Yesterday, on a rare sunny day I was coming home from town when I had to make a quick photo stop. The mist and cloud formations across the bay were ominous, warning of the next weather system coming in.
*Warning* Wet camera lens was an ongoing problem.
I turned the camera back towards town. The spread of the clouds stretched along the far hills. In the water is a long row of posts that has been there ever since I can remember. Not sure what purpose they once served, unless it was a navigation guide. The posts still stick out at high tide and warn boaters of the bar.
As you can see below, some posts still show in places where the bar is farther below the surface, and the trunk of a long-dead tree is hung up on the gravel. This is not where you want your boat to end up. Seagulls and a heron sit on the log like sentinels warning of hazards to navigation.
After a slightly deeper stretch of water, the bar comes up again and continues into the bay. A river flows along the side of the bar that is closest to us (at the bottom of the photo), while the water beyond is a shallow bay that is a mudflat at very low tide. If you want to bring a boat up the river, you need to know where the channel is or end up with seagulls sitting on your hull.
The sandbar is a popular place for birds to dabble and sun themselves. Sometimes you’ll find ducks and geese there; sometimes, like this day, seagulls.
The sun came blasting through the clouds for one last look at me. I clicked the camera as I looked back into its blinding light, knowing I might not see this light for days ahead.
This morning I see that I was right. Looking out my living room window, I saw what was behind those first clouds I saw yesterday – a blast of southeast duck weather.
It’s a good day to stay home while the Captain goes duck hunting.
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Winter on the coast is wet,
Wind and rain is all you get,
Sometimes there’s a glimpse of sun,
Just five minutes, then it’s done,
Back we go to wind and rain,
Hope by spring I’m not insane.
December 11, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:26 pm
TY!
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December 11, 2018 at 12:10 pm
living with all that beauty will keep you sane, surely?
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December 11, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Chuckling…. I’m not sure it’s enough sometimes, when the grayness and the wind and rain go on for so long. That’s why I have to make up these silly poems to try to keep cheerful.
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December 12, 2018 at 2:53 am
I don’t think your poems are silly, and they do make the day better!
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December 12, 2018 at 10:03 am
I suppose I am a bit shy about them because they’re not very highbrow, but, as you say, if they make the day better, that’s all I intend with them. Thanks for your kind words.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Thanks for the re-blog, Anita.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Lovely pictures. Clouds are inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:26 pm
Thanks, Beverly. We get plenty of inspiration all winter. I only wish we could save some of those clouds for the summer droughts we seem to get every year now.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Beautiful pictures!
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December 11, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Thanks, Pit. They were quick snaps but the sky was so impressive I had to stop the car and give it a try.
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December 11, 2018 at 1:01 pm
“Hope by spring I’m not insane.” LOL! I can relate to that last line, Anneli. My body is so not ready for the cold winter days ahead. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos. Stay warm!
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December 11, 2018 at 1:31 pm
I sympathize. I hate being cold!
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December 11, 2018 at 1:33 pm
I wonder if living among the mountains for long, if people get used to it and don’t notice their majesty anymore. I envy mountain scenery.
For a week we lived with the same misty, gray weather. Now, we’ve had a five-day stretch of brilliant sunshine, but that is supposed to end tomorrow. Looks like a week of wet, gray weather starts tomorrow. 😦 I think it’s traveling from your neck of the woods to come here next.
Thanks for sharing your lovely scenery. Stay warm and cozy under those gray skies. BTW, do you prepare those ducks for dinner?
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December 11, 2018 at 1:35 pm
I’ve eaten so many ducks over the years that now I’m very tired of them and the Captain gives a lot of them away. He still likes to eat them but I make him do the cooking if he insists on duck. I’ve done my bit over the years.
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December 11, 2018 at 1:40 pm
Sometimes I think the rainy weather is worse than snow and then I remember icy roads.
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December 11, 2018 at 1:41 pm
When it comes with cold temps, rain can be treacherous. Luckily, right now it has “warmed” up to above freezing.
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December 11, 2018 at 1:56 pm
Good thing you made that quick photo stop, Anneli. Not only are these outstanding vistas–water, clouds, open space–but they will remind you of the beauty that surrounds you when the fog and weather have temporarily obliterated it.
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December 11, 2018 at 3:24 pm
So true, Jet. The clouds and fog are constantly changing. If they just sat there covering everything it really could get depressing, but every few minutes some new aspect of winter visits us. Is it any wonder people talk about the weather so much? It’s always news!
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December 11, 2018 at 2:54 pm
Lovely shots. We celebrate the rare glimpse of sun here too. It’s a trade off though as it’s usually accompanied by minus double digit temperatures.
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December 11, 2018 at 3:25 pm
I’ve seen it on the national weather reports that your area is in the minus temps. Brr! Your ducks are probably skating when they land.
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December 11, 2018 at 4:22 pm
I bet, I haven’t been out to check lately but I imagine that’s the case.
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December 11, 2018 at 6:26 pm
I once saw a seagull landing on an icy parking lot, and then the wind blew it along the ice even after it sat down for security.
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December 11, 2018 at 3:56 pm
Those rainy days have their own kind of beauty though.
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December 11, 2018 at 4:17 pm
They do, but maybe it’s too much of a good thing. Sure makes us appreciate fall in Montana before we have to come back to a wet coast.
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December 11, 2018 at 5:09 pm
Gorgeous Place 🙂
Life is Good !
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December 11, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Such beautiful photos. 🙂
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December 12, 2018 at 12:45 am
Lovely little poem and very nice pictures. We had a heavy snowfall last night and this morning it’s mixed with rain. It’s pretty slippery out there. So be thankful for only the rain.
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December 12, 2018 at 10:01 am
Yes, even though the snow is pretty, I’m glad it’s staying up in the hills right now.
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December 12, 2018 at 8:19 am
What beauty.
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December 12, 2018 at 10:00 am
I suppose …. To someone in the Sahara it would look beautiful too. But seriously, I agree it has a beauty of its own, but for us it sometimes gets to be too much of a good thing, all that wind and rain.
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December 12, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Beautiful pics!
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December 12, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Thanks, Patsy.
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December 12, 2018 at 2:59 pm
😁❤
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December 14, 2018 at 4:48 am
Very pretty, Anneli!
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December 14, 2018 at 9:44 am
Thanks, Jennie. Weather often provides us with a different look at the same old scenes.
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December 14, 2018 at 6:56 pm
Isn’t that a wonderful thing! Mother Nature paints many different pictures.
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December 14, 2018 at 7:52 pm
Fabulous!
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December 15, 2018 at 4:43 am
🙂
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December 14, 2018 at 10:30 am
Beautiful skies, Anneli, with the sun lighting up the clouds. But that doesn’t last long, does it? The poem definitely made me laugh. 🙂
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December 14, 2018 at 11:04 am
Sun? What sun? It’s been gone since five minutes after I took that picture and I haven’t seen it since. Terrible weather out there. But I’m glad my poem gave you a chuckle.
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December 14, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Gorgeous gorgeous photos with a lovely poem that ends with a laugh. Ah, weather. Love it ’cause you can’t leave it. 🙂
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December 14, 2018 at 12:22 pm
For sure this system doesn’t want to leave us.
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December 15, 2018 at 2:20 am
It’s always hard to take pictures when the sun is in front of you, but you were successful.
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December 15, 2018 at 8:12 am
Thanks, Victor. I was lucky this time.
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December 15, 2018 at 10:38 am
Das Wetter sieht ungemütlich aus, liebe Anneli, aber die Bilder sind schön. 🙂
Bei uns war es heute zwar kalt, aber trocken. Ganz okay. 🙂
Liebe Grüße,
Martina
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December 15, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Ungemuetlich is an understatement! Yes, it was VERY unpleasant, and the wind and rain continues. At least you see some sunshine in that cold weather. That’s good. Sunshine makes people smile. Ganz okay!
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