Gee--- the afternoon light on the old mission was very interesting...

High Plains Shadows

Never stopped being great...

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Glowing in the shadows...

Hey! I can't feel my feet!

Two Goldeneye ducks in the very cold water of Coldwater Lake...

Foggy Valley...

It's not so dark that we can't find our way...

After the rain, sunshine!

Fly!

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Four engines pulling...

... and there were two in back, pushing.  That's a lot of containers to move!

All is still except...

...the creek, on it's way to the Columbia River.

Along the Columbia....

See? We really can all get along...

It was pretty amazing to see gulls, ducks, a crow, and a squirrel hanging out together...

Yesterday was a beautiful day for mountain watching...

HEY! We're cold!

Sometimes something beautiful happens when you mix things up a bit..

This beautiful duck is a hybrid of Mallard and domestic Pekin.

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Smile!

Walking on water...

The fog is forming in the woods next to the lake...

Winter us still with us.

Don't you wish you could take it with you...?

The Eye from the Dark Tower...

I'm still here...

Sometimes it's good to leave the noise behind...

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Go high!

An Osprey, glowing in the light from the setting sun...   It rises above with a nearly 6 foot wingspan.

Oh yeah? Go ahead, make my day!

Nature's brushstrokes are always just right...

The good part about winter...

Even Mt. St. Helens, looming in the distance, is cloud-free!

Spectacular--- before it melts away...

Beautiful, but cold...

An exquisitely beautiful winter morning with the sun shining on the frozen wetlands...

Frozen!

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The Copa...

...the Copacabana!

Winter woods...

The old barn on the hill...

Snow!

We may see some snow once or twice each year, but rarely this much.   Roads are a mess.  This is the view from the back door just after the sun came up this morning.  Very cold. 

No big deal--- what's a little snow?

Well, actually it is a big deal.  We're snowed in this morning.  We don't get much snow here, so nobody deals with it very well.  Good day to sit inside and listen to Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, and Satie. Maybe some Beethoven...

Watching out for us...

Don't be afraid. Time and people pass, but the sea remains.

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Discover what's right there in front of you...

Got an extra sweatshirt?

It's COLD!

Footprints...

Beach Ballet...

Come on, let's go!

Hitchcockian cliffs...

Too much fun!

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Years change, but the sea, the sky, the rocks will still be here...