View of Fort Warden State Park and its lighthouse.

This rainbow lasted hours.

Mt. Baker at sunset.

Paragliders in our back yard taking advantage of the high bluff.

The cruise ship season has begun. They leave from Seattle and are mostly bound for Alaska -- and they float by our windows on the way.

Eagles soar over the bluff too.

Here's one of the Rhododendrons blooming in our backyard on May 17.

This eagle has taken to perching on the Madrona Tree at the very edge of the bluff. Usually, it is being mobbed by crows that are nesting nearby. We have seen as many as 6 crows in the tree when the eagle is there.

Sailboats of all varieties sail by -- big, small, vintage, & colorful.

Cruise ship races?

A new discovery! We can see Mt Rainer from our backyard. We just have to walk out to the edge of the bluff and look south. It only took us 4 months to figure this out.

The Lady Washington, the official state ship, sailed by as it went from Victoria's Tall Ship festival to Tacoma's. It should be back for the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend this fall.

Our Coast Guard has a tall sailing ship. That is so cool! It was leaving from a tall ship festival in Tacoma and motored by at dusk (sorry - it was difficult to get a good picture).

Here's the ferry that we see everyday going from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island. It's interesting to watch the various routes it takes across and speculate on why it goes different ways (currents? tides? rough waves? shipping traffic?).

This is a classic PNWet image, although it's the first time we have seen one go by the house. It's a raft of floating logs pulled by a tugboat.

Summer sunrise with Mt. Baker in silhouette.

This is not a picture from our rental house but a picture of our house from a boat out on the water.

The cruise ships return to Seattle at night, passing by our house around 3am. Their lights are bright enough to cast shadows inside.

The Madrona tree at the edge of the bluff is developing lovely peeling bark.