Winter Residents

A couple of the winter birds I feed: a very territorial Anna's hummingbird and a Pine siskin.

My bush thinks it's Christmas

This shrub in my garden is sporting red and green. The leaves regularly turn bright red in the fall and the red berries are always prolific. Today I noticed green leaves too.

It's beginning to look like Christmas.
 

Frost

 I love the intricate design of frost.

December Dawn

It was wonderful to see some color this morning after record rainfall in November. iPhone photos of Mt. Rainier from Oak Harbor

the filtered sunrise over Maylor's Point

and earlier color.

Mt. Baker Dawn

Mt. Baker at dawn on Nov. 22 from Oak Harbor. 

And a few moments earlier. iPhone photos.

Colorful November Sunrise

Successive iPhone photos of the sunrise in Oak Harbor this morning. A panorama with Mt. Rainer to the right, the North Cascades at the left and a streetlight in between.

A later view of the North Cascades.

Then the clouds were alight with color.

The clouds remained aglow even as I continued on my morning walk.

Dawn Lights Up the Sky

The dawn spread light to the clouds this morning. An iPhone photo from Oak Harbor. The North Cascade Mountains are on the horizon.

October Snow on the Olympics

 

New snow on the Olympics is a welcome sight in these views from the east side of Oak Harbor.

November Frost

 A few images of frost this morning on lithodora, azalea, and a hydrangea blossom.

Oak Harbor Dawn

Oak Harbor at dawn this morning. iPhone photo.

Mt. Rainier from Oak Harbor at Dawn

 An iPhone photo of Rainier at dawn this morning and a second photo showing how far the mountain really is in the distance.

Mt. Baker Snow and at Dawn

 

Mt. Baker late this morning showing off its new coat of snow and an iPhone photo at dawn.

Mt. Rainier at Dawn

 The view this morning from Oak Harbor, iPhone photo.

Oak Harbor Dawn and Sunrise

 

The dawn and sunrise this morning in Oak Harbor, taken with my iPhone.

Mt. Rainier

 The mountain was visible from Oak Harbor Bay October 21.

October Mornings

 The dawn view from Oak Harbor on October 21

and October 19

Dew Drop Crystals

 Sometimes I find beauty in the smallest of places like drops of dew on leaves and grass.

Whidbey Island Dawn

 Oak Harbor at dawn, October 12.

Olympic Mountains

 A late spring view of the Olympic Mountains with snow from the east side of Oak Harbor. Now, at the end of a hot summer, no snow remains. Fall storms should provide new snow soon.

Holiday Sunrise

 The sunrise this morning from Oak Harbor.

October Dawn

 The view October 8 from Flintstone Park on Oak Harbor Bay. The Oak Harbor Marina and Cascade Mountains are in the distance.

Whidbey Island Sunrise

 The dawn view from Oak Harbor on north Whidbey Island. The Cascade Mountains are in the distance.

Autumn

 Signs of autumn. 

Fuchsia

 The fuchsias I winter over bloom later than those forced in a greenhouse and last later into the fall. 

Dew drenched dandelion

                

September Sunrise

 A calm sunrise in Oak Harbor this morning before a forecasted wind and rain storm.

Mt Baker Dawn

                    
A hazy dawn in Oak Harbor, last summer.

Smoky Sunrise

The sunrise this morning from north Whidbey Island through the smoke over the Cascade Mountains from the fires in eastern Washington.

Mt Rainier from Oak Harbor

 An April morning view.

Oak Harbor Dawn

A recent Oak Harbor dawn, Oak Harbor Bay and the Cascade Mountains.

Pink Tulips

 

Oak Harbor Marina

 

The view this morning from the Oak Harbor branch of Skagit Valley College, overlooking the marina and Oak Harbor Bay with the Olympic Mountains in the distance.

The Color of Tulips