Photos of Longbranch

 

Ozzie, a barred owl, on a Douglas fir branch in Longbranch.

The total lunar eclipse of the blood moon began at 6:40 p.m. Sept. 27, 2015, and lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.

A blue heron lands on a dock on a chilly Filucy Bay Saturday. More sun and cold temperatures are coming later in the week.

Frost on a dock at the Longbranch Marina sparkle in the morning sun on a chilly Filucy Bay Saturday.

The beaver moon on its final descent behind the Olympics mountain range and Harstine Island.

A full beaver moon over Case Inlet Thursday Nov. 26, 2015. It is a chilly Thanksgiving Day morning with temperatures in the 30s and sunny.

Monday morning’s sunrise turned the sky over Mount Rainier red before the rain and wind came through the South Sound.

The sun could be seen rising over McNeil Island from a bank along Drayton’s Passage in Longbranch, Washington, Saturday July 18, 2015. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the southwest interior of western Washington and the Puget Sound metropolitan area, including Everett, Seattle and Tacoma. The heat advisory was prompted by the forecast of hot weather and high humidity that could be a health hazard. The advisory will be in effect starting noon today (Saturday July 18) until 9 p.m. Sunday (July 19). Temperatures over the weekend will be in the high 80s, according to the weather service.

A bumble bee in search of sweet nectar in a forest of blooms in Longbranch, Washington, Aug. 9, 2015.

A hummingbird feeds on a basket of petunias in Longbranch, Washington, Sunday July 19, 2015.

A logging operation in Longbranch, Washington, early Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015, underway in a thick fog long before sunrise.

The Blood Moon Sunday Sept. 27, 2015. This was also a Super Moon and a total lunar eclipse seen from Longbranch, Washington.

Ducks in a pond in Longbranch.

A skiff slices down a glassy Drayton Passage in December 2014.

Boats on a hook on Mayo Cove at sunrise in Lakebay, Washington, Saturday Aug. 1, 2015.

A floatplane flies over our homestead on a summer afternoon.

A Puget Sound sunrise Sept. 11, 2012, with McNeil, Eagle and Anderson islands in the foreground. A tugboat from Olympia makes its way up Drayton’s Passage towards Tacoma, Wash.

The first sunrise of 2013 viewed from the Longbranch Marina.

Maddee in the backyard after the winter storm of 2010.

A beautiful morning at the Longbranch Marina July 5, 2012.

The changing colors of autumn seen along Lorenz Road in Lakebay, Wash., Jan. 27, 2012.

A chilly 28 degrees on the Key Peninsula on an otherwise sunny and dry day Jan. 14, 2013.

A sailboat inside Filucy Bay Sept. 16, 2012.

Snow falling on a pond in Longbranch, Wash., Dec. 18, 2012.

Smoke from wildfires in Eastern Washington turn the sky around Tacoma red at sunrise on Sept. 13, 2012.

A sailboat makes its way up Drayton’s Passage in the Summer of 2011.

A lone sailor steaming toward home, wherever home may be, as the sun sets on Drayton’s Passage near Longbranch, Wash., July 10, 2011.

Summer fog blankets Drayton’s Passage July 16, 2012.

Autumn leaves on Anderson Island seen from Longbranch, Wash., Oct. 28, 2012.

A winter mountain on the first day of 2013.

The moon rising over Anderson Island July 3, 2012.

A moon rise over Anderson Island with a sailboat on Drayton’s Passage Aug. 3, 2009.

Spring is on its way. A sunrise over the Longbranch Marina March 23, 2012.

Our little friend striking a pose on the wall of our house Aug. 10, 2012.

The latest brood of goslings spreading their wings at a pond in Longbranch, Wash., May 19, 2012.

A foggy bank on McNeil Island June 30, 2012.

Maddee and I enjoying a fire in our backyard fire pit July 22, 2011.

A fuzzy fawn on my drive home Aug. 30, 2012.

We have several bald eagles nesting near our bank. This adult dropped in on a branch on our bank June 24, 2012.

Rainier’s shadow can be seen from our deck in Longbranch, Wash., Dec. 27, 2009.

These are probably the most photographed pair of chairs on the Key Peninsula. A sunrise Aug. 26, 2009.

Our chairs after a winter storm Jan. 20, 2012.

Rainbows are a lovely sight on our bank. This photograph was taken July 14, 2011.

A lovely and common occurrence on our bank: sailboats on Drayton’s Passage. June 12, 2012.

This was definitely a commute-stopping sunrise in Longbranch, Wash., Dec. 9, 2009. It was a very cold morning at 19 degrees with mist rising from the water.