Perched on a fence post and posing like a pro, the seagull remained motionless.
The Mary D. Hume, built in 1881, served 97 years, winning the title of longest serving vessel in the Pacific, a record that still stands today. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, she quietly lives out her life in the harbor at Gold Beach, Oregon, not far from where she was built.
Cannon Beach, on the north coast of Oregon, is known for the large rocks scattered off the shore.
These will always be California Poppies…even when they bloom in Oregon.
As we ate lunch, perched on a picnic table half buried among the spring grass, I couldn’t help but notice the bright red spot of a ladybug.
Fierce winds blowing across the sand create sculptures on a sandy Oregon beach.
Mountain Laurels bloom with flowers that look like peppermint candy in the gardens of Oregon’s Shore Acres State Park.
Outfitted in matching red jackets, two distant beachcombers stroll the shore in search of treasures.
A late spring iris blooms alongside the coastal path.
