Black Dog on White Snow

Clear and Crispy

Rooftop Snow

San Diego Flair

San Diego Sailing

View from the South

Seahawks v Patriots

Indianola Dock

Autumn at the Arboretum

Seattle in Panaramic

From Seward Park

Eagle at Breakfast

October Colors

New Patio

Wag More, Bark Less

Endless Summer

My Morning Jacket at the Seattle Opera House

Blake Island - Tillicum Village

Poulsbo Kayak

PT Bell Tower

Hot Shop

NYC

Radiohead

Happy Valley Lake

Klahhane Ridge

What Happens in Vegas....

Vashon Island

Dungeness Spit

King of The Mountain

Poppy Power

Out of the Darkness

Snoqualmie Falls

San Juan Island Kayaking

Beauty from Putrid

This Spring's weather has been described as "Putrid" by my 70 year old native of PNW neighbor. It has been rainy, cloudy, and very cool for the past month and everyone is ready for some sun. I took a hike in the Olympics to get a look at some of the Beauty which is created by the rainy weather; and spotted numerous flowers and mushrooms.

Portland Steel Bridge

Monterey by the Bay

Hansville Greenway and Buck Lake

Spring is reluctant to put on her little blue dress and instead prefers the long coat. It has been abnormally cool the last month or so and gray skies have been typical. I caught a few hardy folks fishing for lake trout with an eagle overhead and showers passing through a tease of blue streaks.

Bergen, Norway

Friday allowed for some great exploration of Bergen with it 13th century buildings, famous art collection, and enjoyable parks; definately the highlight of the trip. In an epic return home, I left Bergen at midnight, arrived in Oslo at 7 in the morning, caught a plane for Seattle, and was home thirteen hours later.


The cost of meals and everything else was very expensive; think US$4 can of coke or a US$20 McDonalds meal but when in Norway there are a couple of must-have meals. These included poached salmon and reindeer, both of which were fantastic, despite thoughts of a certain red-nosed creature.


This was the view from a point accessible from a nearly-vertical cable car called a floibanen to a 340 meters above the city. We got there as the sun was setting as a full, almost nuclear, brillant red. A fifteen year resident of Bergen said he had never seen it as brillant as that night.




There were many of these alley ways within the older portions of the city. One item I really enjoyed were the large number of walking routes through the city, mostly old cobblestoned roads which had been converted for pedestrians.