Bob MacDonald, Sr., 1935-2025. Yesterday was the first anniversary of my dad’s death. He was a great father and a wonderful teacher, among many other things. We held off on publishing his obituary while getting his estate sorted. I decided to publish it on his anniversary.

Wednesday waves 🌊👋 (🤦‍♀️I forgot to post yesterday) Sunlight strikes the wave crests. I love watching them go from gray to bright white gradually. Manzanita, 6:30 am. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/07/30/wednesday-waves-i-forgot-to.html

Wednesday waves 🌊👋 video + photo I’m on a road trip this weekend, so this week’s waves are from the Seattle - Bainbridge Island ferry. ⛴️ https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/07/22/wednesday-waves-video-photo-im.html

Wednesday waves (a day late) 🌊👋 Super low tide morning. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/07/16/wednesday-waves-a-day-late.html

Wednesday waves. 🌊👋 Video + photo. Shot from up above on a sand dune. The audio is meh because of 15 mph winds. You can hear the dune grass crackling. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/07/08/wednesday-waves-video-photo-shot.html

Wednesday waves. 🌊 👋 Video + photo. I went out later than usual, an overcast day with most of the color washed out, but the sun glinting on silvery gray waves looked interesting. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/07/01/wednesday-waves-video-photo-i.html

Wednesday waves for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. Video + photo. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/06/10/wednesday-waves-for-the-pacific.html

I added two new greeting cards to the Well-Tempered Cards shop on Etsy. It’s fun to look at the whole collection, each photo a little capsule of a moment of awe.

Wednesday waves. Video + photo. An overcast misty day, with Starfish Rock in the foreground. https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/06/03/wednesday-waves-video-photo-an.html

The Photos app surfaced this 2024 photo today. ❤️ Bob (my dad) with the Bob Moore statue at Bob’s Red Mill. I hope they are making pancakes together in heaven. 🥞

The color on the beach at the moment of sunset yesterday. I’m still glowing, just thinking about it. Cropped but no other editing, iPhone 17 Pro.

Sneaker wave alert this weekend. Not everyone got the memo. (The woman did eventually hop up onto the dune, and was not swept away.) https://micro.welltempered.net/2026/02/14/sneaker-wave-alert-this-weekend.html

I finally upgraded to the iPhone 17 Pro. The 8x zoom setting is for photographing the wild ocean waves while staying dry on the shore.

There are a lot of visitors on our beach in this holiday week. It’s almost impossible to get a photo without dogs in the frame. 🥰

For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society and anyone who likes watching waves: it’s King Tides Eve, and the sunrise high tide gave a little preview of what’s to come. (photo + video) Happy New Year to all. 👋🏻 🌊 🌲 🏔️ https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/12/31/for-the-pacific-wave-appreciation.html

What a difference a day makes. The treacherous mouth of the Columbia on a sunny less windy morning. Clear enough to see how far the jetty goes. 😮 https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/11/28/what-a-difference-a-day.html

For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society: the massive waves at the mouth of the Columbia River, “one of the most treacherous waterways in the world,” as the sign says. https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/11/28/for-the-pacific-wave-appreciation.html

I saw this bumper sticker, and it made me think we need one for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊 (And, on the same walk I spotted a beach fort!)

One of favorite photos from last week’s king tides. Unflappable Seagull is not perturbed by the wind, waves or driftwood. (Nedonna Beach, South Jetty of Nehalem Bay) (I have to admit I wouldn’t mind getting a “real” camera and zoom for a shot like this.)

For those in the Driftwood Trackers subgroup of the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society, here’s Biggish Log yet another 50 ft. closer to the dunes after another day of sneaker wave alert-level surf. 🌊🌊🌊

An update on Biggish Log after a weekend of sneaker wave activity. It’s moved 110 ft from where it was last week. (You can see the path of What3Words pins.) There are bigger King Tides to come, and I predict it will end up buried in the dunes like Big Log.

Inundation: not the wave I was expecting: https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/08/19/inundation-not-the-wave-i.html

Day 3 of the Micro.blog photo challenge. Prompt: shadow

Day 2 of the Micro.blog photo challenge. Prompt: curve Very low tide reveals the curves in what I think of as the sand labyrinth.

Stranded (Metaphor Monday #23): https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/05/12/stranded-metaphor-monday.html

Biggish Log still there. In the same spot. I’ve marked it using an app called What 3 Words, which has applied a 3 meter square grid to the world and assigned a three word phrase to each square. Biggish Log is located at nuance.enough.budgets.

Driftwood update: New log, almost 25 ft long. 7 ft shorter than Big Log. Right now I’m calling Biggish Log. (Yes, biggish is a word.😏)

For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society, live from the beach (video + photo). A semi-cloudy not-raining early morning walk is my favorite. Starfish Rock in high tide waves. 🌊⛅️ https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/05/03/for-the-pacific-wave-appreciation.html

What I've Been Doing Lately: Substack and Etsy: https://micro.welltempered.net/2025/04/30/what-ive-been-doing-lately.html

(Video + photo) Long time, no post for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. The ocean is still here, in case you wondered. Low low tide on a misty morning. Big boots and rain pants kind of day.