A local Photographer At Work

Our favorite pelicans perched on their favorite spot . . . they glide and plop and are such fun to watch.

Sea stacks make a terrific background as the sun sets on a very calm ocean.

What an eye;  the sun and the storm clouds make a fantastic picture.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . .

Randy Scholten  is a  professional photographer and it would be special to show more of his work.    Each picture is more beautiful than the last and he has the eye and steady hand to snap the beauty that surrounds him.    How lovely our surroundings are and how lucky we are to be able to salvage  each scene on film to enjoy over and over again.

WAVES:  Sitting on a wooden bench overlooking Harris Beach/the view stretches as far as the eye can see/gigantic rock formations embedded in the sea/some hug the shore,monstrous in size, with tiny pockets in which the gulls do glide/here they roost waiting for morsels the sea does not hide.
The wind picks up and the waves come in/some rollers smooth and high/but then you see the swells prevail/and the wave that breaks, a surf boarders pride.
The power of the ocean draws many oohs and aahs/ as you watch the wave build, swell. and stretch/up to the heavens/it seems the colors change from milky grays to deep dark green as the white caps begin to crest /skimming along the wave then burst like a flume spewing foamy spray/gliding more and more/making sudsy patterns until they reach the shore.  JMS.

STORM CLOUDS: Have  you ever seen a storm come in/above the ocean wide/the pale blue skies begin to hide/behind a long bleak cloud/turning gray and partly black/whipping up the tide.
The drenching rain begins to fall and brings a howling wind/frothy waves build up tall/stirring up the sea/ hiding floating buoys and fishing boats./beneath the swells so high, the fishermen batten down the lines they have to tie./The horizon line seems missing/as the clouds descend the sky/ leaving misty, eerie shadows/on the sea so wide.  JMS

It is Friday already, time is just flying bye.  I hope your weekend is a fun one, filled with marvelous things to do, family and friends to share time with and some of the Christmas chores finished.  Cards should be out , the list shortened as you think of some one thing for a special person.   Baking to do, trays to fill, early, teasing gifts, that do not have to wait for Christmas morning.   A good deed to take care of, a stop-in visit to someone who has lost a family member or has someone on the threshold of life, or recuperating from an operation.   Five minutes of your time, a smile, a hug and you will have spread a tiny beam of sunlight around.   Go, be YOU and share.  Hugs to all.