Summergone

An abandoned swather squats in tall grass as winter peers over the Wellsvilles. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Poopwalk

Lulu and Sadie on an October morning poopwalk below the Wellsvilles. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Fog in the Valley

A cold morning inversion fills Cache Valley with ice fog. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Lowering Sky

Northern Utah’s high sky lowers as fall approaches. (©Ted Pease, 2009) (And that’s Brenda coming home in Bubba, the ancient Explorer)

Yuvgottabekiddingme

We woke to snow yesterday—Sept. 30, 2009. Sheesh. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Fall Field

The patterns of fall in farmland. (©Ted Pease 2009)

Happy Natal Day

Saturday is Brenda’s birthday. Always a happy day for me. (©Ted Pease, 2007)

Trinidad friends send this:

Ode To Brenda
By Melody Hamilton

There she goes, that gal across the road,
running after her sweetie’s Toad.

Dogs on leashes, jogging shoes flyin’,
she’ll get to the beach while he’s still untyin’.

She’ll wave and send him a gleeful shout.
She’ll still be runnin’ when his boat’s worn out.

Yoga, veggies—she doesn’t eat much cake.
We only have to guess what wishes to make.

Brenda’s Birthday’s here!

Amazing Woman, nothing to hide.
We send lovely dreams of the Surf and the Tide.

and hugs, M, G and C across the lane

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

(©Ted Pease 2009)

Dragonfly

(©Ted Pease 2009)

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

(©Ted Pease 2009)

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)