Sluggo

The daily commute, Foothills Trail, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Orick.

Elk Bath

People were gathered looking down into Redwood Creek as we drove through Orick, so we pulled over to see what was up. Elk were up, that’s what. Or down, a whole family of about 50, including four big bucks, splashing or just cooling their heels in the creek below the overpass. We watched them for 30 minutes or so. Very cool.

Commentary

Sealpile

Cobweb Dew

Rock Art

Chinook

Salmon

WooHooooooo!!

Wyeth-esque

Some Pease Fam

Southern States Feed HQ

Ruth & Greg

Troubled Lion

Mainiacs

Gail’s Rose

Springy

Comfy

Sadie dreams of fishes?

Sailors Rest

Adorni Center, Eureka.

Puttttt

No, I didn’t make the putt.

Trillium Creek

After a wet spring, plenty of falls, but not many trillia.

DayGlo

The Little Red Schoolhouse at Dry Lagoon has gone *bright* for 2019.

Sleeping Dog Doodle

Old Wharf

Foot of Del Norte on Humboldt Bay. March 2019.

Bright Day

Parker Creek meanders over Old Home Beach. March 2019.

Mudflats

On the Mad River. March 2019.

Coasties

After the Storm

After heavy rains, the Mad River Beach at Vista Point disappears. March 2019

Seafood

Washed up Old Home Beach (with Dundee for scale), February 2019.

Suave

Trail Hounds

January Harbor

Graffiti Rock

Black Beach

Split Rock, Old Home Beach, in January 2019.

January Sunset

Crab Season Day 1

First haul at Murphy’s. January 2019.

Pacific Giant

Pacific or California giant salamanders grow to 12-13”, says Scientific American; this one, disturbed while making a new garden bed, was about 8”. They also apparently have “blade-sharp teeth,” which this one fortunately did not deploy when I rudely grabbed him/her. She seemed a little depressed, really. Understandable in someone who eats banana slugs. God love ’em. 

Christmas 2018 Selfie

Winter Solstice Sunset

A beautiful end to the shortest day of 2018.

Christmas Snag

A little free-form, but festive.

Selfie

Christmas morning, Old Home Beach.

What’s for Dinner?