Central Park has a few different subspecies of dog people.  These are the Before-Work Dog Owners, who wield lattes and fancy throw toys. ...

Golden Gate National Cemetery is in San Bruno, south of San Francisco.  It was planned and built by the Army starting in 1937. It is full...

Except when Native Indians harvest it. Seriously, this is formal policy of animal-rights folks . These stylish leggings are a Haida de...

This urban birch is doubled over from ice accumulation.  Young birches like this are supple and well designed to handle the contortion.  ...

This boat is temporarily mooring to the floating lock wall at the Chittenden Locks.  He's headed up to Lake Washington, and was the o...

Pictured is the sort of snow that visits Seattle most winters: a small amount, wet, and short lived. This January has been a bit differ...

Unusually severe (and localized) freezing rain affected the SeaTac airport yesterday.  Here's an EMB-120 that isn't going anywher...

As Seattle is a city of hills, there is plenty of land in the city folded into the nooks between the hills: valleys, crags, ravines, and...

These canoes are generally available for $10/hour, but are out of season from November through January.  Rent them from the Water Activit...

I believe this is a 1975 Mustang II liftback, in original Medium Chestnut paint.  The 2.5mph rear bumpers (newly required regulation at ...

Some kids want to grow up to ride a big red fire truck. Having seen the beautiful wagons (and Clydesdales ) kept by Anheuser-Busch, tho...

At the excellent (and free) St. Louis Zoo, you'll find the usual array of exotics, plus a few unexpected surprises. Some of the ele...

Also at Crunden Martin : high quality hand carts.  In places where the floor wasn't so buckled, these rolled beautifully and would ca...

On the ground floor of one of the Crunden Martin Manufacturing Company buildings lay all sorts of interesting artifacts.  They made meta...

I found borrowing a fisheye lens to be both magical, and infuriating.  Composition just doesn't make any sense, because it can see fa...