The light wasn’t great but the mountains were perfect.
Category: View
Winter sunset
Sunset yesterday was frosted with tule fog. It was simply ethereal.
Have a seat
Dungeness Recreation Area is a great place to walk and now that hunting has been discontinued there it’s even more welcoming. This new bench was installed recently and trails have been better groomed.
Elusive Mount Baker
Mount Baker, in the Cascade Range east of us, is a tantalizing part of our viewscape. It’s often hidden by clouds and it’s distant enough that a clear view is a treat. But the views are never quite ideal and a really good picture seems just beyond reach with my lens range. That doesn’t seem to keep me from trying every time I have a chance. I should just take a road trip to the other side of Puget Sound and get up close and personal.
First snow
Rain and clouds have hidden the Olympics lately. But clouds lifted for a while last week and gave a glimpse of the first snow of the season. This snow may not last, but it’s certainly a taste of what’s to come.
Where’s the campfire?
It’s time to hay the fields in these parts. Sometimes it’s bundled in standard, familiar rectangles. Sometimes it’s rolled up in giant rounds with mesh on the outside. And sometimes it’s wrapped in white plastic like this. To my eye it looks like some huge aliens have come in the night and left a batch of giant marshmallows. You know, like they were interrupted before they could pull out graham crackers and Hershey bars to make ‘smores.
Tomb with a view
This is Dungeness Cemetery. It has a lovely view of the Olympic Mountains to the south and a walk through produces a who’s who of local pioneers for whom many of our local roads are named.