Mar 23, 2010 - Portland Anniversary Trip

Melanie and I annually take a get-away trip for our wedding anniversary. This year we went to Portland, Oregon.

20100323_portland_anniversary0 Portland is a city of interesting architecture. They constructed many buildings with cast iron colonnades - they were beautiful, quick to construct and let in a lot of light.

20100323_portland_anniversary1 The brick-work everywhere had lots of interesting detail.

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Feb 14, 2010 - Foggy Walk at St. Edwards Park

20100215_foggy_st_edwards0 I went for a walk at St. Edwards State Park with my friend Thomas.

20100215_foggy_st_edwards1 It was a foggy day and the lake views were ghostly.

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Jan 24, 2010 - Sunrise

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The sunrise this morning was fantastic!

Dec 06, 2009 - Colorful Sky

The weather has suddenly become quite cold recently, and the sky has been very clear with stunning colors.

20091206_sky0 Sunset from parking lot at work.

20091206_sky1 Morning sky from our back yard.

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Nov 11, 2009 - Fall Colors Again

The fall colors have been spectacular this year.

20091122_fall_colors0 A field at work.

20091122_fall_colors1 The edible fruit of the strawberry tree.

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Oct 24, 2009 - Andrew's Apartment

Andrew is living in a apartment in Bellingham while he is going to school at Western. It is the most cool, quirky, decrepit, old building!

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It is the attic part of a three story building overlooking the Bellingham bay. This is the little common room between the three bedrooms. Andrew's room is to the right.

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And this is the view he has.

Oct 19, 2009 - Updates to the Relationship page

I updated the Relationship page with new content and layout.

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Oct 10, 2009 - Biking Bellevue to Seattle

With maybe the last weekend of good weather, I decided to try a new bike ride. It looked like there should be a direct bike route from Bellevue to downtown Seattle.

I parked the car just south of Bellevue. A boardwalk crosses the slough below the I-90 freeway and leads to Mercer Island.

20091010_bellevue_seattle0 All across the island is a good trail. Sometimes it is beside the surface roads. This is by a park-and-ride.

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Oct 08, 2009 - Another Mid-day walk

20091008_another_walk0 I walked the extended loop near work I walked last time. I especially like the old Donnybrook pond.

20091008_another_walk1 This pano gives you more of a sense of its calm and beauty!

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Sep 21, 2009 - Mid-day walk

I enjoy walking at lunch time on my work days. Today I made time for an extended walk and went to some particularly beautiful places by the local business parks.

20090921_midday_walk0 On the hill opposite my work is a pond that was created about 100 years ago. It had been lovingly been landscaped by the former private owner. Today it is adjacent to a multi-story business office.

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Sep 20, 2009 - Bothell Landing Afternoon

Sunday afternoon was so pleasant and bright that Melanie and I spent it down at Bothell Landing park.

20090920_bothel_landing0 From the bridge you can see the amphitheater,

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Sep 18, 2009 - Three Fingers 2009

Once again, my hiking buddy Rex organized a hike to Three Fingers. (see 2007, 2006) We had a large group this time: 10 guys!

This time I have presented the story as about the journey.

20090918_three_fingers0 The trail starts out amid huge old trees. Since we were starting out with high energy, we didn't notice the frequent up-and-downs of the trail. (But we did on the way out!)

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Sep 10, 2009 - I did get an iPhone

Well, I had been talking about getting one for a long time, but I finally bought an iPhone!

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I took this picture of myself mirrored by my computer in the Apple store as I was setting the phone up.

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My family gave me birthday gifts for the up-front cost. Austin had made this envelope as a wrapper.

I am enjoying the phone and will be using it to take more pictures for this blog!

Jul 25, 2009 - The Wind Blown Look

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The wind-blown look: I usually put something on my head when I am out on the boat. Today I forgot!

Jul 09, 2009 - My Birthday Dinner

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My family (and a couple friends) were all together for my birthday dinner this year. I should have used a timer to get into the picture as well!

Jul 06, 2009 - Berry Season!

Berry season has started with a bang! Today I walked in the woods near our house and at St. Edward St Park and ate more kinds of wild berries in one day than I can ever remember.

  • The Salmonberries are just past their peak, but they are sweeter this year than most.
  • Indian plum (aka osoberry - hangs sparsely on a tree). I didn't know what it was, so I only ate a few, but I will have more later.
  • Two kinds of blackberries:
    • a trailing vine blackberry with small, long fruit
    • a bushy kind with small fruit that I hadn't seen before
  • The red huckleberries are already fantastic this year: profuse and sweet.
  • Thimbleberries are still very early, but I found a large stand with some ripe ones. They are like eating a jam!

From our front yard I had:

  • The last of our seasonal strawberries.
  • Some of our (small) ever-bearing strawberries.

There are more berries yet to come are:

  • The common, aggressive blackberries around here. (They are only in flower now, so there is no fruit yet.)
  • Salal - also only in flower
  • Oregon grape

This year I am thinking to make juice or jam from those last two.

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