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...

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.