4 Oct 2020

Spider Art

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While I was drinking my tea this Sunday morning, Chuck came in the house yelling, “You have to see this you have to see this”. I asked him what (because most of the time it’s something like a bird or rodent that’s not there anymore when I get outside.) He yelled “there’s spiderwebs everywhere“. I grabbed my cameras and followed him out. And I was blown away because there REALLY were spiderwebs everywhere. They were all covered with fine little … Read More
11 Feb 2020

A Gift from the Snow Moon

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The photo above is the Full Snow Moon (in Leo) taken at 6:30AM on Feb 8 from Burien WA looking west over the Olympic Mountains. The moon was totally full that evening at 11:33 p.m. PST. With it came the first sunny weather in weeks. The rains actually fell in 45 of the last 52 days. January was especially wet, with measurable precipitation occurring on 28 of 31 days—tying the all-time mark for number of rainy days in January (set … Read More
5 Jul 2019

4th of July Visitor

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Yesterday, on the fourth of July, we had an unexpected visitor. He greeted us with a loud thud on our upper deck. I looked out, expecting to see an injured bird, or possibly a misguided roman candle but instead was pleasantly surprised to see a VERY recently fledged, VERY young Pileated Woodpecker. He was desperately trying to negotiate a grip on a somewhat smooth, narrow railing. We watched as he slipped and slid and flapped and flopped around. I grabbed … Read More
13 Jan 2019

Farewell Party on the Viaduct

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On January 11, 2019 at 10:00PM the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle closed forever. Many people took a ceremonious last trip to bid farewell or express their regrets. The King County Air Support helicopter with their rather surreal “night vision” film camera was there to document the event which ended up lasting a few more hours than anticipated. While the party was taking place on the upper deck of the viaduct, I was traveling south on the crowded lower level. … Read More