Elephant Seal!

A young elephant seal — just a little guy! — hauls out for a rest on Launch Beach

 

Airstream Cats

Cats guarding a classic Airstream RV.

Christine’s Cat

Dangling Beach

Mobile Beach Glass.

Lookout

Sentinel tree.

Gull’s Wing

Stormy Day

Surf’s up on Trinidad State Beach.

Hose Co. No. 4

Eureka, California’s oldest volunteer fire department building, 1884.

Dahlia, Dahlin’

Kelpy Beach

After the storm.

One Recent Evening

Cartoon Dogs

Charlie

Bruce

Katrina

Dumpty

Dumpty

Hugo

Charlie

Katrina

Oseola

Unnamed Orphan Pups

Ace

Some kinda all right

The sweeping curve of College Cove on a bright late December afternoon.

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The view from the bluff above Trinidad State Beach never gets old: the evening panorama Dec. 30 . . .

. . . and again on Dec. 31, the last sunset of 2015. Can you see the pod of whales out there? A New Year’s Eve bonus. That’s gotta bode well for 2016.

The Good Life

Roaring Creek

After (another) big December rain, Mill Creek is ferocious crossing the beach.

Mid-Winter Dream

This flower is a flamenco dancer. But Mary Wilbur called them “fried egg flowers.”

Gravestone

Trinidad Town Cemetery on a grey day.

Leaf Canvas

Treats

Dad’s goody basket.

Cookie Watch

Baby first.

Unreal

What if all that rain had been SNOW!?!??!

The Plaza

After a rainy day, the skies break over Arcata Plaza.

The Burying Ground

Trinidad Cemetery on a grey day.

Sea? Sky.

After a grey day, the sun escapes the clouds to bid November goodbye.

Old Home Skies

Invasive pampas grass anchor the sliding slope of the ancient Tsauri village site at Old Home Beach, on Trinidad harbor.

Gentle Evening

The fading light over the Pacific is soft and sweet tonight.

180 degrees of beeeootiful

A pan of the last November Saturday morning on Trinidad State Beach, from sunrise to Pewetole, with a grateful yogi in the middle. Namaste, world.

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What’s your type?

Coloring

Pastels on the Plaza, 2015.