White Flower Fashion

Okay, so I skipped last week because I was having Thanksgiving fun. One of the things I got to do over the break was play with a bunch of lenses though! It was pretty cool to see what a 50mm 1:1.8 lens is like, as well as this 105mm macro and the 70-200mm zoom (all the high quality versions, too).
(oops - was a 50mm 1:1.4 lens, not the 1.8).

Storm Cloud / Bright Sun

Looking out from the top of my building at work, toward Portage Bay and (below) towards Wallingford. This huge storm cloud rolled in earlier today, but the sun was still shining brightly before it quite arrived.

Multitudes of berries

This makes me think of winter and holly berries, not fall, but it can't be that late in the year yet, right?

Astronomy Department

Galaxies stars and
Asteroids studied inside.
Astronomers home.

# happy haiku thursday :)

City Lights

The sun is leaving the sky much earlier now. Instead of 10pm sunsets, we're swiftly working our way towards the 4pm sunset of mid-winter. Everyone has to turn on their lights in the evening and people are chased inside by rain - definitely time to break out the hot spiced wine.

Oh, and this time (actually a week or so ago) I remembered my little tripod.

Trees in a Row

I like the arch of the trees, echoed from one to the next.

The Dog Speaks

Jackson the dog says
Come follow me to the lake
You should let me swim.

# happy haiku thursday!

Bird in a Tree

Oh, man, I am stressed lately. I need to chill.

Radiant Fall

Well, it seems I am 'falling' behind (hur-hur) in my posting. However, I have lots of pretty fall trees around Green Lake to take pictures of, so beware - trees in bright colors coming up!

I like this pastoral view of the boat rental dock at Green Lake. The boats are gone, but the people are still walking around the lake. One of them grumped at me today - to which I will have to practice saying "Get a grip, old man", so that I don't get grumpy myself. (I saw a woman on a bike say this to a man once, who grumped at her for biking through a crosswalk while he was walking in it -- it was pretty safe, she was far away from him. The exchange was tremendously enlightening to me.)