We took a drive up to Leavenworth today, since I missed the Accordion Celebration back in June. It was a beautiful, warm day, in the 70s near us on the west side of the Cascades, and in the 90s in Leavenworth on the east side. When we arrived in town, we found a place to …
Continue reading Have you ever heard an alphorn? Have you ever seen one? Well , it’s time you did.
Way back in the 1970s, a favorite phrase describing something you liked was "Cool, man!" Living in a place with abundant bodies of water, and the nickname of "Evergreen State", you'd think that cool colors would be everywhere. You would be correct! Sometimes, though, you get too much of a good thing, with vegetation run …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #313: Cool colors
On this day, August 1, in the year 1988, The Great Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves, the first step on his way to becoming the Greatest Radio Broadcaster of All Time. He broadcast from WABC in New York City, and it did not take him very long to build his huge audience of millions, …
Continue reading Today is Very Important for Rush Limbaugh supporters. Anniversary!
Well, he doesn't actually call himself that, but I will. He is an excellent bird photographer, and has his own Bird Club for his followers to join. He lives in Somerset, in England, so his birds might be new to you. https://twitter.com/CarlBovisNature/status/1788544463264010460 Below are more examples of his work. If you are on Twitter/X, I …
Continue reading The people you meet on Twitter: Carl Bovis the Bird Guy
I just love patterns, both in nature and man-made. I'll often photograph a chair with an interesting upholstery pattern, or even a piece of furniture, like the bench below. I spotted this on a walk through downtown Bellevue, Washington last week. It's remarkable how you can actually bend slices of wood into undulations not normally …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #296: Abstract
Just look around you! How many circles are there? They are everywhere! I am driving in circles every day, though Audi calls them The Rings. I looked up while in the Everett Public Library, and what did I see, but some brightly-colored glass circles. OK, Tina, here are some for you. Seattle's Great Wheel How's …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #290: Going around in Circles
In thinking about what to use for this challenge, I thought about Windows, and what they mean. A window is an expanse of glass, normally clear glass, designed so the people inside a building can see out, and let the light of the Sun in. It occurred to me to consider the big glass windows …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and Commentary. #288, Window Shopping, and Trust
Once again, the local news is chock-full of stories of crime, mayhem, homelessness, and demonstrations. The Seattle Police are losing officers weekly, resulting in longer response times. Here are just some of the stories in the local news today. Tacoma Police are sharing the sketch of the perpetrator of a stabbing in Point Defiance Park. …
Continue reading It’s time for another dispatch from the Seattle-area Dystopia
Aaaand.... Here's the awesome final version! https://twitter.com/codeofcats/status/1757945627802063076?s=20 A better version of awesome! #Trump2024 #Proud to be an American #TwitterPostOfTheDay
Hello, Readers. Have you had a secret (or not so secret) desire to go to work for Disney? Do you have a yearn to act, or staff a ride or restaurant at Disneyland? Do you have a degree in animation or set design? Once you read today's post, put up by Elon Musk himself, you might want to …
