 1 Thursday night in Seattle gave us a jump on the weekend. This is some space needling thingy we found on an after dinner walk... |
 2 Bright, early Friday morning down at Pike Place Market before any other tourists arrived. |
 3 April is prime tulip time at the flower stalls. |
 4 Poor light in the early morning, but I tried to get a few detailed images. |
 5 Some areas received a bit of filtered light, but it was still quite dark. |
 6 An amazing variety of colors... which looked better after a pastry break at La Panier while waiting for the improved light. |
 7 Some iris blooms were also available. These are grown locally (like many of the tulips). |
 8 Sunlight finally creeps into one corner of the market. |
 9 After a nice night and morning in Seattle, a long drive to the beach ends at our weekend getaway on the Pacific. |
 10 Saturday morning and still sunny. A young Peregrine falcon (a recent fledge?) warms up in the sun on the cliffs of Cape Foulweather. |
 11 Moolack Beach as the thin morning fog burns off. Yaquina Head in the distance. |
 12 Salal in bloom right off the beach. |
 13 On Stan's coffee shop deck, Yvonne counts ~90 California sea lions. So loud, it was hard to converse... |
 14 Enjoy the natural sounds of sea lions whispering sweet nothings to each other... |
 15 Fighting for space is exhausting. A food chain collapse in CA has kept them in OR in big numbers. |
 16 A dollar floats toward the sea lions. I didn't think it would be a good idea to fetch it out... |
 17 Back to our deck for some warm afternoon sun, a cold wind, and some awful margartias. |
 18 Much to our disappointment, the Depoe Bay whale fountain didn't spout for us this evening. |
 19 Depoe Bay, OR sunset. |
 20 Sunday morning -- still sunny. Left my dSLR battery back at the beach house, so here's an iPhone snap of the Yaquina Head lighthouse (new paint job). |
 21 Walking to the Hecta Head light house, wild roses are already blooming. |
 22 As seen many times before (perhaps not this distorted), the 1894 Heceta Head Light. |
 23 A short walk in the woods gets you above the light. It's the brightest lighthouse on the OR coast. |
 24 Tough leaf iris (Iris tenax) along the side of the trail. |
 25 Never fear, we rescued this snail on the trail and set him over to the edge. |
 26 A look at the 1st order Fresnel lens. |
 27 Yvonne takes a beach walk break on Washburn Beach. |
 28 Only broken sand dollars found this morning. |
 29 Back to Newport and Stan's for a beverage and sea lion barking. Flippers in the air for cooling. |
 30 They raft up for mutual protection when at sea. Strange to see them sleep that way. |
 31 Foggy Monday morning at the beach, so lets go back to Seattle and enjoy some sun. |
 32 Yvonne on her favorite bench at Olympic Sculpture Park. |
 33 The view of Elliot Bay from the bench. Hot, hot, hot! First 70+ day of the year. |
 34 Children's sculpture garden at Seattle Center. |
 35 Rhododendrons blooming near Pacific Science Center. |
 36 A nice walk up to Kerry Park provides a view before heading back to Bellingham reality. |