1C THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017 CONTACT US Erick Bengel | Weekend Editor ebengel@dailyastorian.com WEEKEND BREAK FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorian 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.