Cold

Some days it can be hard to take a picture. Today was one of those. Even after it started to hail, I wasn't very inspired. So anyway, I went behind my apartments, froze my butt off and took this picture.

Ganado Red

A Navajo Ganado Red rug I picked up last year when my brother Jose and friend Tim and I visited Arizona. I have it hanging above the fireplace in my living room.

A Bit of Green

I think they kinda look like fingers.

Splash

As I walked home from work a few days ago, I noticed the splash some steady streams of water were making on the pavement. I thought it would make a good picture, but it was dark, cold and wet. So today that it rained, I remembered the splash and went back and took this picture. The lighting wasn't great and it came out a bit grainy, but I still think it's a neat picture.

Fun fact: it took me 70 pictures to get this shot. I did have a few others with only one splash or two, but this was the best one. Thank goodness for digital cameras.

Spring is Near

Some trees are starting to bud. I'm glad that spring is on it's way.

Tattered and Broken

An old spiderweb next to the lamp by my door. Great place for attracting insects and keeping cozy with the light.

Fading...

A pansy with a few rain drops.

Sun Lit

The sun made a miraculous appearance from behind the clouds today.

Wardrobe

I woke up today and I needed to dress
I opened my closet and I sighed in distress
Too many options, not one minute to spare
So many choices, but I say who cares!

This little poem was composed with help from Martha.

Three

As I made my lunch sandwich today in the morning, I finished off the ham, cheese and tomato. Then, after grinding pepper on top, I noticed that I happened to have three slices of ham, three slices of cheese and three slices tomatoes. Thinking that nothing else interesting would happen during the day, I decided to take a picture of this grouping of three. Yes, I know it's a lame picture and sandwich.

Chinese New Year

Today is the Chinese New Year and it's the Year of the Pig. I went to Chinatown in the international district too see if there were any celebrations or activities. There was a Lion dance group going from business to business to usher in the Lunar New Year and evict bad spirits. The lions were accompanied by drums, gongs and firecrackers. See this location in Live Maps.

Streamers

Nothing to do, nothing on tv... Went for a drive.

The King

No, not Elvis... At home on a Friday night. I'm glad this long week is over.

Refrigerator Magnet

Thursdays seem to last forever. You are so close to the weekend, but you're not quite there yet. Thursday seems to know that and it taunts you by slowly ticking away...

M&Ms

There's a tradition at work that when you have been in the group for one year, you give out some candy. It wasn't my one year, but it was from one of the guys a couple of offices down from mine. So, for one year, he had one pound of M&Ms. I only grabbed a few and took a picture of them on my desk.

Queso

A very cheesy picture.

Vroooom!

A Ferrari F430 parked at the Bellevue mall.

Island of Trees

I drove to Yakima today. Not really to do or see anything specific, but just to know a different part of the state. On the way there from Seattle you have to drive through Snoqualmie Pass. I'm not sure of the elevation, but there are several feet of snow and it's a great place for skying. I-90 passes next to Keechelus Lake and has an amazing vantage point of the frozen lake and the mountains behind it. See this location in Live Maps.

Peeling Birch

There are some birch trees next to the entrance at work. I love the way the bark peels off the trunk.

Aquarium Fish

I went to get an oil change today. Yes, I'm a robot. In the waiting lounge at the car dealership, there is a small aquarium with a couple of fish. I wonder what it feels like to go around in circles. This poor guy here didn't even go around the entire tank, it only went around the same fake corals over and over again. Must gave gone mad...

Mail Boxes

Mail Boxes at my apartment complex. Just a boring picture for a long and boring day.

Cork Stoppers

As a suggestion from my college adviser, I am turning my Master's thesis into an article for submission to a few machine learning journals and conferences. I thought to myself, what better place to get myself reacquainted with my year old thesis than a coffee shop. Just like in college. So if I'm at a coffee shop, where did those corks come from? Well, it just so happens that this coffee shop in Kirkland, is also a wine bar. At the end of the bar, they have a large crystal glass filled with wine cork stoppers. A couple of my previous posts show the design they make with the milk froth on the mochas.

A Foggy Day

It was an interesting day today. Weather wise that is, because work was pretty routine. It was foggy when I went to work, when I went out to lunch and going back home in the afternoon. I've never had a day that was completely foggy.

Kirkland Marina at Dusk

This was a fairly boring weekend. It rained Saturday, so I stayed in most of the day. Today I went out for a while in the afternoon and ended up at the Kirkland Marina. See this location in Live Maps.

Yarn Colors

This is a small craft my mom picked up sometime last year somewhere in Mexico.