Three sets of eyes

Any adventure with my grandchildren is a precious event. On our south Fidalgo Island hike Saturday, however, I was struck by an “upside” of our team event from a photographer’s perspective: THREE sets of eyes rather than one! With the added observation skills of my young mates, I saw a number of things that I more than likely would have missed if I was alone. Among them: a small frog in a pond, ducks among reeds, river otter swimming in an offshore kelp bed and a tiny sea star situated among shells and rocks at the bottom of a wave-splashed bluff wall. Otter dove under before a photo, frog dove and disappeared, ducks swam out of sight. The sea star went back into the sea, hopefully to a long, healthy life. (There were two cameras in our group. The best froggie photo was taken by my 13-year-old granddaughter. My 10-year-old grandson was the sea star rescuer.)

Tiny sea star

Ducks in reeds

Frog on surface of pond