Bloom starts

The flowers are starting

Spring

After the Winter

BY CLAUDE MCKAY

Some day, when trees have shed their leaves

     And against the morning’s white

The shivering birds beneath the eaves

     Have sheltered for the night,

We’ll turn our faces southward, love,

     Toward the summer isle

Where bamboos spire the shafted grove

     And wide-mouthed orchids smile.

And we will seek the quiet hill

     Where towers the cotton tree,

And leaps the laughing crystal rill,

     And works the droning bee.

And we will build a cottage there

     Beside an open glade,

With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near,

     And ferns that never fade.

First Snow

Snow final comes Feb 2019

Razor Clam Harvesting

OCEAN SHORES, WA - The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is giving shellfish lovers an early Christmas gift this year. The state is opening some Pacific Coast beaches for razor clam harvesting for a limited time this week.

The dig dates and locations this week include:

• Dec. 20, Thursday, 4:51 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
• Dec. 21, Friday, 5:35 p.m.; -1.0 feet; Twin Harbors, Copalis
• Dec. 22, Saturday, 6:20 p.m.; -1.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
• Dec. 23, Sunday, 7:05 p.m.; -1.6 feet; Twin Harbors, Copalis

The state will has a pending five-day dig coming up in January

• Jan. 2, Wednesday; 4:22 p.m.; 0.2 feet; Twin Harbors
• Jan. 3, Thursday; 5:06 p.m.; -0.2 feet; Twin Harbors
• Jan. 4, Friday; 5:46 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
• Jan. 5, Saturday; 6:23 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Twin Harbors, Copalis
• Jan. 6, Sunday; 6:59 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Twin Harbors, Mocrocks

Christmas is coming

14 days till Christmas ho ho ho

My 96 Ford Ranger

OurToad for behind the Motor Home put the tow hitche on then wiring.

Getting it ready to go for next year.

Christmas Tree 2018

Sallie and her helper got the ready