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They whisper to each other, "will this ever stop? I want to shine in the sun, not wilt in the rain."
"You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off." Louisa May Alcott
EXPLORE: 20 JUNE 2008 - Lots more of these to post. Starting tomorrow I'll sort through the photos from the trip. It was a wonderful trip and we enjoyed almost every moment of it. The 4 hour flights weren't all that much fun. Thanks for your visits and comments, your favs and invitations.
I've been on a puddle rampage lately. I hope it isn't boring you....
On my way out from the tracks I noticed this puddle and had my way with it. The mud was worth it.
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
― William Blake
A tree wounded by passing creatures weeps sap into its bark
Woodpecker holes on a Douglas fir. I didn't check to see if different trees had consistently different drilling patterns.
Meanwhile you can amuse yourself reading about why woodpeckers don't get concussions, and how they use their body to peck holes
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Spent the weekend close to home. Had a busy work week and didn't feel very adventurous. That didn't stop me from exploring.
Gas works park was fun.
I struggled with editing this image. I love the composition, but getting the dark and light not too dark and not too light was a challenge; and I still don’t think I’ve got it right. The light parts just aren’t light enough, and I’ve always struggled with getting monochrome images to have nice lighter parts of the image without having just a texture-less white space. Each photograph teaches us a lesson and often that lesson is “you have a lot more to learn.”
This is my obligatory photo of snow drops coming up in January 2024 in a garden in the Pacific Northwest in the Northern Hemisphere. Quick! it stopped raining for a bit! The earlier snowdrops got blighted by the deep freeze. but valiant later buds opened to give us a tiny promise of spring someday. I supposed we will have the usual cold snap in February, so maybe the crocuses will look sad for a week.
Meanwhile, the hellebores are definitely unhappy.
Another one from the archives. This was a magnificent sunset. Even far after the sun had went down the sky put on a show!
In honor of our new and improved relations with Russia I wanted to share some sketches of Russian cars. Sketched from a photo as I'm not in Russia. This one is interesting because you enter by tilting the front and climbing in the opening. This is a NAMI Belkin and it is from the 50's @motorobscura
As day turns to night and traffic flows in and out of Seattle. Photographed from the 73rd floor of the Columbia Tower in the Sky View Observatory.
A cold morning in Seattle WA with heavy overcast skies was the perfect time for this Google photo. A warm, aged look was my thoughts behind my editing process.
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We had time between flights to take the train to Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle - fantastic place !
I haven't ventured into the downtown area. It seems so distant. And so, I don't know, standard downtowny.
Also, Seattle has this insane road system, which relies on Interstate 5 to connect its bits and pieces. You CAN, if you want, take long detours and run into multiple dead ends to get to where it is you are going, but sometimes I feel as they say in Maine: you can't get there from here!
The other thing about the Seattle area is that all the electricity is above ground, something I have to take into account when I take a photo, to avoid the stringy stuff dangling all over the place. In Colorado, even in the small owns, most of the electrical system is underground. Amazing.
And Seattle doesn't really have a good sidewalk set up. You can traipse along a street sidewalk and suddenly find yourself in the street. Fortunately, at least in the suburban area, traffic in the side streets isn't too heavy.
This is the Lunar Rover Display at Seattle's Museum of Flight.
A very creative use of materials to achieve light weight and strength.
The Museum of Flight
Stopped by the bridge for sunset after work. I live and work in Kent so I had to rush up to make it in time to catch some colors. A friend of mine was there to shoot as well. It was pretty dang cold this night, the fog didn't seem to help.
Another wild berry, with okay but not very interesting raspberry-like fruit. But a pretty plant with big leaves
The old boy, Guy Noir, lounges by the window, but gives me a "come scratch my head" look on a smoky Saturday.