Plum blossoms at their peak, caught during breakfast before work.

I had planned on hiking down to Little Pratt Lake , but the strong spring sun was warming every surface, and I chose a higher route inst...

Cornices form along a ridgeline separating two watersheds. Composing with this 20mm lens remains a challenge.

Good snow and good light combine to fill this slope with a pleasing pattern.

Last year up the Pratt Lake Trail in the winter, I took the exact same picture.  The trees have grown a little, and it's earlier in ...

Also at the museum: a fine collection of west coast native totem poles . Some of the figures are unambigously birds, frogs, or beavers. ...

This excellent full-scale model of a Woolly Mammoth is the star attraction of the Royal BC Museum. It is as spectacular as I recall fro...

The Empress Hotel, the Royal BC Museum, and the provincial Parliament nicely frame Victoria's inner harbour.

Many of Seattle's icons conveniently packed into a single image: the Space Needle a Washington State Ferry the Alaskan Way Viad...

Frank Gehry's Experience Music Project  was founded by Paul Allen with a few dollars left over from his success at Microsoft. Like m...

Unlike in Colorado, snow in Seattle is wet, heavy, and fleeting. This February snow was gone by midday the following day. My overwinte...

On the left: Oola Distillery's flagship gin, Capitol Hill, Seattle. On the right: Uncle Val's botanical gin, Sonoma, Californi...

This is the fanciest homebrew setup I've ever enjoyed. The two-tap kegerator was stocked with a delicious blackberry cider, and a co...

This spectacular light was found in a town park in Superior, Colorado. An overnight snowfall was still clinging to the trees despite noo...

Eldora Mountain Resort offers some fine skiing and is quite convenient to those living in Boulder.  We spent a day out in the cross c...