- at sunset!

 

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The path to the beach-- just in time for sunset!

 

Another part of the rainforest near the ocean...

 

In a canyon, close to the ocean, the light is special in the rainforest...

 

Hey, shall we go see what's on the other side?

 

On a hill above the beach, a lonely seagull says it's just not the same when the tourists are gone...

 

The rocks are a little different 100 miles to the north...

 

The water will always wear down the rocks-- It just takes a while.

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A ship is coming in and will soon pass the skeleton of what was once a fish cannery.

 

Watching... Looking for answers...

 

Let's just watch the sun go down...

 

All by itself!

 

Day is done...

 

It's so big...

 

The right spot at the right time...

 

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And away...

 

Portrait of a gentleman on the beach...

 

Brrrrrrr!

 

Everybody loves the beach...

 

In the late afternoon, two happy dogs playing in the surf...

 

A hole in the sky!

 

Cold...

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Sunshine and an active surf at Seaside!

 

Well, after all, it is a rainforest!

 

Like a magic tapestry...

 

A heavy shower and some wind took down a lot of leaves, but the ones that are left give it a festive look!

 

Passing showers, headed east...

 

Standing tall in the setting sun...

 

The beautiful meditation lake in the Olequa Heights...

 

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