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| 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) |
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| Big swells, a northwest breeze and high tide decorate northern California beach. ©Ted Pease 2013 |
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| Stella the watchdog, surveying the environment. |
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| Wait! What’s that? |
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| Stella sees something surprising. |
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| 12-foot Pacific swells roll in from the northwest to slam into Elk Head, Northern California.(©Ted Pease 2013) |
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| At the end of a long day, boats gotta sleep, too. |
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| The fleet at Woodley Island, Eureka, California. (©Ted Pease 2013) |
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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. |
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| The crustacean of the Other Coast, fatted and then consumed on my return home to Maine this week. Thanks for a lovely evening, Bucky. |
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| Burnt Ranch is a community of fewer than 100 souls on Hwy. 299 east of Willow Creek, on the Trinity River. ©Ted Pease 2013 |
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| A new dog added to the family doesn’t happen that often. Stella, a 12-week-old “Lab-something,” joins Sadie. She’s fearless and adorable (duh. she’s a puppy). Our sixth dog. |
