“Fixed”

And once the surgery is healed, I’m ready for water sports! says Stella.

Sushi

This is how to eat ’em really fresh.

Lobstah

The crustacean of the Other Coast, fatted and then consumed on my return home to Maine this week. Thanks for a lovely evening, Bucky.

Daaaaad!

Stella, at 13 weeks, at the beach.

Frenetic Kinetic 2013

 

 

 

 

FOR THE GLORY!

The annual semi-controlled insanity “For the Glory!” that is the Kinetic Sculpture Race launches on a beautiful May day from the Arcata Plaza. Hundreds turned out to send the wild human-powered machines on their three-day race over roads, dunes, beach, Humboldt Bay and hills. See accounts of last year’s Kinetic Frenzy here, with story on the race’s history.

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Stella Sprawl

Poor puppy just can’t relax.

Ivy Outhouse

Burnt Ranch, California

Dig It!

Big sister Sadie gives Stella! beach lessons. ©Ted Pease 2013

Burnt Ranch Store

Burnt Ranch is a community of fewer than 100 souls on Hwy. 299 east of Willow Creek, on the Trinity River. ©Ted Pease 2013

Hey, Stella!!!!

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.

Seastacks

Trinidad Bay, California

April Evening

Sunset over Trinidad Bay, California

Clayhead Ted

Oooooh, nooooo!

Toe What?

Sadie

 

Greenleaf

Flat Day

A quiet afternoon off Elk Head.

Summer’s Promise

Last year’s flipflop is a harbinger of summertime to come. 

Trinidad Town Hall

Lookout

The lookout from Elk Head across College Cove.

Hey! Gotta cookie?

A boy, his dog and their beach.

California Crossing

Looking forward to my next crossing into California.

December 30 Beach

It’s “cold” in NorCal (45 degrees) on Dec. 30. But pretty nice.

Art!Art!Art!

. . . is what a seal says. We disturbed this guy’s year-end sunbathing (and molting) on Indian Beach this morning, Dec. 30, 2012. I'm not fluent in seal, but he wasn’t talking about any stinkin’ “art,” I know that much.

Elk Head Magic

A brilliant December morning walk along the coast to Elk Head.

Easy to believe hobbits and elves live here.

Through the morning mists back toward Trinidad Head.

Fern Gully

Magic abounds all along this coast.

A Boy & His Dog

Strolling the coast with his grrlfriends (one of whom ain’t half bad with an iPhone camera).