When I was walking back, and I was on the other side of these trees, I pointed my camera up into the black lines. Yes, the colors of Spring and Fall are nice, but I also love these lines and patterns...

14Jan2023 walk
I decided to turn left instead of right when I crossed the foot bridge yesterday. I walked SE along the river, headed towards Bothell's UW Campus and Woodinville.

walking in the rain
early morning dark quiet
thoughts of other walks

Some of Winter's leafless bushes, after a night time rain, give us something else...

10Jan2023 walk pt 3

these shots are from a post 6 years ago - 12Jan2017 

10Jan2023 walk pt 2

Other walkers sometimes ask me "taking pictures of birds?" "Not really." I get confused looks if I try to explain the colors and lines of branches in the morning sunlight, etc...

My wish for a sunny winter day was answered. I got over to the Sammamish River this morning. The lighting with a low angle of the sun can change minute to minute, and I got a bunch of shots. 10Jan2023 walk...

Some of my favorite times for photo walks are on sunny, blue sky winter mornings, as long as I'm bundled up for the cold. I'm still waiting for one of those days. I do love the textures and dark lines of these leafless trees though.

sometimes, instead of looking up, it's more interesting to look down...

I saw the sun come out yesterday, and since I had to make a run to the Post Office, I thought I could go get some river shots with some sunshine. Not my luck. 20 minutes later the clouds had returned, but I had a nice walk anyway.

Thank you for the nice feedback. This was the first tray carving I did (Acacia/Monkeypod, 9 3/4"), from last May when we were in Cebu. It was after eye issues made me cut back on my photo editing. One positive thing was that I rediscovered how much I love wood...

 5Jan2018

Yes, I am curious and interested in the Idaho murder suspect, but this headline in my news app gave me pause: "Idaho murder suspect goes to the bathroom during Illinois pitstop while being transported". It was posted by the Daily Mail, a UK gossip publication sort of like the old Police Gazettes my parents used to read when I was a kid. Bottom line, the guy needed to pee, and there wasn't a toilet on their airplane?

 January 4, 2021

 

One of my favorite books/plays is Herb Garner's "A Thousand Clowns". Although it's a very different story line from yesterday's Republican show, the words "a thousand clowns..." kept popping up in my head. The following just appeared in my news feed: "Hannity Declares, ‘House Republicans Now Are on the Verge of Becoming a Total Clown Show’ After Doomed Speaker Votes".

more shots from my walk along the river the other day, the first day of 2023...

 

I went on one of my first photo walks in over 4 or 5 months this morning, along the Sammamish River. It was a dreary, gray, NW morning, but it felt good, and I took a bunch of photos. This shot is a view from the first bridge leading up to the Burke-Gilman Trail cut off.