This Morning

Morningstar above Logan, Utah. (©Ted Pease, 2009)

Seasonal

The same field, different days. (©Ted Pease, 2007&2009)

Snowday

The first snowday of F2009—Sept. 30. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Doldrums

Hot and lazy on Cutler Marsh in late summer. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Happiness is a Sprinkler

INSANE HOUND—Sadie learns tree-climbing, hunting the sprinkler. (©Ted Pease 2009)
See more Sadie Sprinklerhead silliness on YouTube.

Sliver of Morning

Morning new moon rises above the Bear River Range. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Postcard from Paradise

CooPeasians on Indian Beach, August 2009.

Grainy

Ripened wheat. (©Ted Pease 2009)

3rd Dam

Hwy. 91 to Jackson Hole wends past Third Dam in Logan Canyon. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Amber Waves of Grain

August wheatfield. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Summer Storm

A passing shower leaves a rainbow behind over Cache Valley. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Sadie in Logan River

For Sadie, there’s nothing more fun than water . . .

. . . the splashing and snorfling . . .

. . . the leaping and diving . . .

. . . always busybusybusy. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Into the Valley

WEEKEND WALKS—Dirt track wanders the northern flanks of the Wellsvilles to Mendon Peak. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Hollyhock

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Dragonfly

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Cutler Marsh to Mendon Peak

Late-summer sunflowers frame the Wellsville Range reflecting in Cutler Marsh. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Poop Poop! I’m Toad!

Cap’n Toad speeds eight miles out to sea after the wily halibut. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Sweetpea Dew

(©Ted Pease 2009)

Murres in Flight

A gaggle of common murres speed past en route to lunch. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Fernlights

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Dawgfeet

Lulu puts her feet up. (©Ted Pease 2009)

What’s for Supper?

A pair of rockcod and a small halibut await fileting. (©Ted Pease 2009)

North Coast Haze

Seabirds swoop past Northern California seastacks in morning fog. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Fang & Aunt Agnes

Fang the Wonder Cat patrols the yard, as the intrepid Aunt Agnes awaits her next voyage. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Wet Wandering

The peace of a morning beach on Trinidad Harbor. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Lunch

A voracious ruby-headed hummer stops for a snack. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Gerry & Melody

Best neighbors ever—Gerry & Melody Hamilton on Mill Creek Lane. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Girlfriends

The girls after a morning run on Indian Home Beach. Finest kind. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Runnin’ Fool

Lulu wonders why her mom is running up and down on Indian Home Beach. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Final Meander

Mill Creek meanders a final 100 yards across Trinidad State Beach in its journey into the Pacific. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Anemone

A sea anemone colony filters a tidal pool. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Albacore

The beautiful albacore tuna, pre-sandwich. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Chasing Charlie Tuna

Heading out 50 miles from Gold’s Beach, Oregon, with Capt. Casey in pursuit of albacore. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Reel Good

You need a lot of gear when chasing albacore off-shore. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Rogue River Bridge

The Hwy 101 bridge leaps the Rogue River at Gold’s Beach, Oregon, at evening and midnight. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Orca Chasing Albacore

Casey pilots the mighty Orca 50 miles off Gold’s Beach, Oregon, in pursuit of the wily albacore tuna. (©Ted Pease, 2009)

Morning Beach

A perfect morning stroll on Trinidad Beach. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Ocean Arch

Utah’s not the only place with sculpted arches. This one offers a reflecting view of Elk Head from the Trinidad State Beach. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Toading

The mighty Toad is a silly boat for Pacific fishing, really. A rehabilitated Utah skiboat, 20 feet long, Toad does her best in her new life as a fishing boat, going really, really fast in pursuit of the wily salmon, halibut and rock cod. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Pewetole Reflecting

Pewetole Rock—an island really—is reflected on the wet sand of Trinidad State Beach. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Grandmother Rock

Grandmother Rock is a comforting sentinel on Trinidad State Beach. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Where Mill Creek Meets the Sea

Mill Creek, which runs by our house a mile inland, eventually crosses Trinidad State Beach to the ocean in front of Pewetole Rock. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Flatiron Rock

From Trinidad Beach on a summer morning, the Pacific is, well, pacific, out to Flatiron Rock, where the sealions are barking. (©Ted Pease 2009)