July 12, 2015 - Grass and Sky and Sound and Ferries

Watching ferries ply Puget Sound on a gorgeous summer evening.

July 11, 2015 - Dry Falls

South of the largest electric producing facilities in the US, the Grand Coulee Dam, is a scar left on the landscape of central Washington from the ice age.  At the end of the last ice age a catastrophic flood drove water equivalent to ten times the flow of all the current rivers on earth combined over the 400 foot rock face.  With the retreat of the ice the Columbia River stayed in its current course leaving these falls dry.

July 11, 2015 - Deep Lake

In central Washington, in the footprint of a geological wonder that dates back to the ice age, lay a series of lakes.  They are each an oasis in the desert. At one such lake, the long, narrow, Deep Lake, cliffs from 20' to 200' high stretch vertically above the water along much of the shoreline.  The surface of the lake is 400' below the surrounding land.  Deep Lake is part of the 4,000 acre Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park.

July 10, 2015 - Leap

After taking a moment to size up the situation - her first ever leap from 25 feet - a teenage girl nails a perfect jump into the cool waters of Deep Lake in the Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park of central Washington.

July 2, 2015 - For the Appreciation of Life

The City of Seattle has over 400 parks encompassing over 6200 acres.  Tucked away in a little corner of Queen Anne is the intimate Parsons Gardens.  The .4 acre park is the former family garden of a Reginald Parsons.  It was donated to the City of Seattle as a memorial in 1956.

On a path is a bench with a placard that reads "For the appreciation of life - Carol Szego Baron 1948-1990 - From her friends".  From the quiet bench, in the peaceful surroundings of this beautiful garden, one can spend a moment (or more) and truly have an appreciation of life.  What wonderful friends Carol had!

July 1, 2015 - Framed Ferry

On the west side of Seattle's Queen Anne Hill, not far from the wonderful vantage point that is Kerry Park - site where the iconic image of the downtown skyline are taken - is a portion of the historic Queen Anne Boulevard.  The boulevard loops nearly 4 miles around Queen Anne.  It is a unique roadway built not to get people from one place to another, rather, it is specifically laid out to maximize the view of the surrounding area. 

Above, a ferry from Bainbridge Island heads towards the Seattle waterfront framed by the barrier and a lamp post.