The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current, May 05, 2017, WEEKEND EDITION, Page 1C, Image 17

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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017
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PENINSULA
POSTCARDS
Photos by Damian Mulinix/For EO Media Group
A love note carved in moss on the side of an old military building at Cape Disappointment.
Marking winter’s leisurely departure
By DAMIAN MULINIX
For EO Media Group
L
ONG BEACH — They say it’s springtime, but my soaked exercise clothes and dog beg
to differ. As the seasons ever-so-slowly have changed from winter to spring here on
the Peninsula, I’ve found that my daily walks with the dog have gradually gotten lon-
ger again. For those of you new to this series, these photos were all made during my daily 3- to
5-mile morning walk with my dog through Long Beach and Seaview. This is the third install-
ment of “greatest hits” of the things I see and fi nd on the walks, which we named, “Peninsula
A tiny green and brown tree frog rests
along the Seaview beach approach road.
Postcards.” In fact, I’ve been making so many photos on these trips that I dedicated my Insta-
gram feed to it, which you can fi nd at www.instagram.com/seenonwalks.
A crumpled tie is all that remains in a tav-
ern parking lot on a Sunday morning.
A short length of teal-colored rope cuts
across a sun-bleached patch of dune grass.
Tree litter, wind and rain combine to inter-
esting effect after a spring storm.
A shadow cast by the Long Beach board-
walk winds along the Discovery Trail.
Photos by Damian Mulinix/For EO Media Group
A near-barren branch extends over the late-wintry chill of Baker Bay.
The tracks, and the snow, didn’t last long
after an early February flurry.