How’s this for a bird’s eye view?
Seeing things?
DH thought this rock on the trail looked like a skull. I agree. It looks a little like one of those Mexican sugar skulls to me. Are we seeing things?
Backlit
The cattails are looking pretty beaten up this time of year. But add a puff of wind, a little light from behind and they perk up.
This photo brought to you by DH
I spied yesterday’s berries adorning a graceful tree near the new Sequim Civic Center. I shot various angles as I became increasingly enamored of the fall of the stems. Satisfied, I stepped away from the tree and turned to walk back to the car. “Aren’t you going to shoot the yarn bomb?” said DH. “What yarn bomb?” said clueless photographer.
Thank you, DH!
Winter gleanings
Sometimes it feels like winter strips everything bare. Truth is, it leaves bits and pieces for critters. Starlings and seagulls have found meals lately in our lawn, as have the groups of deer that graze. And many trees and bushes have leftovers once the leaves are gone.
Walk this way
Ten days ago I posted photos of the closed southern portion of the bluff trail at Dungeness Recreation Area and an adjacent new trail under construction further inland. The other day we came upon the ranger-manager as he worked on the new trail which routes walkers inland from the bluff.
The old bluff trail, refurbished only three years ago, is permanently closed due to steady erosion and to prevent idiots misguided walkers from scaling adjacent unprotected bluff areas. Posts and wires are being installed along the new route which should be open (weather permitting work completion) within a couple of weeks. You will, no doubt, see this new trail once my feet get authorization to enter. Can’t wait!
Grey, anyone?
Although we had rain enough, we didn’t get the truly nasty wet and windy hit that much of the West Coast suffered on Thursday. We’ve just had soggy and more soggy, grey clouds pouring down the Olympic Mountains until it’s hard to tell land from sky.