On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
I think the interaction of mountains, clouds, snow, and light have many different moods, but some recur in such a way that they become familiar and recognizable. Last week I had that feeling of recognition which caused me to stop and take a couple of pictures as I was heading in to class over at … Read more
Today was the first low tide that seemed like a good spring tide. It wasn’t all that low at a predicted -1.2 or so, but it occurred in daylight hours in the morning. Rowan likes to search for things at the beach, so I joined her for a while this morning and managed to find … Read more
(if the image above doesn’t show a short looping animation, try clicking on it) Winter is the best for me to try and catch a green flash as the sun drops below the horizon. Most of the year, the sun drops behind Kruzof Island (or even north of that) and so is not visible as … Read more
Another day of active cloud formation over the mountains. They were not really moving fast enough for me to observe directly, but I suspect there was more motion than I realized and decided to do a time lapse sequence of the clouds over Mt. Edgecumbe at John Brown’s Beach. I was originally hoping that the … Read more
As the day went on, mostly cloudy skies morning gave way to mostly sunny skies, at least in the downtown area. Over the mountains was a different story, with large cumulus clouds forming and/or building over most of the peaks throughout the afternoon. I think some were starting to dissipate by this evening. It with … Read more
As I walked by Swan Lake while it was still mostly frozen in mid-March, I was struck by the interesting texture. From the Halibut Point Road side of things, I couldn’t really see it too closely, but thought I might have a better look from the pier. I was able to observe the patterns in … Read more