Boolie’s Blog

One of my favorite images but I can’t explain exactly why. It’s not my typical subject matter, my typical angle, or my typical lens.

Life on Oregon’s coast is generally pretty peaceful and quiet, but the dawn especially so. It was a cool spring morning, the sun not yet risen, and little could be heard apart from the waves on the shore. As I looked out of my hotel window, a handful of people were out on the beach, exercising, walking their dogs, or just enjoying the beauty of the coast.

As I soaked in the tranquility of the morning, I wanted to stay in the moment, but the sun always rises.

A picture of my wife watching the sun set from four years ago, taken on Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon.

We were staying in our favorite hotel, the Sylvia Beach Hotel, as we like the peace and quiet. It sits right on the beach, so we took a short walk from our hotel room and walked down the beach to an area where we could be off on our own.

And now I’m suddenly craving the seafood chowder at Sharky’s down by the harbor, which is only a problem in that I’m not down by the harbor but back in my house in Portland.