Olympic Mountains

The Olympic Mountains presented a moody view of new snow from West Beach Road on Whidbey Island.

Oak Harbor Beach Erosion

Recent very high tides and southerly winds have eroded the beach at Windjammer Park on Oak Harbor Bay. All the supports for the wind breaks used to be on solid ground. Now the southern most ones are surrounded by driftwood.

Winter Wind Storm

West winds of 35 mph created great waves at Sunset Beach yesterday. Sea foam on my clothes, sand in my eyes and mouth, what more could a native Whidbey Islander want?

Stormy days like yesterday show why the attempt to make waterfront lots on this part of the beach did not work. All that remains are broken pieces of concrete.

Oak Harbor Sunrise

January 9 sunrise on Scenic Heights and the Olympics from the east side of Oak Harbor. I was at the Sno-Isle Library parking lot for this view.

Ducks at Lunch

Swan Lake, Whidbey Island.

Any Day is a Good Day to Walk on the Beach

A September photo taken at Joseph Whidbey State Park on the west side of Whidbey Island.

Dutch Eagle

Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor, yesterday.

Rain

Rain on the newly blooming snowdrops.

Man Against Nature

A developer built a bulkhead along the southern end of Sunset Beach decades ago with the aim of selling waterfront lots.

These photos from yesterday show why the project did not succeed. The remnants are a favorite site for graffiti. Sunset Beach is on the west side of Whidbey Island. The San Juan Islands are on the horizon.

Oak Harbor

Oak Harbor and the North Cascades after sunset.

Swan Lake

Swan Lake, Sunset Beach, and the Olympic Mountains New Year's Day.

Mt. Baker

Mt. Baker was showing off its new snow the last day of 2015 in this view from Whidbey Island.

Is it spring?

My snowdrops think it's spring, as do my tulips. But so do the weeds. It's going to be a long weeding season.

Salish Sea Sunset

Sunset from the west side of Whidbey Island, September of 2014.

Foggy Dawn

A foggy Cascade dawn last November. I was on the west side of Oak Harbor for this view.

Frost

A little experimenting after a heavy frost in the fall.

Olympic Mountains from Whidbey Island

This view of Oak Harbor Bay and the Olympic Mountains is from above the Sno-Isle Library on the east side of Oak Harbor. Some of the NAS Whidbey military housing is just above this location and have this view.

Cascades at Sunset

I was on the west side of Oak Harbor for this recent view of the Oak Harbor Marina and the North Cascades.

Mt. Baker from Whidbey Island

Mt. Baker from West Beach Road on Whidbey Island. I grew up on the farm close to this property and saw this view frequently. It still has a special place in my heart.

Olympic Mountains from Whidbey Island

I grew up in this little community of San de Fuca on Whidbey Island. This view is from Arnold Road on the last day of 2015.

Waves

Libbey Beach on Whidbey Island. There is something about the waves that is soothing.

Cascade Dawn

The Cascade Mountains and the Oak Harbor Marina just before dawn on the last day of 2015. I was at Flintstone Park on Oak Harbor Bay for this view.

Olympic Mountains from Oak Harbor

The Olympic Mountains showed off their new snow just before sunrise on the last day of 2015. I was just above the Oak Harbor Marina for this view.

Mt. Rainier from Oak Harbor

The ducks and I were at Flintstone Park at dawn the last day of 2015 to catch Mt. Rainier from the edge of Oak Harbor Bay.

January Sunset

The Olympic Mountains after sunset. Swan Lake is in the foreground. This second photo is a bit earlier, from Sunset Beach, on the west side of Whidbey Island.

Cascade Snow

Oak Harbor and the North Cascades at the end of December.

Bird Watching

West Beach, Whidbey Island. The Olympics are in the distance.

Mt. Rainier from Ft. Ebey State Park

Mt. Rainier at dusk from Ft. Ebey State Park on the west side of Whidbey Island.

Frost

I was having some fun with my macro lens.

Mushroom Clouds

This is not a cloud from an atomic bomb. It was one of many unusual cloud formations December 29. A temperature inversion was predicted.

I took these photos from the parking lot of the Sno-Isle Library in Oak Harbor.

First Sunrise of 2016

New Year's Day sunrise from Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island.

Last Sunset of 2015

December 31 sunset over the Olympics from the west side of Whidbey Island.