Boundless blue beauty
Here’s a photo taken earlier this week–Wednesday afternoon–looking out over Puget Sound. The long low bit is Bainbridge Island. Behind it, the…
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Inside and out, a contrast in pictures
So that’s what my office looked like this morning. Which is why I fled here: Oh, it’s so nice not to have…
Read moreWeather drama
Yesterday morning was full of sunshine. We immediately scrapped our plans and went to the park–because at the end of September, every…
Read moreCrow flow
Yesterday was a beautiful day here, so we went to the park. Astonishingly, given the sunshine, we had the whole creek-side to…
Read moreIn the valley of the frost giants
I’ve had a wonderful first 36 hours of 2011. It began with two delicious bottles of Champagne: our last bottle of Krug,…
Read moreCrappy photos can look good
I love my iThing, but the camera seriously sucks. Having said that, here’s a photo I just took at Carkeek Park: I…
Read moreI declare a holiday
In which there will be no blogging except to say I’ll be playing with Hild and then playing with my iThing (iPod…
Read moreSalmon are running!
(Thanks, Jennifer) I haven’t been to the park for more than a week. It seems the fish don’t need my help. But,…
Read moreGratuitous tree shot
Every autumn I take photos of the sherbet-coloured leaves on the trees outside my office window. Every autumn I end up with…
Read morehappy rats
Yesterday, it poured down here in Seattle. But we needed to get outside, so we thought, Ah, fuck it, let’s go to…
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On Thursday we went to the park. It was quiet and still, and mild for this time of year (not too far…
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I woke up this morning to light shining on the wall. “What the fuck is that?” I scrambled out of bed, blinking,…
Read moreby the Salish Sea
from Wikimedia Commons It’s official. Kelley and I now live by the Salish Sea. We still live by Puget Sound, of course–it’s…
Read morecrow flash mob
I’m still off the grid but, thanks to the wonders of technology, here’s something I wrote three days ago… Yesterday Kelley and…
Read morejust for now
Yesterday the weather here in Seattle was perfect–a day stolen from early May. We went to the park (again). Kelley has a…
Read morebrightly coloured snacks
I took the camera to the park yesterday to take pictures of the salmon that should be running. There were none. This…
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Yesterday was a grey and rainy day here in Seattle. Kelley and I were feeling a bit cooped up so we went…
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