Didn’t get a blog put up this morning, so here’s one at night. The weather’s been gorgeous, and it’s so nice to be out walking again. When there are high winds and floods going on, you can’t exactly go for for a walk. Not unless you want to sink up to your ankles, or get hit with a flying tree branch. Walked over by Rialto Beach today and the sky was that perfect blue with little white wisps of clouds decorating it. The toddler bounced rather than walked and the baby giggled in her backpack and we all just sort of reveled in the sunshine and mild temperature and the light breeze.

November and December were insane, and January started off that way, too, but days like this are the norm and it’s why the Olympic Peninsula is paradise. There is no more beautiful place on earth. OK, some people are put off by the 140 inches of rain a year, but it’s a small price to pay for paradise.