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Just Beachy!

It was a lovely day at the beach – sunny, warm (for here anyway), and key factor, not windy! It was so nice a Mallard couple were dabbling in the surf (a first for me). The tidepools at Road’s End State Park kept me busy: tidepool closeup, Tidepool Sculpin, snails, Ochre Sea Stars, Chiton, Mussels and Gooseneck Barnacles, Giant Green Anemones, shore crab, and a nudibranch.

Mallards in the Surf

Mallards in the Surf

Cascade Head with Surf

Cascade Head with Surf

Cascade Head from Hidden Beach

Cascade Head from Hidden Beach

Tidepool Details

Tidepool Details

Tidepool Sculpin

Tidepool Sculpin

Snails

Snails

Ochre Sea Star

Ochre Sea Star

Ochre Sea Star

Ochre Sea Star

Hairy Chiton

Hairy Chiton

Mussels and Gooseneck Barnacles

Mussels and Gooseneck Barnacles

Giant Green Anemone

Giant Green Anemone

Shore Crab

Shore Crab

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

Low Tide

Low Tide

Reflection

Reflection

Beach at Low Tide

Beach at Low Tide

March 25, 2018 2

03-25 Sol Shine

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

~ Albert Einstein

Ponderosa Pine Cones (Male), Bend, Oregon 2008

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03-24 Sol Shine

We are such stuff. As dreams are made on…

~ Shakespeare

Magnolia bloom, Charleston, South Carolina 2007

March 24, 2018 2

Well, Hail!

Today’s spring weather on the Central Oregon Coast brought hail! It turned the beach white and as it grew in size it drove the resident Harbor Seals into the water. The dark spots you see in my admittedly poor-quality video are their heads diving under to avoid the sting of the hard ice balls.

March 23, 2018 0

Funny Friday

Literally and actually. Rhode Island, 2007

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03-23 Sol Shine

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

~ e.e. cummings

Mule Deer fawn, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010

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03-22 Sol Shine

Happiness equals reality, minus expectations.

~ Tom Magliozzi

Old Faithful Rainbow Yellowstone NP WY 09-2008

Old Faithful with Rainbow, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2008

March 22, 2018 0

03-21 Sol Shine

I love those who smile in trouble, who gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Watery Design, Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington 2008

March 21, 2018 0

03-20 Sol Shine

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune, without the words and never stops at all.

~ Emily Dickinson

Northern Cardinal, Tucson, Arizona 2009

March 20, 2018 0

Sunny, But Still…

The sun shone all day but it was only able to warm us up to 50 degrees which, coincidentally, is the average temperature of our section of the Pacific Ocean this time of year. A brisk 12mph wind meant that the air temperature felt more like 45 degrees, according to NOAA’s nifty Wind Chill Calculator. All that information so that you can fully appreciate the following scene:

March 19, 2018 2