From left to right, a complete set of the four volcanic peaks visible from an eastbound flight out of SeaTac: Adams, Hood, Rainier, and ...

Summit Lake is a hike just outside Mt Rainier National Park, and offers fine views from 5400ft over to the big mountain itself. Bear gra...

I've never been so close to get a decent shot of a heron flying overhead.

A brightly painted tug transits the Ballard Locks. Tugs seem to always be in perfect repair, impeccably painted, and often have a larg...

I was invited sailing one recent evening, and had a good time out on Puget Sound. We spent some time with the spinnaker out, and I learn...

This small but potent cupcake is an amazing double-choco-coco masterpiece. Yummy!

Inert , by Nicholas Galanin at the Frye Art Museum. It's really nicely done taxidermy, and I found the wolf's gaze quite strikin...

Dedicated in 1961, the Nuclear Reactor Building on the University of Washington campus was a showcase for nuclear technology, prominent ...

Early season hiking is often constrained by lingering snow, so I headed east, where the snow is less deep, the altitudes less extreme, a...

Olmstead Place is a historic farm, maintained since the original homestead in 1875.  It offers a peek at the original buildings, farm i...

Ai Weiwei 's Colored Vases (2010) on display at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The colors are pleasing, though the artist's stat...

Cascade is an interesting installation by Ian McMahon. It is a set of curtains of plaster , carefully erected without any internal suppo...

Volunteers decorate each soldier's grave with a flag for Memorial Day, and the planted flags stay there for some time. This cemete...

These purple allium bulbs, planted in the fall, came up beautifully this spring. Hopefully they'll naturalize and give us an equally...

Three friends and a dog enjoy a paddle board on Lake Washington on a warm June afternoon. The dog seemed reasonably comfortable gliding ...