A walkway along the edge of the ocean on the island of Madeira, the first picture shows the scale as a couple narrowly avoid the spray from a medium sized wave. the second picture show one of the largest waves during the 5 minutes our tour spent there. I wonder why the tour driver didn't want us to try to walk the walkway.

We're on the periphery of the storm and aren't expecting much snow, although it looks fairly serious at the moment--and the wind keeps blowing it onto my porch. Moni, I'm glad you explained. Loved the manatees I used to see in Florida. Poor things, often cut by boat propellers. I hope something has been done to eliminate or minimize that. A resting deer this morning.

Love all those water fowl! And Annie, my cats are quite drawn to the wood stove too. My daughter Gillian with Whippoorwill Aurora at a Morgan horse show in 1994.

"I cannot imagine why this light house is adjacent to some of the lock in the Panama Canal. " Maybe it's an observation tower or something like a control tower at an airport. The "windows" on light houses usually go all the way around but not this one.