Bob the Tug-boater

 

Taken Vancouver, BC 

Tulips!

 
 

While we're on the topic of flowers, I took both of these at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival two years ago. You think they are contenders as a replacement for the Windows XP Tulips?

Taken Skagit, WA 

The flower, the bee and the balls

 
 
 

More photos from the Botanical Gardens in Bellevue. This bee just stopped at the flower next to me and decided to hang out for a bit.

Taken Bellevue, WA 

Botanical Gardens

 
 
 
 

After years of not knowing of its existance, I discovered the Bellevue Botanical Gardens and spent a couple of hours taking pictures there. These are the ones that I'm most proud of.

Taken Bellevue, WA 

High Paid Pilgram

 
Hosting a "dinner and a murder" evening at my house resulted in some pretty neat costumes, like this one of the rich land-owning widow.

Taken in Redmond, WA 

Old and New

 
I'm in an old mood today and digging up some photos that reflect back on the years. Something about the roundness of the street car puts me back in the 70s

Taken Sanfranciso, CA 

Old Truck

 
Something about this truck makes me think it's been sitting in the same location for a while. It probably used to do a lot of work.

Taken in Duvall, WA 

The Old Tug

 
This boat lives on the waterway from Lake Union into the Puget Sound in Seattle. If you look closely you can see the huge gash on the side of the boat from when it sank. This picture was taken after it was recently brought back to the surface.

Taken Lake Union, Seattle, WA 

Pastel Needle

 
Living in Seattle, I get lots of pictures of the Space Needle. I particularly like this one because of the clouds in the background, giving the Needle a somewhat surreal look.

Taken in Seattle, WA (obviously)! 

The Not so Quiet Mime

 
I was in Victoria, BC this past weekend, and although this picture was taken on my last visit to Victoria, the picture reminded me of my trip.

Taken in Victoria, BC. 

Table Flowers

 
My wife did a great job setting up beautiful table arrangements at our wedding, this is a quick snap of one of them.

Taken in Cambridge, Ontario 

Hawaiian Sunrise

 
From the top of Mt. Haleakala on Maui, at 7am, comes the morning sun. 

The Coral Church

 
This is the miracle church. Built of of coral, the native Hawaiians were going out to the sea to get the coral, when it was coming too cumbersome, a storm came in, brought in the coral needed. After the church was built, the coral was swept back out to sea in another storm. 

Sea Fly'r

 
When you're two feet away from a sea turtle, you learn they fly through the water, and you're left behind ... swimming.

Taken in Maui, Hawaii 

Dancin' Feind

 
When the music is just too good to dance with your eyes open

Taken in Galt, Ontario, Canada 

Too Many Choices

 
Sometimes there are just too many choices to pick from

Taken in Maui, Hawaii