Tiny Beach Peeps

Low tide at sunset draws tiny people to Trinidad State Beach, Northern California.

Back in Ootahhhhh

Took this selfie as I crossed from Nevada into Utah on Jan. 3.

Wingspread

Egret fishing for breakfast at Arcata Marsh.

Egret Aloft

Good Night, Day

December sunset off Trinidad State Beach, Northern California.

More Egret Games

Breakfast! At Arcata March.

Luffenholz Beach at Winter

Sweeping panoramas of Luffenholz Beach on a bright and warm December afternoon.

Egret

Egret, Arcata Marsh.

Shroom Season

It’s mushroom season in the redwoods, like these Amanita muscaria, and all kinds of generic browns (below). Some are delicious, but some are ferociously poisonous. So I just look at ’em, and get my eating shrooms at the store. 

Little River Morning

A salmon sunrise—and a duck—grace the Little River, Humboldt County, California.

What a Seagull Thinks

A young gull reflects on her life. ‘I don’t really like fishguts.’

Arf! Arf! Ow.

 

A young sea lion basks on the beach in annual ‘catastrophic’ molt. Sea lions slough and re-grow their entire epidermis, and this guy found a warm, dry corner for the uncomfortable process.

From the Weird Vegetable Collection

It looks like an alien, but Romanesco is “Italian broccoli” and supposed to be delicious. Didn’t buy any, though . . .

Rowboats

Dinghies in storage at Trinidad Pier. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Stella, Surfer Grrrl

Stella, now nearly 8 months old, has learned swimming & sticks!

Pastels on the Plaza

The Arcata Plaza is covered with color once a year for the annual Pastels on the Plaza to benefit Northcoast Children’s Services. Businesses, schools and nonprofits buy a square on the sidewalks surrounding the Plaza to credit original pastel artwork ranging from social messages to advertisements . . . for bars and porta-potties. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Wave Art

Big swells, a northwest breeze and high tide decorate northern California beach. ©Ted Pease 2013

Stella Sees Something Surprising

Stella the watchdog, surveying the environment.

Wait! What’s that?

Stella sees something surprising.

Surf’s Up!

12-foot Pacific swells roll in from the northwest to slam into Elk Head, Northern California.(©Ted Pease 2013)

Baby Eggplants

Fall bounty at the Arcata Farmers Market. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Rio Dell Farm

September crops from Rio Dell’s Harmony Plateau. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Lavendar Bunches

Bundles of lovely dried lavendar. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Sleeping Boats

At the end of a long day, boats gotta sleep, too.

The fleet at Woodley Island, Eureka, California. (©Ted Pease 2013)

Tuna Ted

A nice couple of albacore from a tuna-fishing trip 50 miles out of Eureka. This is not your mother’s Starkist tuna-in-a-can.

Wow

Sunset off Trinidad.

“Fixed”

And once the surgery is healed, I’m ready for water sports! says Stella.

Sushi

This is how to eat ’em really fresh.

Lobstah

The crustacean of the Other Coast, fatted and then consumed on my return home to Maine this week. Thanks for a lovely evening, Bucky.

Daaaaad!

Stella, at 13 weeks, at the beach.

Frenetic Kinetic 2013

 

 

 

 

FOR THE GLORY!

The annual semi-controlled insanity “For the Glory!” that is the Kinetic Sculpture Race launches on a beautiful May day from the Arcata Plaza. Hundreds turned out to send the wild human-powered machines on their three-day race over roads, dunes, beach, Humboldt Bay and hills. See accounts of last year’s Kinetic Frenzy here, with story on the race’s history.

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