A row of trees eating a wire. What more can I say about this? I suppose, technically, the power company cut the tree to avoid touching the wire, but who has the better story? This ravenous-looking group of trees can be found on the Cascade Highway between Sublimity and Silverton. Photo: Taken in rural Marion [...]
One of the best things about most of the cities in the Cascadia region is that no matter how big a city you are in, it is never too far from a quiet place among the trees. In this case, the US Bank Tower is clearly visible from between the big trees lining the edges [...]
Apparently, I don’t seem to have as many pictures on birds and other wildlife in nature as certain other blogs do. So, to remedy that, today I present the Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). This particular subspecies of Gallus gallus domesticus is about 15 feet tall and was found near the Country Village along Bothell-Everett Highway [...]
This photo of the Seattle Center was taken from a viewpoint across Elliott Bay in West Seattle. The Space Needle is obvious, with the arches of the Pacific Science Center to the left. On the left side is the Seattle Center Coliseum (long since given a corporate name), with a distinctive shape that was built [...]
I have been asked if I have seen any sea lions in Puget Sound since my arrival here. The answer is no, but only sort-of-no. Along the beach in Edmonds, I found a statue version of our sea lion friends. The statue is titled “Locals” which leads me to believe that they are seen here [...]
Atop Rocky Butte in Portland stands a beacon light on a tower. Since Portland International Airport is nearby, the light is a sentinel against flying machines hitting the side of the hill. But once upon a time, vandals climbed the tower and painted the Batman logo on the lens of the light — thus the [...]
So, there’s this bridge that connects the Oregon town of Independence with the road to South Salem, across the Willamette River, some 12 miles away. I wanted to get a picture of it, but just about every angle I tried was either pretty uninteresting or was mostly shielded by the trees. In the end, this [...]
One if the annual traditions of the end of Summer is a visit to the State Fair. There are so many things to do: Animals to admire, presentations to see, rides to ride, and food to eat. At the Oregon State Fair, no visit is complete without a ride on the FairLift, the chairlift that [...]
In the early part of the 20th Century, highway engineers were working on a project to get a road through the Columbia River Gorge. The technology of the day involved digging four tunnels along the length of the highway. Oneonta Tunnnel is a 125 foot bore through the rock near Oneonta Gorge, and can be [...]
Pioneer Square is considered by many to be the “Birthplace of Seattle” sitting in the place where many of the region’s original pioneers set up shop cutting into the forests and operating the sawmills that built what was to become the City of Seattle. The site is a central meeting place in the South end [...]
