Ry in the snow

By c :)

Welcome to my first blog appearance :). It snowed a few inches at our house this week! Ry was curious about the snow and had fun tromping around in it.

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Fall Colors 2009

The leaves have been lovely and I finally got to take a few photos...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Issaquah Flooding - January 7 2009

It's been raining a lot here now that the snow is gone. The Issaquah Creek that runs by our place is pretty high today. So I took a walk to see how bad it was farther upriver.

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Winter in Issaquah- 2008

I spent a couple hours walking around at night (between midnight and 5am) in the rare Issaquah snow trying to stay awake. More comments under each photo...

I got 'lucky' and had a car trip the lights during a 10 sec exposure, but not show up in the photo.

The neighbors appear to have moved away and left a light on.

Someone trying to get out of the parking lot.

My version of a self-portrait.

A treacherous looking path.

The view down Dogwood St. from Newport Way.

I swear I've lived here for years and never seen that sign.

Someone put a collar on that streelight to keep it from shining in their windows. I thought it made a nice spot light on the street for another self-portrait. And then I thought it looked better in mostly red.

In the middle of the night an 8 sec exposure shows quite a bit. But white stuff on the ground and in the sky helps too.

Lights on the roof melting snow.

This tree is huge. I have no idea how they got all those lights up there. I was tempted to sit on the bench for this photo.

Metal sculpture horse across from the theater.

The old train station under an almost dramatic sky.

Sidewalk lights at the hatchery are interesting.

A 15 second exposure just before dawn at the fish hatchery.

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Tiger Mountain View

Remember the paragliding story from September? Nevermind. These pictures are from the launching zone where I took off.
C and I hiked up here one Sunday morning when we needed some exercise and the weather was cooperating. Lovely views of Mt. Rainier (the active volcano, and next in line to explode) looking closer than it really is.

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Salmon in Issaquah

I went to the fish hatchery this afternoon and fired off a few rounds. The fish are supposed to head to the right of this man-made waterfall thing to find the hatchery. But a lot of them can't resist flopping against this wall that they'll never get over.



It was really hard to shoot this because you never know where the fish will jump. I found some compositions I liked and held steady until something happened in that small frame. Most of the time I just watched them jump everywhere else with my other eye open. Eventually I caught a few.

I put more of my salmon pictures here

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Salmon & Salmon Days

Living in Issaquah is funny. Every year they close down the streets for the Salmon Days festival. It's really just another street fair, but since it's just around the corner we feel obligated to check it out. The weather was pretty bad this year. But I found a few minutes of near dryness to walk the camera.

Here's picture of a salmon a few days before the festivities when the sun was cooperating. The river running through this festival reeks of dead fish. Yay!


Here's a section of the street with some cool person wearing a coat 10x too big. I love the weather here.


Some dressed up dog that amused me. Not so much for his costume, but because he's perched on this guy.


Here's a band with 3 guitars (not including the bass)! They also had a lead singer and someone working a harmonica. Here's what I think is a little odd besides all that...

This guy was the lead, but he's playing the wrong end of the fret board for that in my opinion.

This guy was the rhythm, but also playing the wrong end of the fret board for that.

Best of all, this guy has capoed the first fret. I hope he's got the volume way down.


Then I walked by some bird presentation. I liked the special bird helmet and the T-shirts in the background.

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