September

Took another ride out to Spokanistan, there are some new wind turbines really close to the road now

Bud is Mom & Leos happy cat..

we drove home through the cascades and stopped in Leavenworth, the pastries here are special! I think this is an apricot something...

fog in the mountains

a week later we were in New Orleans sitting on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain

I spotted a blue crab checkin' out a can

at first I thought this was a mop head but it appears to be a piece of rope thats come undone

and a large cricket that wanted his photo taken.

more tales from the trail

oh how I love these birds! Last week I got lucky and saw herons two days in a row, you have to really pay attention to spot them 'cause they are so still. The water is starting to get low so I fear my viewing days are growing short.

I've read that their plumage gets longer as they age.

The creek gets drier while blackberries have shed their flowers & start to look more like snacks.

One morning it was cool out and a little foggy on the pond, I almost missed this heron. I think it's a younger bird.

the same moring just after passing the pond I saw this bundle of fuzz on top of the water in the creek, three maybe four little ducklings huddled together.

New Space

We have a pretty decent view for now, who knows what construction will come..I love lines and we certainly have many beautiful ones here.

we have a couple of spider webs on the balcony that are pretty fun to look at...

we have some of the plants here now, we'll see how they like the northern light

this was the first friday morning i've slept in here, and really the fukn news helicopters! I took this from my bed about 6 am.

the beginning of many shots from our room and the roof.

before the party...

June

Its almost over....a very wet month fraught with changes. Tossing junk, getting new junk, a bus that I have been riding for 4.5 years stopped running, we're moving and trying to keep it all together.

The garage sale went well, we had a rare day of sunshine and we made $180 bucks, everything that we didn't sell made its way to the thrift store or the trash can.

the birds have been enjoying a worm feast with the rain and lack of grass outside our window, this guy has a mouthful

Weekdays I ride a Sound Transit bus to Bothell where I work, for the last four and a half years I was catching a Community Transit bus from the university there to my building. The route has been cut and I have been walking the distance, it takes about a half hour and there is a nice trail that follows North Creek to my destination. Birds,ducks,bunnies,berries,beavers,slugs, snakes ...

Slugs intrigue me and gross me out! They own the trail out here, my fear is that i'll either step and slip on one or that one will find it's way into the cuffs of my jeans.....caca

new growth on a pine tree?

WDOT has some clandestine project going on behind this wall in Bothell, I love how they tack these giant pictures of flowers on it.

I was almost to my bus stop the other day and about to stash the camera and I almost stepped on this snake.

University District Street Fair 5.15.10

The sun came out in Seattle last weekend for the U-District street fair, lots of musicians

 

didgeridoo, wind instruments of the organic....

and non-organic variety

always drawn back to the strings

saw these two lady's they seemed somehow staged here on the beautiful campus at UW

took some shots in the neighborhood today, there was a block party on 10th ave for the opening of Eliot Bay Books on the hill, as usual I find the buildings more interesting than the folks

this guy? so seattle?