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Pictures from various parts of the globe, mainly around the city of Seattle though and the great Pacific Northwest.

surprise view of mt. hood

surprise view of mt. hood

Snapped this photo of Mancation 2009. View is looking south across the Columbia River towards Mt. Hood.


mt. rainier from seward park

mt. rainier from seward park

Looking south across Lake Washington with Mt. Rainier in the distance and Mercer Island on the left.


icicles in window

icicles in window

Icicles are cool, but they also mean you've got some serious gutter issues.


Water Fountain

Water Fountain


Bellevue Downtown Park

Bellevue Downtown Park


Former site of Luna Park

Former site of Luna Park

Some 80+ years ago an outdoor pool lived where I took this photo. I'm looking east towards downtown Seattle from Alki in West Seattle.


Sunny winter day

Sunny winter day

Looking east over Lake Washinton towards Bellevue and the Cascade Mountains. January 2008.


Wet web

Wet web

I captured this web on our railing. It was a foggy fall morning and this web called out to me.


Scenic outlook in Grand Canyon

Scenic outlook in Grand Canyon

Snapped this picture from way up high in Canyon during an early morning day hike. Our camp was down below in the lower left hand corner of this picture. Photo taken on June 2005.


Primitive quarters

Primitive quarters

One of our six camps along the Colorado River.


Camp in color

Camp in color

Another picture of the same camp our second or third night on the river.


Some really old rock formation

Some really old rock formation

In the Grand Canyon you become rather overwhelmed by it all. This is a cool bend somewhere along the Colorado River.


Mt. St. Helens

Mt. St. Helens

Looking north from the south rim of the 8,300 foot summit. The building lava dome is in the center.


Foggy ferry

Foggy ferry

Foggy Washington State ferry heading across Puget Sound to Vashon Island.


Vignobles in France

Vignobles in France

This is a vinyard just outside of Beaune in the Haute-Rhone area of Burgundy.


Sunset on Nantucket

Sunset on Nantucket

Sunset over the pond in 2003.


Trail to nowhere

Trail to nowhere

This happens to be rural Nantucket. Amazingly this island is much more rural than I would have imagined. We borrowed our friend's Ford Explorer and it came in handy very often.