I am very fond of my car. I love driving, and look forward to freeway miles when I go out of town. I also live in the Seattle area, known, perhaps unfairly, for its rain. One day at work, there was a brief, heavy rainstorm. Before the storm, the sky was partly cloudy and pleasantly …
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Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top
This is the old Burke Building, built in 1895 in downtown Seattle. See the arched doorway in the center of the street level. Then look straight up. This old building had a real Cherry on Top. This is what it looks like now, in the plaza of the newer Federal Building on the same site. …
Ruffles and Flourishes-Architectural Detail in Downtown Seattle
This week's Photo Challenge topic of Detail was perfect! I had been planning to do a post on this topic for a while, and everything came together nicely. This one also goes with last week's Look Up theme. So I packed up my camera and notebook, got in my car, and drove the 20 miles …
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This is What.Is.Wrong.With.Seattle
The title of the story on the KOMO news web site is Watchdog: SPD Needs Big Mayday Reforms. In Seattle, MayDay every year brings out the Anarchists, masked and destructive, breaking glass in store windows, and other acts of vandalism. See this picture-this is what the Seattle Police Department is faced with EVERY MayDay! See …
Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra) Ordinary
A closeup of Seattle's waterfront "Great Wheel" Ferris wheel. Up close, you can see the many elements that make up this beautiful engineering marvel. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/extraordinary/
Photo Challenge: Serenity
This photo I took at the Seattle Japanese Garden captures it, don't you think?
An Open Letter to Columnist Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times
Dear Danny- I was interested to read your column in today's Times, entitled "Relying on The Bus Foolhardy in Seattle". Since the majority of Seattle residents are of the liberal persuasion, and often advocate getting people out of their cars, I was amused by your experience this summer, trying to get everywhere by bus. "What's …
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May Day (Supposed to be National Workers Day)
In Seattle, anarchists did their normal "riot" act, and property was damaged (windows smashed with metal bars), and 14 people were arrested, and 8 police officers injured. Local law enforcement is unable to stop this, because they are held back by city government which is basically in sympathy with the "demonstrators"-scare quotes necessary, as they …
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