Yet another Fidalgo Island classic appears destined to fall under the ravages of time. My collection includes photos of two island barns that have suffered this fate in recent years.
A new bench at Heart Lake, dedicated to James Blair McCallum. The plaque reads: “An amazing husband, dad, brother, son, papa and friend. Devoted and accomplished in every aspect of life. So much to live for — gone too soon. We will love you always and forever. From all your family and friends.”
Saw these three Canada geese in the neighborhood yesterday, decided to add them to the collection of vane images I have from around the island. Weather vanes as art
A coyote circles the fenceline separating the Anacortes High School track/football field from adjacent wetlands area.
Eagle flies to nest in Skagit Wildlife Area.
A stretch of boardwalk at the Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve in Anacortes. No matter the season, a beautiful walk linking harbor beach and adjacent wetlands. Interpretive posts tell the story of local flora and fauna. Listen for blackbird trills, watch for hummingbirds, eagles and osprey.
I was driving on Heart Lake Road when I caught a flash of motion in the trees to the left. I pulled over and got this single shot of an eagle swooping through an opening in the trees. In an instant he was gone. A few crows flew from ground level to trees on the […]
Sometimes it’s fun to apply digital editing techniques in photo editing program. Today’s Mt. Baker, “art” option applied.
This image demonstrates the fact that I still see and act like a boy, if only on rare occasion. I spotted the very small mushroom on the forest floor at the edge of a trail, and after brief deliberation concluded the only way to REALLY see it was to lie on my stomach, camera lens […]
Entering Padilla Bay from the Swinomish Channel Wednesday morning is the “Pacific Sentinel,” a response vessel from the Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC).
I didn’t have much time to do anything other than to grab my camera when this eagle made a guest appearance in our neighborhood. This is a “fly-by” shot at he opted to fly over our roof and off into the trees. Always impressive to see these beauties in flight.
From my files, 2005. Dunlap tug “Rosario” taking logs through Deception Pass … a Pacific Northwest scene that has become increasingly rare.