Moonlight at the Lakefront

The glow of a nearly full moon illuminates this lakefront pier.


Lights from houses across the lake reflect off the water.


This little bridge over the mouth of a creek makes a pleasing foreground to the bright illumination from a park across the lake.

Late Summer

A large leaf catches the gentle late afternoon light.


Windborn seeds from nearby fireweed adorn this spider's web.


An early taste of autumn.


Magical illumination highlights the complex textures of these leaves.

Seattle Silver Sunset

End of the day over Elliot Bay; an incoming ferry approaches the dock; a lone seagull glides about; sunbeams brush the scene.


Between piers, the sunset reflects off the gentle ripples.

South Sister in the Mist

Surrounded by a veil of clouds, the South Sister, of the famous Three Sisters volcanic mountains in Oregon, peeks out into the late afternoon sunlight, her rich brown and red volcanic soils clearly visible.

One Pier

Beneath Venice Pier, Venice Beach, California

Short Final

Zaca Canyon Fire

Zaca Fire, Santa Ynez area, Southern California
Incident Information [California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection]
EOS Satellite Imagery (August 7th) [NASA]
MODIS Satellite Imagery (August 8th) [NASA]
MODIS Satellite Imagery (August 14th) [NASA]
EOS Satellite Imagery (August 21st) [NASA]

Deer Motherhood

Another Year, Another Seafair Air Show

Highlights from the 2007 Seafair Blue Angels show.
For more Blue Angels action, see the 2006 post.


Fat Albert announces the beginning of the Blue Angels portion of the show.


Some screwy flying.


A close pass.


Five in formation roar by.



The clouds make for exciting backgrounds.


Into the wild blue...

Waning Gibbous Moon

Quintessential Seattle Lifestyle

Taken in late Autumn of 2005, this picture shows some of the floating houses found in Seattle's Portage Bay. Beyond the bridge in the background lies Lake Washington.


Taken in July 2007, a view of the same houses seen from a passing boat.

Sleepless in Seattle

I didn't realize it at the time but I evidently caught an image of the floating house that appeared in the movie Sleepless in Seattle. There it is beneath and slightly to the left of the BOATWORLD sign.

More such houses follow.

Fireweed (updated 7/30/2007)

Twilight

Sunset over Santa Ynez Valley

Sunset over the Santa Ynez Valley. A large canyon brush fire was burning in the Zaca Canyon / Figueroa Canyon area. The wind shifted several hours before this image was taken causing the smoke plume to flow toward the coast. The dark band in the middle is that smoke.

Check out this high altitude aerial of the fires.

4th of July, 2007