Archive for December, 2009

Happy New Year

PT Under Blue Moon

PT Under Blue Moon

After a cloudy day, the sky cleared to reveal a moonlit cityscape. The foreground shows the upper Umatilla Hill neighborhood. The distant hills are Morgan Hill and Uptown. The green lights on the horizon are PT High School, not a UFO.

2009: 14 Favorite Photos

Here are my favorite photos of the year. A couple were not published on the blog, as they were taken the same day as ones I did post.

Old Boat on the Beach

Old Boat on the Beach

Captain

Captain

Bywater Bay Sunrise

Bywater Bay Sunrise

Bywater Bay Marsh

Bywater Bay Marsh

Old Timer

Old Timer

North Beach Sunset

North Beach Sunset

Point Wilson Lighthouse at Sunrise

Point Wilson Lighthouse at Sunrise

Rec Center Moon

Rec Center Moon

Beaver Valley Rainbow

Beaver Valley Rainbow

Sunrise Fisherman

Sunrise Fisherman

Snow Creek Mud Flats

Snow Creek Mud Flats

Moon Over Admiralty Inlet

Moon Over Admiralty Inlet

Point Wilson Lighthouse at Sunrise

Point Wilson Lighthouse at Sunrise

County Courthouse

County Courthouse


Glacier Spirit

Glacier Spirit tour boat.

Glacier Spirit tour boat.

The Glacier Spirit, run by Puget Sound Express, takes tours to the San Juan Islands and runs occasional charters to Protection Island. It’s in Point Hudson for this photo.

Night Fisher

Heron Fishing at Night

Heron Fishing at Night

I was lucky to even see this bird. The evening was actually darker than the photo and I was focused on taking pictures of Point Hudson, which was on the other side of the dock. Fortunately the bird stood still for the 15 seconds the exposure took.

Landslide on Larry Scott Trail

Slough on the Bluff

Slough on the Bluff

This slough (rhymes with tough), or small landslide, on the bluff above the Larry Scott Trail reminds us that the cliffs around Port Townsend are not made of rock but of highly compacted silt.  After the heavy rains early last week, this section of bluff slid down, creating a giant bird’s nest out of the displaced blackberry vines.

Frosty Morning

Frost on the road

Frost on the road

Clear, crisp and frosty, early mornings have been beautiful for the last few days.

Christmas Beach Walk

Beach at Fort Worden

Beach at Fort Worden

On a sunny and calm Christmas day the thing to do is bundle up and walk on the beach.