On the way to Granite Falls, I stopped in Lake Stevens to enjoy the fresh snowfall on this brisk and cold morning.  The Mountain Loop Hi...

Part of the cornucopia seen last month is now in the freezer!  The big squash was cubed and frozen, and now makes its way into soups fr...

This year's Jack o' Lantern is a bit more even-keeled than last year's. Trick or treating is serious business around here, a...

"Starting at $115,900", the Audi R8 is not for everyone. There are both V8 and V10 versions, and each yields over 400 horsepow...

Unlike Mount Sawyer , there were only a few huckleberries on this slope. They sure lit up beautifully with light transmitting through th...

Being deciduous pines, these larches are in full fall colors and will soon be losing their needles entirely. It's been a warm fall, ...

A fall hike in the Central Cascades shows the narrow band of alpine larch  across the valley that becomes the dominant species from abou...

It was a good year for pumpkins and squash. We threaded vines along the back alley fence, which allowed for a substantial west-facing as...

City and state landscape planners seem to have developed a fetish for planting dead tree trunks in newly created wetlands. They seem lik...

This is the end of Snider's Lane, off another lane, tucked into Melbourne's CBD. Sister Bella is a lively bar to the right, run ...

Every urban planner faced with a decaying city center seems to look to Melbourne for ideas on cultivating a laneway culture. This is Cen...

Melbourne's historic central train station is the typical backdrop to a national news item involving the city, or as the only iconic...

Bradford Cotton Mills opened here in Yarraville in 1927. The brand and offerings evolved and expanded, and this part was built in 1958. ...

Coffee in Australia is extraordinarily good, especially in Victoria. Some speculate that the country's history of Italian immigratio...

The Twelve Apostles are currently eight pillars of eroding sandstone. The last one fell in 2005. They look best in early morning light,...