The view across Oak Harbor Bay to the Cascade Mountains on October 28.
The view from Oak Harbor on October 27.
Venus was shining bright (upper right) this morning over Oak Harbor. The North Cascade Mountains are on the horizon.
Remnants of a sea wall on the west side of Whidbey Island. A developer thought houses could be built here but the Salish Sea won out. The San Juan Islands are on the horizon.
The boats at the Oak Harbor Marina catch the early sunlight on June 24.
Flintstone Park in Oak Harbor is a good place for a picnic on a warm autumn day. It has views to the east of the Oak Harbor Marina and the Cascade Mountains. To the south, one can see Mt. Rainier on a particularly clear day.
October 5, from Oak Harbor.
The International Space Station is a streak in the upper left corner of this four second exposure. The full moon had risen shortly before the space station passed over. The lights of Oak Harbor are at the bottom.
The full moon rising over Oak Harbor last night, October 5.
I spotted a swimmer in the Salish Sea this morning, off the west side of Whidbey Island. The water temperature this time of year is about 52 degrees. I know because I spent more hours than I can remember swimming in these same waters as a child. After about 15 minutes you are so numb you can't feel anything anyway.
I was at Sunset Beach this morning on the west side of Whidbey Island. The Olympics are nearly bare of snow after a warm and dry summer.
A petal from a camellia blossom after a recent rain shower. Oak Harbor has had a dry summer. Our year to date rainfall is only eleven inches. I doubt we will come close to our average annual rainfall of around twenty inches.
September 28 sunrise from Oak Harbor.
A very confused Granny Smith has a blossom in October, surrounded by mature apples.
A misty September 27 morning in Oak Harbor.
