I think images will say much more than words.  We have had a series of spectacular storms–most unusual for this part of the Pacific Northwest.

So–this weekend we’re having the B&B Open House in five inns on the Peninsula.  This is an annual benefit for the local food banks and gives locals the chance to visit our inns decorated for the holidays and nibble on goodies at each inn.  Having failed to get our B&B association’s press release and photo [...]

Bill and I just went for a very long walk in beautiful warm December weather.  The beach was empty except for people in the distance.  The surf looked perfect for riding waves and indeed there were sea lions surfing out on the large clean-breaking line of surf.  Crabbing season opened this week and we spotted [...]

The last couple of days have been very wet. Yesterday morning, it was windy and driving to the Astoria Bridge was exciting with the Columbia River at high tide, splashing over the rip rap onto the highway. My car got splashed. I like it when that happens as long as the waves [...]

It was a stormy day this Saturday and in the afternoon, the skies cleared and these spectacular clouds appeared on the horizon.  At first, they were two alligator-like heads, then the wind flattened out the southerly head and turned it into a whipping tail.  We hadn’t seen anything like it before–so we snapped a shot [...]