We’ve been here 5 months. We’ll be here at least 3 more. We visited Camano Island for the first time on a drizzly Saturday in 2016 and honestly, we weren’t terribly impressed.  I mean, it was pretty, as almost all of the Pacific Northwest is, but it didn’t blow us away. But when hubby took a contract doing home health out of Everett, WA and we were faced with the choice of a little apartment on the water on Camano vs. a little, more expensive apartment in Everett, we decided to give it another shot.

And boy are we glad we did.

These past months have been filled with beach walks, whale sightings from our living room (!!!), watching for bald eagles and sea lions, glorious sunrises and sunsets, and more fresh crab than we’ve ever had in our lives. (thank you, kind & generous landlords!)

There has been so much to inspire me artistically that I can’t paint fast enough to get it all out.

I’ve filled an entire Moleskine watercolor sketchbook with seaside inspired abstract sketches and used that as inspiration to create a special series of large watercolors on canvas inspired by Camano.

We’ve been here long enough to watch Spring emerge and fade, and Summer is now in all its glory.

I can’t wait to see what Fall brings as the seasonal houses close up and everything goes quiet again.

You can see more from our life on Camano by following my Instagram stories where I post tidbits of what I’m seeing around me daily.

All images by me.