From the Darkness, There Will be (More) Light
While the shortest amount of daylight is on the Winter solstice, December 21st, every day after that until the Summer solstice on June 21st the amount of daylight increases.
Living In A Northern Latitude Has It’s Advantages (and Disadvantages)
Our current location in the state of Washington is by far the northern most latitude where I have lived. The changes in sunrises and sunsets and the amount of daylight and darkness varies considerably here, like I have never experienced before.
Cape Disappointment and the Pacific Ocean for Christmas
About a week ago, Rose asked what I thought about taking a road trip for Christmas. She was interested in visiting Cape Disappoinment State Park and the light house and other sites there. She called around last week and found a place to stay. Alicia had some time off and we wanted her to come […]
Hurricane Ridge Today
Today we travelled to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park to take our Christmas photo that had snow in the background. There was about 10” of new snow and we took a bunch of pictures to consider for the card. This year instead of ordering the cards online having them printed and then sending, w
Is It Always Raining In the Northwest?
The short answer is that it depends on where you live. Like many other places, there is a season that brings more rain and there is a period of little rain. One of the keys to living on the Kitsap Peninsula, as we do, is to be in or near the rain shadow from the […]
Kingston Tree Lighting
Last night we went to the neighboring town of Kingston for their annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. As you can see below, the tree is just a small part of all the lighting they have going on! It is awesome to see and we were lucky enough to have a dry night to enjoy it.
