May 25, 2020 - Memorial Day Needle

This weekend the flag that has flown above the city the last several weeks - #WeGotThisSeatle - had a blue, sunny background.  Today's background, perhaps more fitting for Memorial Day, and the flag was different. 

The Space Needle doesn't typically fly a flag, let alone the same one for more than a day.  The pandemic has brought about an exception.  It will be nice when the #WeGotThisSeattle flag no longer flies above the city.  Today, Old Glory flew at half-staff in honor of all who have the made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.

April 29, 2020 - A Quarantine Ferry

A blog post never completed.....

A brief trip out of the house to chase a sunset at a beach closed for the pandemic was cut short by a rain shower.

April 7, 2020 - Pink Moon

This year's brightest New Moon - the Pink Moon - as viewed from West Seattle's Totem Pole Park at the Rotary Viewpoint.  With about 200 cloudy days each year, we're not often lucky enough to view the different new moons.  The Pink Moon is named after Phlox, the early blooming flowers, native to, and found throughout North America.   Other traditional new moons - Worm Moon (March), Buck Moon (July) and Sturgeon Moon (August) - don't have quite the aesthetically pleasing moniker as April's.

February 23, 2020 - Kohala Mountain Road

A lone tree stands on the slope of Kohala, the oldest of the five volcanoes that make up the Big Island.  Most of the Kohala Mountain Road travels along the west edge of the Kohala Mountain allowing views of three of the other four volcanoes on the island of Hawaii (on a clear day) as well as a view down much of the Kohala coast.