Winter Weather

When I moved to Seattle, I was told it rarely snowed. Well, for the past three years it has snowed every December. Since they are even less prepared here than in Tennessee, the roads are always a mess. In any case, at least it's a nice view out our living room window.

Winter Weather

Deserted Marina

Went out a bit today to enjoy the light snow we got. The Kirkland Marina was surprisingly deserted.

Kirkland Marina

Getting snowballed by Martha

Birthday Candles

Can you guess how old I turned?

Vancouver Kite Surfing

Went to visit Martha's brother Roberto that lives in Vancouver. After visiting her brother in UBC, we stopped at a beach to walk around and got this view of water kite surfers (is that what it's called?) and downtown in the background.

Kite surfers in the Burrard Inlet.

Eyes

Our cat Nibbler peering out of a box he got into.

Waterside

Went for a walk at Discovery Park with Martha. It's been maybe a year since I was last there, so it was nice to visit again.

Jack-o-lanterns

These are the three jack-o-lanterns that Martha and I did for Halloween.

Seattle Panoramic

The Seattle skyline from the Amazon building to the Space Needle. Taken from Alkai beach in West Seattle. Please click to enlarge.

Balboa Park

We spent most of the day at Balboa Park walking around. Enjoyed the Botanical Garden and the Air and Space Museum.

San Diego Red Bull Air Race

The main purpose of our trip was to go to the Red Bull Air Race. It was incredibly fun watching the planes fly at low altitues at 200+ mph.

Joshua Tree National Park

There were so many cool pictures that I didn't know which one to choose. Instead, have a look through this viewer, or go directly to my Picasa Web Album.

Floaters

Bunched up water floaters. Not sure what they are really called, but they are used to block boat access to docs and other areas.

ISO 400 | 55 mm | f/6.3 | 1/160s sec

Apple Inspiration

According to a recent study, the Apple logo is supposed to inspire creativity. So here is my attempt at being creative. I guess I probably maybe failed. Perhaps working at Microsoft makes me immune the power of the Apple logo. Actually, I think I'm not just that creative with pictures anymore (if I ever was). I used the back-light apple on the back of Martha's laptop and moved the camera around.

ISO 400 | 50 mm | f/5.6 | 2 sec

Lenin in Seattle

A few months ago I was in the Freemont area of Seattle for the Red Bull Soap Box derby. After the derby and walking around the neighborhood, I was surprised to see this tall statue of Lenin right smack in the middle of a US city. I took a picture and forgot about it. So as Martha and I walked around Freemont today, I shot another picture. If you are wondering why and how this sculpture made it's way to Seattle, you can find out more about it in Wikipedia.

Surfs Up!

I took this series of pictures while I was in my honeymoon in Hawaii. I needed to adjust the lighting on the pictures so they would all match, but I'm tired and need to go to bed. Maybe some other day.

Jumping a wave.

Happy in the Sun

When I got home from work, there was just a glimpse of sunlight on the flowers. I had to hurry to take some pictures before the sun hid behind the tall pine trees.

ISO 400 | 55 mm | f/6.3 | 1/160 sec

Fire Escape

The side of a building in downtown Seattle.

The Geese Are Back

The geese are returning from their vacation down south.

Drive Carefully

A funny sign somewhere in the Seattle waterfront.

The Last Sunset

Today is Ili's last day in Seattle with us. It's been fun having her here for the past several months, so we are sad to see her leave. When Ili arrived back in May, we went to the Kirkland Marina to watch the sunset. So, we thought it appropriate to go there today and enjoy the sunset with her one last time. We wish you the best in all of your travels Ili!

Sunset reflection on Lake Washington

Where am I?

This cool welcome mat is at the entrance of a neat little map store in downtown Seattle. Quite appropriate for the store.

Now I know exactly where I am...

A Hint of Spring

A few of the tulips that we bought the other day at Pike's Market.

Year of the Rat

February 7th was Chinese New Year. But part of the celebrations were done today. My beautiful wife Martha and I went to Chinatown to see as a Lion dance group went around evicting evil spirits and bringing in the New Year.

Pair of Lions dancing in front of a business

Fruity Art

An idea I got the other day with an apple. Just that this time, it's a plumb.

ISO 320 | 18 mm | f/4.0 | 1/125 sec