Walked over to the new house this morning and then made a trip to SeaMart this afternoon, but other than that was in doors. Heavy overcast prevailed, though the wind was primarily out of the east – I was blown right along while walking down Sawmill Creek Road from Jeff Davis Street. I thought the texture of the clouds was interesting in the pictures I took from the SeaMart parking lot this afternoon.

Heavy overcast prevails over Sitka Sound in this view of Mt. Edgecumbe from the SeaMart parking lot.

Heavy overcast prevails over Sitka Sound in this view of Mt. Edgecumbe from the SeaMart parking lot.

Heavy overcast prevails over Sitka Sound in this view of Mt. Edgecumbe from the SeaMart parking lot.

There have been some spectacularly colorful sunsets this winter (as is true many winters – now that I think of it), but the one today was much more subdued. Although the location where it drops below the horizon is moving north again, it’s still well in the south. Mt. Edgecumbe is approximately west of town, and the sun is clearly a ways out of the frame.

Pictures taken from SeaMart parking lot of animals in the kelp beds just off the beach.

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One of at least 3 Horned Grebes working the kelp beds off of the parking lot at Sea Mart.

A juvenile gull tries for scraps from a feeding Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris). Observed from Sea Mart parking lot.

A juvenile gull tries for scraps from a feeding Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris). Observed from Sea Mart parking lot.