Winter showed up

And it is COLD!!!

Lake is half frozen and there’s a dusting of ice. 10 degrees when I left for work the other day….

I was looking for a photo, these two were looking for sushi –

Back to more normal later this week.

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Holiday lights

A couple of shots from around the Valley to wrap up the year.

That’s a Farmall 200 at dusk over at the farm –

And there she is at night –

Over in the big city of Duvall, in front of the feed store, is this cruiser –

And just over the bridge in Duvall is this nativity scene. The floodwater hadn’t receded but somehow the electricity still worked….

Should probably throw the stand in the car if I’m going to be taking these shots. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.

Happy New Year everyone.

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Meet Jack

Everyone, this is Jack –

Jack is not very happy about being stuck in the barn all day. But the storms have flooded his pasture (and the rest of the Valley), so dry feet in the barn for now. At least the view isn’t bad –

Water is receding, this is a couple days after the river crested, but still quite full –

And that should be the last big storm or this year. Let’s see what January brings…

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Ever feel like you’re being watched?

By a tree?

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That was kinda cool

On the way home from work yesterday –

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Fall for sure now

Leaf raking has begun. Pumpkins are out. Salmon are finishing up their thing. Days are getting shorter and grey. Not as cold as usual, but it’s definitely Fall. Some shots from the neighborhood.

Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon –

Looking upstream on the Tolt –

The trees are all kinds of crazy colors!

The Dahlia are the only flowers still growing out in the valley –

Meanwhile, back at the ranch –

Love the red barns –

Stopped by the neighbors to check out their new yard. They say ‘Hi!’ –

That’s all for now. More after Trick-or-Treat day.

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It’s been in the air for a couple of weeks now…

I think it’s official. Yesterday on the way home, Mother Nature threw the switch from Summer to Fall.

Rain/sun/rain/sun for the better part of the day. This beacon guided me home –

The pot (heart) of gold at the end of the rainbow is the lady I share a toothbrush rack with.

Makes living in this valley pretty alright.

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Boat Racing in Port Angeles

Wicked? CHECK!

Pure Insanity? CHECK!!

Bat-Shit Crazy? CHECK!!!

Unlimited boats are ~1000 horsepower. 90MPH. 7G’s in the turns. I think all 3 boat names are appropriate.

More from the weekend later.

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Mom says ‘More Elk Photos, Please’

Well, ask and you shall receive…

Little game of hide and seek on my commute this morning. Can you spot the elk?

The more adventurous of the Gang of Three –

And further proof that trouble comes in twos –

Not bad for a Wednesday at 5:30 AM

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Up With The Sun

Actually, up before the sun. Out rooting around the Valley and took some photos.

Moon was up still. This is the field where the elk have been lately, but not this morning. Only coyotes and hawks looking for breakfast –

I love that there is an old racehorse training farm out here. I have always wanted to take photos here and I like the way a couple of these came out. I pulled the color out of the last one for fun (I like what id did with the low fog), but the original looks good too. I’ll come back for sure.

This guy doesn’t race, just hangs out looking like he owns the place (again, I took the color out cause I like the way it looks, kinda old-timey) –

Looking downriver, towards the sunrise. This time of the year it’s definitely more North than East –

Follow the river upstream a bit and you MIGHT just find a classic. And while it may not be for sale, it does make a good subject –

Around the corner and you find the farmers have cut and bailed up their fields for the first time this summer. And if look real close you can see Rainier peeking out in the distance –

Find it? Here’s a closer look. Just over the trees in the center of the shot –

Happy Fourth of July everyone. I’m off to the parade in a bit – https://www.carnation4th.org/

They FINALLY got the highway work completed, so we can get back to running right thru the center of town again. Always worth a giggle and nothing wrong with beers at Pete’s at 11am (you can’t be called out for drinking beer all day unless you start in the morning…)

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