Pier Morning

December sunrise over the venerable Trinidad Harbor pier. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Beach Snacks

Nothing like a nice kelp. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Winter Harbor

(©Ted Pease 2011)

Morning Fluff

Sunrise above Trinidad Bay, Northern California. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Octofoot

You see some weird things on the beach after a winter storm. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Intent

Sadie is ever-vigilant. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Green Swirls

Sea grass tangles at low tide. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Pacific Kiss

The Pacific rolls into Trinidad State Beach. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Spume

The morning sun illuminates a spout from the blowhole on the outside of Pewetole Rock. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Coastscape

A gull floats over the Humboldt County coast on the first day of 2011. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Weed Rocks

Surf swirls around weedy rocks at low tide on Home Beach, Humboldt County, California. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Winter Beach

Winter beach in black & white. (©Ted Pease 2011)

Overlook

The Fisherman’s Memorial above the harbor at Trinidad, California, the last anchorage on the far-northern Redwood Coast before Crescent City and Oregon. On the southern horizon are the lights of crab fishermen, taking one last cut at the winter harvest before a Christmas storm. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Eager Morning

Christmas Eve sunrise above the Fisherman’s Memorial in Trinidad, California. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Birthday

Brenda celebrates daughter Tammy’s 40-somethingth birthday, Christmas Eve, 2010.

The Wave

Barefoot Brenda on Christmas Eve. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Calm Coast

The seastack coast at sunrise, Christmas Eve, 2010. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Laughing Grrl

Brenda barefoot on a Christmas Eve beach, northern California. Laughing, indeed! (©Ted Pease 2010)

Christmas Eve Morning

Christmas Eve sunrise over Trinidad Harbor, Humboldt County, California. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Two Mornings

What a difference a day makes, from frigid inversion blanketing the Cache Valley . . .

. . . to a rosy December sunrise reflecting pink on the winter fog. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Wise Eyes

Who? Great Horned Owl. Click here for the story. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Wintry

Chilly Morning

Cold morning over Cutler Marsh and the Bear River Range. (©Ted Pease 2003)

Mountain Marsh

The last warm day of October on Cutler Marsh. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Red Tree

Autumn tree. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Mendon Mirror

Mendon Peak doubles up in Cutler Marsh. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Yellowtree

Trees quiver as October gives way to winter on the Wellsvilles. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Frosting

October dusting on the Wellsvilles. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Plymouth Peak

Fading fall fields frame Plymouth Peak north of Malad, Utah. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Bronze Hills

Fields lie ready for winter as the last of the Wellsvilles’ leaves fade. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Wellsville Range Dusting

October snow on Mendon Peak. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Autumn Sky

Clouds and October snow descend over Cache Valley’s Bear River Range. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Darkening Field

Clouds collect over Petersboro field. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Scenes from Antelope Island

Bison—more than 600 of them—wander Antelope Island . . .

. . . and miles of trails criss-cross the island, rising more than 2,000 feet above . . .

. . . the Great Salt Lake. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Salt Lake

Morning over the Great Salt Lake. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Hikin’ Fool

Brenda on Buffalo Point on Antelope Island . . .

. . . climbing 1,000 feet toward Dooly Knob . . .

. . . on a summer-like October afternoon. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Birdbath

Waterfowl near the Antelope causeway in the Great Salt Lake. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Antelope Island

Antelope Island, the largest in the Great Salt Lake—28,000+ acres. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Causeway

The Antelope Island causeway across nine miles of the Great Salt Lake. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Flocking

Hundreds of waterfowl on the north side of the Antelope Island causeway in the Great Salt Lake. What do they eat—brine shrimp? (©Ted Pease 2010)

Salty Vista

The view from Buffalo Point on the north end of Antelope Island, looking south over a hazy Great Salt Lake. It is a pretty great lake, really. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Look Out!

Brenda on an Antelope Island crag 500' above the Great Salt Lake. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Salt Flats

The Antelope Island causeway extends nine miles into the Great Salt Lake, which is pretty low this time of year. (©Ted Pease 2010)

Where the Buffalo Roam...

Bison, actually. Antelope Island, in the middle of the Great Salt Lake, has a 600-head herd, one of the largest on public lands in the U.S. (says the brochure). (©Ted Pease 2010)