Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.
~ Cathy Allen
Whale Weathervane, Monterey, California 2005
05-27 Sol Shine
By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.
~ Edwin Elliot
Rock Squirrel, Tucson, Arizona 2015
05-26 Sol Shine
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
~ Auguste Rodin
Queen Anne’s Lace, Ashland, Ohio 2009
Funny Friday
So, according to this sign Joes, Jeffs, and Johns are allowed…
No Jakes sign, Cape Meares, Oregon 2018
05-25 Sol Shine
“Why not?” is a slogan for an interesting life.
~ Mason Cooley
Pincushion bloom, Tucson, Arizona 2014
05-24 Sol Shine
Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Steer from Farmer John’s mural, Tucson, Arizona 2009
05-23 Sol Shine
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
~ Paulo Coehlo
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Davenport, Iowa 2009
05-22 Sol Shine
I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.
~ Gandalf (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
Black-crowned Night-heron juvenile, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona 2008
Just Beachy
As the days lengthened and warmed, activity picked up at the beach. The tide pools are hopping and one low tide I witnessed a feeding frenzy at the mouth of Siletz Bay. Northern Anchovy appeared to be the main draw. Gulls, terns, Harbor Seals, and even a Bald Eagle got in on the action. I never know what I’m going to discover out there!
Teeming with Life: 2 Hermit Crabs, 10 Tidepool Sculpins
Aggregating Anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima)
Surfperch
Pale Beach Hopper
Harbor Seal Feet
Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
Lingcod Eggs
Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)
Bald Eagle Joins the Feeding Frenzy
Feeding Frenzy
Western Gull
Mine! Protecting Fish from Interlopers
05-21 Sol Shine
Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.
~ Epictetus
Salmonberry, Portland, Oregon 2012
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