A bald eagle looks for lunch in a raft of ducks. The ducks evade the diving raptor the way schooling fish do, by moving in unison away fro...

$1.86 in hardware fixed up a wobbly hand-me-down chair that was missing a few bits. It seems pieces of these dimensions were only offere...

The replacement for the SR520 floating bridge is creeping across Lake Washington from east to west.  The existing bridge used to draw op...

Rental canoes sleep on a dock near Husky Stadium on a cold March morning. They'll need to wait for spring for paddlers to enjoy them...

Astoria has a brewery that on our visit was specializing in stouts and porters.  Fort George was the beginning of the British  part of O...

It's challenging to compose with a very wide field of view.  This is at 16mm on a full-frame, and very close. Clatskanie, Oregon, ...

The primary image associated with the Portland Japanese Garden is a spectacular maple .  Our visit was in winter, and without any decidu...

This 1800ft gain led to a lovely view over a bend in the Columbia River.  Lighting was especially dramatic, as the top of the hike was r...

There seems to be no shortage of friends and neighbors having babies, and our household likes to present a baby hat to the new arrivals....

This house has undergone a lengthy remodel, starting with being jacked up on stilts and having a new foundation poured.  Since this phot...

This trumpeter pitcher is native to North America, and traps and digests insects for food.  They're usually located in bogs where t...

The St. Louis Children's Museum has a fantastic model of the room in Good Night Moon. One can change the time of day and position of...

One of many pieces in  Isa Genzken 's installation at the Dallas Museum of Art. Not really my thing.

The Fraser Canyon offers low-elevation access to the British Columbia interior, and was the favored route successively for the Cariboo W...

Kamloops BC was founded as a trading post in the valley where two branches of the Thompson river join.  The confluence is just beyond th...