Sorry We're Dead. That will discourage solicitors

Explore # 378 5/25/16 Whoopdee do.

Maybe an algorithm does have a sense of humor

The Space Needle in front of Elliot Bay and the Olympic Mountains.

So many layers of posters, exploding out like fireworks

While the rest of the hood gets turned into condos this old place remains forever the same

graphite on paper

Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) in bloom, red variety

Old boy sitting outside a booth at Eastern Market

Every time I walk by here I expect to see the yellow sign of doom. Its corner neighbor is gone.

From the Capitol Hill library stairway, facing west, the Olympics.

Seattle has an amazing number of cherry and plum trees in many neighborhoods. The spring bloom is awesome

outside pho cyclo.

i have always been a person on the fringe,

not quite in the thick of things,

but present nonetheless.

i realized today that this is reflected

in many aspects of my life,

and is quite obvious in my photography.

most often i accept this,

other times i am despondent.

i have come to realize that to be aware

is sometimes enough.

Capitol Hill, Seattle

Did you happen to catch the sunset Tuesday night?

puddle reflection

Not often seen here. The blossom scent has psychotropic properties

Outside the library

Outside the library

at Smith for burgers and drinks

These made me laugh. Tacky but better than hatefulness.

linocut

Graveyard of Angst. Brilliantly hilarious!

More Halloween shots from a bonanza of a year.

Nikkor 105mm 1.8 AI-S @ 1.8 with Metabones Speedbooster

The most recent Pacific Supply window

More winter dusk

Urban Animal Vet off Broadway

They took over a defunct coffee shop and expanded.

Still hanging in there 2017

Barbur Blvd., Portland, Oregon - December 2020.

Nikon F3/T

AF Nikkor 35-70 mm f/2.8

Portra 400

Just leaving the vet after check up and in good health.

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The Peace Monument

also known as: the Naval Monument, Civil War Sailors Monument, Navy Peace Monument,

sculptor: Franklin Simmons, 1877

Peace Circle, Capitol Hill

1st Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, District of Columbia

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GRIEF & HISTORY (top, facing West)

Grief weeps as she leans on the shoulder of History, who holds a stylus and tablet, which bears the phrase, "They died that their country might live."

VICTORY (base, facing West)

Victory, who holds a laurel wreath and oak branch is flanked by the sea God Neptune (South), holding his trident. Opposite him is Mars(North), the God of War. Both gods are portrayed as infants or cherubs.

PEACE (base, facingEast)

Personified by the Greek Goddess Eirene, she holds an olive sprig, At her feet are the: "Symbols of Peace & Industry": dove (now missing) wheat, cornucopia, turned earth,sickle and a sword

"Symbols of Science, Literature & Art: the angle or square, gear, book, and dividers