Windy grey days can be beautiful, too. Honest. Plants and animals movements choreographed with the wind. On a sailboat we too fit into the tune. Folks boarded from Lopez The Edenwild to participate in the day sail taking the helm downwind and sharing a picnic at anchor in the lee of Yellow Island.

At anchor in the lee of Yellow Island

Castilleja híspida – harsh paintbrush

Sedum spathulifolium – Broadleaf Stonecrop

Eriophyllum lanatum – Oregon sunshine/Wooly sunflower

Ashore in the jungle of Yellow Island

Pacific Madrone Tree

Peniel at anchor

Pacific Madrone in flower

Shaw Island cliff face

Pacific Madrone