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We have had some nice weather when the wind doesn’t blow, and I got out with my kayak on one of the local lakes earlier this week. It was quite lovely. There were fewer birds than I expected, a few people fishing and that man with the strange board buzzing around everywhere at high speed.

Marshes and wetlands are important habitats for birds and other wildlife.

We recently celebrated Methow Dark Sky week in conjunction with International Dark Sky week. Here is my celebration from my backyard. As usual, I am a little behind with my posts. Sigh.

The Milky Way in my backyard

While the weather was unsettled with some sun breaks, we enjoyed lots of walks on the beach and along the river that empties into the ocean.

WordPress has a new glitch and won’t save my usual tiled gallery style, so for now, I am stuck with this look. Hopefully, this is not a permanent glitch.

Willow and I continued our roadtrip around the Peninsula and then south to meet up with Ken to dig razor clams. That first night we had a lovely sunset. And Willow found a stick.