Posted in Depoe Bay, Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, The Coast, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow

When I saw this week’s challenge, I thought immediately of Depoe Bay, locally known as “The World’s Smallest Harbor.” It’s fascinating to watch fishing boats maneuver through the narrow channel.

Red fishing boat (1024x768)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow

 

Posted in Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, photography, The Coast, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Details

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Sea Kelp & Sea Foam

There is so much color, light, and reflection to be seen in a close-up view of sea kelp, ocean bubbles, and sand.  I never tire of the ever-changing ocean landscape, and up close I find it even more intriguing.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Details

Posted in Cannon Beach, Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up II

Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cannon Beach, Oregon

I’m not sure what the sky was doing that night, but we were all looking up!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up


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Today is my one-year anniversary on WordPress
Posted in Oregon Coast, Salishan, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites

The challenge:

This week, make two opposing elements come together (or clash in dissonance) in one photo….show how opposites can tell a story about people, places, or objects.   Ben Huberman ~ The Daily Post

At Salishan (1024x767)

Here is my entry for this week’s photo challenge. The smooth plane of water is the perfect foil for the highly textured flower, and the colors, nearly opposite, complete the contrast.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites

Posted in Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, photography, Salishan, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jubilant

Daisies 3 (1024x767)

Wild daisies, with open, trusting faces, dance freely in coastal breezes – jubilant.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jubilant

Posted in In The Wind Yarns, knitting, Oregon Coast, Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Knitting Beach Retreat 2016

The beach, friends, knitting, seafood, yarn shop. Not a bad way to spend a weekend!

Coastline nearby
Coastline nearby.
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Thursday night, dinner.
Along the coastal trail
Along the coastal trail.
Sand Dollar (1024x683)
Successful beachcombing.
Sunset, Thursday
Sunset Thursday.
Becky's Bag (1024x683)
Fabric. Amazingly perfect bags made by Becky for everyone attending.
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Another view of Becky’s project bags. The inside fabric print was sea glass. Awesomeness!
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Fishing boats at Newport.
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Bridge at Waldport.
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Seen at Waldport.
Shopping at In The Wind Yarns (in The Shops at Salishan).
Shopping at In The Wind Yarns (in The Shops at Salishan).
Salishan Cowls (1024x683)
Three Salishan Cowls made by Elizabeth at In The Wind Yarns. I LOVE the top one, made in a linen blend from Juniper Moon. It shows off the stitch pattern really well.
At In the Wind (1024x798)
Aww…at In The Wind Yarns.
The rocks (1024x683)
Rocks near the trail.
Wave action (1024x683)
Love the ocean’s power.
Bird (1024x683)
A moment in flight.
Woo hoo...wave action!
Woo hoo…wave action!

A huge “thank you” to everyone who came out to share this knitting weekend. I am fortunate to know such wonderful, talented and generous people, and I look forward to our next knitting retreat!

knit equals joy

Posted in Cannon Beach, Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, The Coast, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime

I love this week’s challenge!

While on a long walk at Cannon Beach, I came upon a seagull obviously enjoying a delectable dinner.

A Seagull and His Dinner

I was curious to check out the main course…

A Seagull's Dinner

…and was dreaming of cioppino as I left him to finish his meal.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime

Posted in Nature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Pacific Northwest, Photo Challenge, photography, Salishan, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance

Dance

Kelp and the sea – in flawless rhythm.

The Challenge:

There’s rhythm and motion all around us — this week, let’s capture some of it in a photo…

When I let my brain loose, allowing it to absorb what’s around me without trying to process anything in particular, what it often detects is choreography — unmistakable dance moves, often in unexpected places.

~Ben Huberman

Photo Challenge – Dance