The light of the setting sun glows on the Cascade Mountains to the east of Oak Harbor on December 16.
These deer are frequently seen on what we call Freund's Hill on the west side of Oak Harbor. Drivers must be alert as the deer cross the road often.
Mt. Baker from Fir Island on Christmas Day.
Construction lights illuminate the windmill on an early rainy morning.
The view from SR 20 at Dugualla Bay on December 7.
A rainy morning looking west toward the "crane tree" and then east, with the tail light trail of a passing car in the 2.5 second exposure.
This house, on the corner of SW Erie St. and SW 6th Ave. in Oak Harbor, always goes all out for holidays.
The Cascades from Oak Harbor shortly after sunrise December 7.
A bench in Flintstone Park where one walking the trail along Oak Harbor Bay may stop and enjoy the view of the Oak Harbor Marina and the North Cascades. December 14.
The flock of wigeons that has taken up residence at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor.
New snow on the Olympics seen from Oak Harbor in mid-December.
A serene morning at Flintstone Park in Oak Harbor, December 14. The North Cascade Mountains are in the distance, over the Oak Harbor Marina.
New snow on the foothills and Mt. Baker as we drove along SR 20 December 7.
Mt. Baker is "out," as we native Whidbey Islanders say. This photo was taken a few moments ago, the view from Oak Harbor.
The full moon over Vancouver Island (obscured by clouds) on the morning of December 14.
Late afternoon December 13 from Oak Harbor.
The full moon this evening from Oak Harbor.
Imported into the U.S. from Europe, starlings have spread through the country.
December 7 dawn in Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island.
The sunrise over Maylor's Point earlier this week.
The Olympic Mountains from Whidbey Island earlier this week.
December 6, from Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island.
Ominous clouds, new snow on the Olympics, and a stiff west wind made for an exciting time at Sunset Beach on the west side of Whidbey Island December 4.
This photo from February anticipates the good snow Mt. Baker is experiencing with these storms. The Oak Harbor Marina and NAS Whidbey housing are in the foreground.
A serene pond on north Whidbey Island.
New snow was visible through a break in the clouds today in this view from Oak Harbor.
Yes, it does rain here sometimes.
A rose from this last summer.
The North Cascades had a dusting of snow just before Thanksgiving.
These have got to be the largest mush-rooms I have ever seen on north Whidbey. They measure ten inches across, are part of a ring and are in a field west of First Reformed Church in Oak Harbor.
One storm this fall and I am ready for lots of snow, as seen in this photo of the Olympics from February of this year.
Compare with the snow pack in this photo from mid-September.
Oak Harbor at dawn earlier this month.
