A Perfectly Perfect Day

I am never in any doubt as to the ever changing beauty of this world we live in.
Yesterday was so awesome. The morning, as I arrived at work, was so still and quiet. The air was still a little crisp and damp with dew, and the only sounds, were from the waterfowl feeding along the shore.

Two huge logs bumped their way along the bulkhead as they moved with the tide in Saratoga Passage.

Another huge log floating along.
Later on in the day I watched two Loons with out stretched wings, drying themselves as they perched on a floating log.

Ahhhh!! a glorious ending to the day. What an incredible sunset.

If you click on this picture, you can see A Great Blue Heron,( just to the right of the fence post) searching for his dinner.

No, I did not photoshop the pictures. Mother nature does not need any help here, besides I do not know how to photoshop.

As usual click on the pictures for a larger view.
The cascades can be seen in the far distance, and Camano Island is on the left.
As I said, A perfectly, perfect day, sighhhhhhhhh!

Fantastic

As I glanced up from my desk at the spa, I noticed a fog-like cloud moving across the waters of Saratoga passage. It stretched from the surface of the water up as far as the eye could see.

It looked so incredible, I turned, walked about six steps to get my camera, turned back and noticed how fast the cloud had moved along. It was approaching the spa at a considerable rate of speed, and by the time I had taken three photos the cloud was upon me. The dense cloud of frozen rain/hail or whatever you want to call it, sent me scurrying back into the warmth of the spa.

The hail, came down for quite a while then faded into large beautiful snow flakes which stuck to the vegetation but melted almost instantly upon hitting the ground.

I had never seen a weather front move in quite like this before, it was truly awesome.

At the end of the rainbow

Yesterday, looking from South Whidbey Island, across Saratoga Passage, to Camano Island

Forecast , wet and windy

It certainly was wet and very windy today.

Looking out of the front doors at the spa where I work. You can just see Camano Island, in the far distance across Saratoga Passage.

The tide was very high and the wind whipped water was crashing up againt the bulkhead and racing up the steps.

Every so often one of the wind driven waves would break over the top of the bulkhead.

Looking in the opposite direction from the steps, I could see the waves coming towards where I was standing, and I estimate the troughs in between the waves to be amost three feet deep at times. Not a good day for boating.
I always love to watch the waters of Saratoga Passage during a storm as mother nature sure can be awesome.

keewee's day off work

Last night after work, as I was leaving the spa , I thought this sight was worth a picture. There was a very high tide, and the wind blown, choppy water was hitting the bulkhead throwing spray up into the air and down onto the boardwalk.

This morning I am going back to the spa, but as a guest this time. I am having some serious pain issues with my left shoulder and one of the therapists is going to try and loosen the tight muscles with some deep massage, ouch! ouch! ouch!