ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK A dusting of snow fell

A dusting of snow fell overnight as the soft light from the morning sun illuminates this frozen landscape with a honey locust tree lining the banks of a frozen Wildflower Lake

It was interesting watching and listening to the pair communicating with each other as I made my way through the park

The Oregon Central Coast is viewed in this image as the pacific ocean crashes wave after wave onto the basalt rock of the Central Coast with sandstone cliffs and sitka spruce overlooking the Pacific Ocean

A friendly red-winged blackbird decides to let me get close enough while it perches on a branch from a cottonwood tree during an early spring morning walk through Wildflower Park

ISLAND IN THE SKY CREEK A dusting of snow fellThis morning I decided to head out and photograph the storm clouds in the park that were coming through the area. You can usually get some pretty dramatic looking cloud patterns from the thunderstorms and that was my hope this morning. With my camera gear and tripod in hand, I reached the trailhead before 5: 00 am. The morning light was filtering through the bluish purple grayish storm clouds and some lightning was coming through, once about every 30