Need New Batteries

Need New Batteries

Delia has a new job. And we have a new old car. Everything is always a gamble. All of the check engine lights came on this week. Waking up so so early these mornings. The cold the wind the snow the hail. The power outages. The batteries dying. The risk of not making...
Cold Beach, Hot Tacos

Cold Beach, Hot Tacos

There’s something extra-wonderful about getting tacos for takout in winter. First walking around one of your favorite places to walk around while you’re waiting, even though it’s cold, wet and windy. Then feeling so lucky you’re holding all...
Last Two of 2023

Last Two of 2023

Last two walks on the last two days of the year 2023: So eerily dark and gloomy in the early afternoon. It would be hard to tell what time it is if not for breaks appearing in the grey in the distance. I love that she initiated both of these...
My Wife and a Whale

My Wife and a Whale

I love taking pictures of Delia taking pictures. She rarely feels the kind of compulsion I do to capture images, but when she does they are almost always of nature and scenes that do not include humans in her frame. Maybe that’s part of why I love snapping her...
Consolation Lights

Consolation Lights

Things did not go as planned today. A really awesome big gift we received ended up costing us over a thousand dollars. Still a super awesome gift, though … we just were not prepared / hadn’t anticipated it. Then our healthy evening plan was completely...
Spontaneous Cold Walk

Spontaneous Cold Walk

The way she comes with me on walks even when too cold and unprepared when we only planned on going to the mailbox. Mount Baker & Purple Martin bird boxes Do not harass the Blue Heron, Mount Baker, or anyone else on the Strait of Juan de Fuca (not captured by...