February 5, 2017 by drkottaway

Ridge and clouds

Good morning, clouds. Good morning, mountains. Good morning, reader and I hope your day is blessed.

This is taken from the ferry going from Whidby Island to Port Townsend.

February 3, 2017 by drkottaway

Front over Tahoma

A distant Mount Tahoma taken from the beach with the evening sun lighting the edge of the front. Beautiful.

January 27, 2017 by drkottaway

Morning

I took this in the early morning at Port Hudson after having coffee. The pole is a tsumani siren. I love being out for the sunrise and now it is getting easier to wake up for it as the days get longer.

January 25, 2017 by drkottaway

Perspective

This is taken at night from the beach, camera at full zoom. The mountain is Mount Tahoma, also known as Mount Rainier. The object that looks like a gibbet for hanging people is at the end of a dock. It is a small crane. The perspective makes them look like they are the same size, doesn’t it? But one is very close and the mountain is very much further away.

We have to be careful not to misinterpret what we see when we don’t have enough information or when we are given misinformation. Truth is complicated and there are people who will lie for power and advantage and their own agenda. Consider the source, use more than one source, consider if what you are seeing has been edited, exaggerated, placed out of context or if it’s really just a lie.

For the Daily Post challenge: Conventional Wisdom.

Music: I can’t keep quiet.

January 24, 2017 by drkottaway

Night walk

While my daughter was home from college over break, she went for night walks and runs on the beach. I went along sometimes, on the walks. It is so beautiful in the evening light and in the dark…

January 17, 2017 by drkottaway

Sky over mountains

The Olympic Mountains were visible along the horizon from the ferry yesterday. They are huge and wild, still. But the sky is bigger, isn’t it? The sky and the clouds dwarf the mountains….

January 17, 2017 by drkottaway

Ferry view

I was crossing from Coupeville to Port Townsend yesterday afternoon, and the Olympic Mountains were gorgeous. I wanted to capture the haze between the lower ridge and the high peaks, mist and mystery.