Mount Constitution View, Orcas Island

This photo was taken from the top of Mount Constitution on Orcas Island, Washington State. Mt. Baker is in the distance with the historic town of Fairhaven on the shore. A bit of Bellingham can be seen to the left. Lummi Island is in the foreground.

Mt. Baker from the ferry to Orcas Island

Our ferry trip to Orcas Island began with fog. Mt. Baker finally became visible while the fog lingered elsewhere.

Caterpillar Lunch

Hoypus Point Hike, Deception Pass State Park

There is a short and level hike from Cornet Bay to Hoypus Point in the Deception Pass State Park. It follows an old road that went to the loading area of a small ferry in use before the bridge was built.
Even on an overcast day there are sights along the trail that are worth the effort. Photographers hike out to this point twice a year when the sun sets under the Deception Pass Bridge.

Color Contrast

Sometimes one is fortunate enough to find contrastng colors in a natural setting (without having to push blooms here and there).

Bloom where your seed falls

...even if your seed falls into a crack in the middle of a sidewalk.

Hairy Woodpecker Pair, male feeding female

We recently had a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers in the old apple tree. I was amazed to see the male repeatedly pecking out the bugs and then feeding the female, who remained somewhat motionless.