Things I see

Miyazake-san

I went hiking near Roslyn. These shrub things were everywhere. When the light hit them like this through the canopy, it reminded me of Princess Mononoke.

More Gasworks Park. Before dusk this day there was a huge kickball game going on. It looked like the Yuppies vs the Trustafarians. I think the yuppies won as they were more fit, having not had the life of leisure your average trustafarian does.

Gasworks Park, Seattle. This place is nuts.

Peete Lake. Ansel Adams eat your heart out.

Saddest Non-Vacant Lot in all the World

My Neighborhood, Seattle. Rob and I passed this house one day after the Folk Life Festival. There was a very old woman in the yard. Her back was bent at an osteoperotic 90 degree angle. She was on her hands and knees, picking at something. Her hair was in a bun, but most of it had fallen into her face. Her eyes were rheumy and her skin was sallow. When she saw us she became really embarrassed. Ignoring the condition of the rest of the house, she said, "My goodness, these weeds."

Out my window, Seattle. This is what the view looks like when I'm not thinking about my job.

My Apartment Building, Seattle. This is where the ivy that encircles the building begins. it's about 4 inches thick at this point. That's the thickness of most trees in Spokane.

My neighborhood, Seattle. These are the retaining wall/ramparts planning authorities built to keep the billion dollar homes from plummetting into the sound. They made them look pretty to keep the value of the homes from taking a similar plunge

Seattle, The Ferries on Alaskan Way. This was with a Fuji Finepix 2100. Not as nice I know

Satan Under Glass

Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle--Northwest Rattler. Continuing the Christian Iconography.

God gets high.

Bhy Krake Park, Seattle. Since I'm on the kick, this was pretty Edenic--especially all the middle schoolers doing smack behind me.

Stockton, California--Cousin's wedding. Backlight mania. All my relatives loved this one. It's proof that we were all having a holy ghost party that day boy.