Just like when I walked in Tukwila, I often walk the same routes over and over. They're different every time. The lighting, the colors, the weather...everything. These were taken a few days ago, and I walked in the afternoon. It's dryer in the Summer, warmer, and the river is less blue. Being overcast, the sky was sort of bleached out. I like my Blue sky shots better.
I posted this photo 2 years ago on this date. The bare tree branches tell me that it was a crisp, sunny, Winter morning. It was near our house in Tukwila, where both a small bridge and the Light Rail cross over the Green River. I miss the many walking places in the south end, but I'm a Bothellite now. Our walking/bike riding options up here have made the transition easy...
I rode my bike today. I was able to ride the equivalent of 3 of my regular Walks in one 30 minute Bike ride, and it felt so Good! A Trifecta of Covid malaise, Winter, and procrastination kept me from riding for too long. Just words today. No photos. I'll dust off my GoPro, and do a GoPro bike ride soon.
To my Photography Friends on FB, if you read this, how do you take photos of/with people in them? I've always wanted to take "people" photos, but for different reasons, I'm uncomfortable and shy. The attached photo is one reason. I was intrigued by the lines and shadows of the stairs when I shot this photo. I didn't notice the guy on the upper stairwell glaring at me until I was sitting down and editing my photos later. Any comments, suggestions, etc are welcome. I'm including the Japanese translation in part because we hope to travel there next year. Thank you.
Our little museum has been closed due to Covid since last year. They've been changing the exhibits periodically, and displaying them by highlighting items near the windows. This is a win-win for me because I also like the glass windows and reflections. And the "layers" of images from close-up to the middle of the rooms, and out through the windows on the other side...
S Lake Union Walk post #2: we spent some time walking around the Amazon Spheres area. I just checked, and they have "Public Opening Hours: "10am-6pm the first and third Saturday of each month" - adding that to out list of Staycation excursions. I remember many years ago, on one of my early morning downtown walks, a guy with a "CCP" sweatshirt asked me to take a photo of him with these in the background. "Communist Party of China 中国共产党 Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng"...
I Needed to get out and go on a photo walk yesterday morning, so I walked across the street to what I call my Dead End walk. The path goes w/sw along the river and around the bend beyond the Landing Park, where you reach a sign that says "Private Property". A Condo complex resides there. I have a few photos here, some looking through the trees, of the other side of the river. Most people walk through the Landing Park and cross over new foot and bike bridge at the East end. From there, you can walk the Sammamish River Trail out E/SE towards Woodinville..., or turn Right and follow the trail to where it merges with the Burke-Gilman Trail, etc, etc. One of my favorite bike rides is the B-Gilman down along Lake Washington and UW.
Did you know that New York has more rainfall than Seattle? I will take our months of days like what we have right now. It's an easy trade off for those gray days in Winter. They're not All gray. One of my all time favorite times to walk, and shoot photos, is on a cool, crisp, sunny, Winter morning...
I didn't get out as much during our recent heat wave, so I decided to take some door shots when I was doing my newspaper boy run yesterday morning. Holding my cell phone and a pile of papers at the same time was awkward, so some photos are blurry, etc. I liked the 4th of July updates, but the Scream mask/dinosaur door gave me pause :)
