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It's an important day in my family due to this little girl and her older siblings. Taken on Gleneden beach in Oregon last summer.

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A glorious sunset....Kent, Washington. Happy MLK day.

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the sun shining through the waves. Surprisingly, the most beautiful days along the Oregon coast are in the winter, when the waves acquire a beautiful teal color and are capped with white froth.

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the wind blowing the waves back along the central Oregon coast on a glorious winter day.

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Depoe Bay Oregon is renowned for it's salt water taffy, especially the variety at Ainslee's, where you can watch the entire production process.

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a view from above, looking south along the central Oregon coast, between Newport and Depoe Bay, Oregon.

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A dried out stalk of Queen Anne's Lace from last season, taken around Otter Rock, Oregon Coast

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seagulls sitting on the beach where a small freshwater stream flows into the ocean. This is in the area of Moolack Beach on the central Oregon coast, just north of Newport, Oregon.

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a tugboat sitting alongside the fishing boat Perseverance in Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon.

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sunlight streaming through the girders underneath one of the piers in Newport, Oregon.

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The Yaquina Bay Bridge is a beautifully delicate bridge that spans the entrance to the Newport Harbor in Newport, Oregon.

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fishing gear on a boat, Newport, Oregon.

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fishing gear on a boat, Newport, Oregon.

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The Oregon coast has become the vacation destination for thousands of sea lions. They are actually big pests, but are quite fun to watch. One of the places they hang out is in the Newport harbor.

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fish at the Undersea Gardens, in Newport, Oregon. I had to do quite a bit of work on this picture, as the water was so green that it was hard to see there was a fish at all.

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three women walking through the Kreielsheimer Promenade at the Seattle Center. The water on the right is from a flat water installation, and the top of the Space Needle is just visible at the top of the photo.

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the International Fountain at the Seattle Center is a popular place year-round. Despite the chilly temperatures, there were plenty of kids playing around the water, which is set to burst in time with the music that plays in the area.

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this is the overhead art installation, called the Kreielsheimer Promenade, that runs between the McCaw Hall and the Exhibition Hall at the Seattle Center. At night, it changes colors and reflects in a flat water exhibit below.

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There hasn't actually been a lot of frost this year, especially compared to last year, but this was on the grass one morning a couple of weeks ago. Happy New Year everyone.