Favorite Shots (from the Photo-Journal)
   
 
march_3_1998_01.JPG (137087 bytes) 1998, March 3
After hearing that the mammoth Russian Antonov AH-124-100 (formerly the AN-124-100) was parked at the nearby Charlotte airport, Greg Whitcomb and I took a long lunch and went over to have a look. This is said to be the world's largest airplane (as of 1998)... Photo-Journal...
 
april_1998_09.jpg (85393 bytes) 1998, April 17
Baby Will and Sister Jan... in Raleigh, North Carolina. The camera flash(s) created a silhouette of Mother as she also was snapping a photo... and 2-day old Baby Will seemed to be waving at the cameras! Photo-Journal...
 
Bixby_bridge7.jpg (82468 bytes) Bixby_bridge4.jpg (72268 bytes) 1998, May 24
The Bixby Bridge... Big Sur, California... Photo-Journal...
 
Roslyn_Cafe_wall.jpg (62428 bytes) Roslyn_Brando.jpg (67605 bytes) Brick_outside.jpg (54393 bytes) 1998, December 10
Roslyn, Washington...
Photo-Journal...
 
Pike_Place_Hanks.jpg (57595 bytes) big_ass_grapes.jpg (73564 bytes) InnTop_Chieko_Steve.jpg (33826 bytes) 1998, December 11
Seattle, Washington with Chieko...
Photo-Journal...
 
MichikoChiyoRV.jpg (43411 bytes) KeithBobby2.jpg (20838 bytes) charlie.jpg (46182 bytes) 1999, March 20
The Rolling Stones at the Charlotte Coliseum... Photo-Journal...
1st shot: Michiko and Chiyo before the show.
2nd shot: Keith Richards and Bobby Keys.
3rd shot: Charlie Watts and Keith Richards...
 
ChiekoCharlotte.jpg (81050 bytes)
1999, April 18
Chieko's visit to Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
 
WindChime2.jpg (75903 bytes)
1999, April 19
Chieko's wind chimes, at Chimney Rock, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
1999, May 1
With Michiko and Hiroko at a cultural festival in Lexington, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...

3rd shot: Later in the day... the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at Keppel Auditorium, on the Catawba College campus in Salisbury...
 
may_15,_1999_21.jpg (55062 bytes) 1999, May 15
Lunch with Hiroko in Salisbury, North Carolain. Photo-Journal...
 
Michiko_Hiroko_Tunnel.jpg (147573 bytes) Michiko_Hiroko_Gondola.jpg (71416 bytes) Michiko_Rabbit.jpg (52055 bytes) 1999, May 30
1st shot: Michiko and Hiroko at Pink Beds, North Carolina.
2nd shot: Hiroko and Michiko at Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
3rd shot: Michiko. Photo-Journal...
 
Fish2.jpg (119766 bytes) 1999, July 6
Myrtle Beach... crazy fish... Photo-Journal...
 
PickinParlor.jpg (89774 bytes) GrandFather Mt 27 Miles.jpg (111829 bytes) Viaduct3.jpg (69640 bytes) FrontView.jpg (68028 bytes) 1999, July 10
To and from the Scottish Highland Games at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina...
Photo-Journal...
 
M&H-On_The_Beach.jpg (66517 bytes) Michiko-Beachball2.jpg (59974 bytes) Beach-spread.jpg (165458 bytes) Ruins3.jpg (166429 bytes) 1999, July 17 and 18
With Michiko and Hiroko at Wrightsvile Beach, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
4th shot: "The Ruins," east of Charlotte...
 
M&H-Charlotte2.jpg (81251 bytes) M&H-Table.jpg (82481 bytes) faces.jpg (79396 bytes) goodbye2.jpg (35870 bytes) 1999, July 22
Saying goodbye to Michiko at the Charlotte airport...

4th shot: My last glimpse of Michiko... Photo-Journal...
 
Matt_Will2.jpg (49523 bytes) 1999, July 26
Father & son... Will and Matt... Photo-Journal...
 
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sunrise3.jpg (37603 bytes) CityZoomJet.jpg (22894 bytes) 1999, July 29
Hiroko leaves for a vacation in Japan... Photo-Journal...
1st shot: At the Charlotte airport ticket counter.
2nd shot: Queen Charlotte, outside the airport.
3rd shot: The Charlotte skyline from the airport parking deck.
 
JohnBiscuit.jpg (51007 bytes) 1999, July 30
John Outen's "relocating to Seattle" luncheon in Dilworth Park... slicing a Hamburger Biscuit...
Photo-Journal...
 
John & Grand Parents.jpg (51516 bytes) John GoodBye.jpg (31289 bytes) 1999, August 7
1st shot: John's relocation to Seattle party... with his grandparents.
2nd shot: John's farewell, before setting off to Seattle. Photo-Journal...
 
hiroko.jpg (44070 bytes) Silly Heads.jpg (30303 bytes) 1999, August 14
1st shot: Hiroko contacting the mother ship with some kind of strange receiver...
2nd shot: Sumimasen... Photo-Journal...
 
happybob.jpg (57998 bytes) KevinGreene.jpg (43707 bytes) rain2.jpg (57913 bytes) 1999, August 20
Carolina Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte...
1st shot: Bob Patterson dances a jig.
2nd shot: Kevin Greene.
3rd shot: A Carolina downpour. Photo-Journal...
 
FatherGraham.jpg (139206 bytes) father4.jpg (119449 bytes) 1999, August 22

1st shot:
The man seated at the bottom of this scan is my Father. I took this photo with my trusty Sony Mavica FD91 and then did a foreground/background separation using Corel Photo-Paint 8. Father emailed the picture to the Charlotte Observer for the "Double Take" feature.

2nd shot: The original.
Photo-Journal...
 
stage1.jpg (65608 bytes) Dwight-Doublepick.jpg (58902 bytes) Carina&Pete.jpg (28388 bytes) 1999, August 24
Dwight Yoakam... in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Theatre...
3rd shot: Carina with super-picker Pete Anderson... Photo-Journal...
 
FrontDoor.jpg (58583 bytes) willdoor.jpg (18324 bytes) 1999, August 31
Sister Jan, Matt, and Will... moving day...
Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: Will inspects a door in his new house...
 
Tom Bird.jpg (21593 bytes) Tom Rickenbacker2.jpg (53972 bytes) 1999, September 25
Tom Petty with a Gibson Dove, and the Rickenbacker... Photo-Journal...
 
keys.jpg (41488 bytes) 1999, October 6
Chiyo's new Honda... Photo-Journal...
 
FighterCity.jpg (43814 bytes)
1999, October 17
NC Air National Guard 50th Anniversary AirShow at Charlotte/Douglas Airport... Photo-Journal...
 
SF_Street5.jpg (56522 bytes) Fishing_SouthBay.jpg (47188 bytes) Jet_SF_Return2.jpg (32546 bytes) 1999, November 13, 14, and 16
San Francisco Bay Area... Photo-Journal...
 
Mother-Jan.jpg (36664 bytes) Tim-Daisy.jpg (37187 bytes) 1999, Thanksgiving
1st shot: Mother and Sister Jan... at Farmwood...
Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: Tim Young and Daisy...
 
Akiko_Stanleyville.jpg (76569 bytes) BOA_Reflection.jpg (46228 bytes) eagles.jpg (52945 bytes) forest.jpg (97428 bytes) Latta_Plantation2.jpg (86940 bytes) 1999, November 27
Taking pictures with Akiko... in Charlotte...
Photo-Journal...
 
Will_Gives2.jpg (43339 bytes)
1999, December 2
Brother Brian turns 40... Will presents a gift... at Farmwood... Photo-Journal...
 
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1999, December 3
Dallas, Texas... Photo-Journal...
1st shot: Oswald's 6th Floor Window.
2nd shot: The Grassy Knoll.
 
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Buffalo_Butt_Beer.jpg (52633 bytes)
1999, December 4
Fort Worth, Texas... The Fort Worth Stockyards... Photo-Journal...
 
D-FW_Airport2.jpg (24445 bytes)
1999, December 5
Dallas, as viewed from the Dallas/Fort Worth airport... Photo-Journal...
 
Thompson_Family_Tree.jpg (66299 bytes) Father.jpg (41651 bytes) Will.jpg (36809 bytes) Mother_Cam.jpg (16370 bytes) Brian_Radio_Car2.jpg (21786 bytes) 1999, December 21
A pre-Christmas family gathering...
Photo-Journal...
alan.jpg (28295 bytes) 1999 December 22
Alan Christian at the Bayou Kitchen in Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
 
Folsom_Prison3.jpg (35787 bytes) 1999, December 27
Folsom Prison in California... Photo-Journal...
 
VirginiaCity_men.jpg (25794 bytes) 1999, December 28
Virginia City, Nevada... Photo-Journal...
 
Sierra_Chieko.jpg (44171 bytes) 1999, December 31
Chieko, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains between Nevada and California... Photo-Journal...
 
SantaCruz_surf_statue3.jpg (11506 bytes) 2000, January 1
Santa Cruz, California... "To Honor Surfing"... Photo-Journal...
 
Monterey_boat_seals2.jpg (37191 bytes) 2000, January 2
Monterey, California... Photo-Journal...
 
Smithers2.jpg (42107 bytes) wagon2.jpg (62966 bytes) 2000, February 19
Smithers... Sister Jan, Matt and Will's new doggie. At Farmwood... Will and Smithers working in the back yard... Photo-Journal...
 
brodie2.jpg (32233 bytes) 2000, March 31
in Winston-Salem with Brodie... and Christie and Gary... Photo-Journal...
 
Carina_Buritto.jpg (86347 bytes) 2000, April 1
in Durham with Carina... Photo-Journal...
 
HooverDam_front.JPG (93304 bytes) HooverDam_side2.JPG (59041 bytes) high_desert2.JPG (49040 bytes) 2000, April 8
Hoover Dam... Nevada/Arizona...
3rd shot: On the road to laughlin, Nevada. Photo-Journal...
 
Oatman_donkey.JPG (68162 bytes) Oatman_Donkey_5.JPG (29672 bytes) Oatman_Donkey_4.JPG (24250 bytes) 2000, April 9
Donkey bandits... in the Arizona desert on Route 66, between Oatman and Lake Havasu... Photo-Journal...
 
HooverDam_Chieko.JPG (71935 bytes) 2000, April 10
Chieko... at Hoover Dam... Photo-Journal...
 
Strip_runway.JPG (79001 bytes) 2000, April 11
Las Vegas... Photo-Journal...
 
will2k.jpg (25573 bytes) 2000, April 15
Will at two... at Hamilton Manor... Photo-Journal...
 
2000, April 16
With Hiroko at the Spencer Train Yard, Spencer, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
Yuki_lunch2.jpg (27476 bytes) BiltmoreHouse.jpg (51137 bytes) Chiyo_Yuki_grounds.jpg (49106 bytes) 2000, April 30
At the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC...
1st shot: Yuki.
3rd shot: Chiyo and Yuki. Photo-Journal...
 

 
2000, May 4
Father's birthday celebration (a day early) at the Azteca Mexican Restaurant in the Matthews area of Charlotte...
Photo-Journal...
 
Father_HotSauce2.jpg (29438 bytes) Father_HotSauce.jpg (37614 bytes) 1st shot: Father poured on the special house hot sauce and then shouted "yee-haw!"... then he went for that water glass!

2nd shot: Father was aglow from the hot sauce for a full 10 minutes!
 
HappyBirthday4.jpg (53383 bytes) HappyBirthday3.jpg (29685 bytes) BrightEar.jpg (20420 bytes) Feliz cumpleaños!
3rd shot: Matt's ear set aglow by the setting sun... or was it the hot sauce?

 
mariachi1.jpg (41734 bytes) mariachi2.jpg (40301 bytes) mariachi3.jpg (49854 bytes) Father's birthday celebration (a day early) at the Azteca Mexican Restaurant in the Matthews area of Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
The house mariachi band was excellent! Father called out for the old Ranchera song "Cielito Linda" and the band was happy to oblige. Father then requested "Malagueña" and the guitar player sat down at our table and delighted us with a rendition that would have made Roy Clark proud!
 

 
Softail_5.jpg (90046 bytes) 2000, May 14
Brother Brian's harley-Davidson Softail Custon...
Photo-Journal...
 
 
progun1.jpg (61767 bytes) media.jpg (61733 bytes) 2000, May 20
A Pro Second Admendment demonstration outside the Charlotte Convention Center where the NRA national convention was taking place. Notice the nut from the "objective" Charlotte Observer crew covering the event holding his nose (in protest) of the demonstration. Unbiased reporting is something that one does not get from the Charlotte Observer. Photo-Journal...
  
pool2.jpg (59785 bytes) 2000, June 17
My prefered lane at the Simmons YMCA in east Charlotte...
Photo-Journal...
 
Chiyo_tofu.JPG (37306 bytes) 2000, June 17
Dinner with Chiyo... slicing a block of tofu...
Photo-Journal...
 

 
Relocating To Seattle... Cross-Country Drive
 
Charlotte_sideview.JPG (30206 bytes) 2000, July 28 - Day 1
Charlotte in the rearview... as I began my cross-country relocation drive from Charlotte to Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
NC_mountians.JPG (28401 bytes) KY_roadside3.JPG (30263 bytes) Cincinnati2.JPG (33755 bytes) Indiana_Sunset.JPG (35391 bytes) 2000, July 28 - Day 1
1st shot: Westward into the North Carolina mountains.
2nd shot: The green grass of Kuntucky.
3rd shot: Cincinnati, Ohio.
4th shot: Indiana.
Photo-Journal...
 
Indiana_country.JPG (42912 bytes) Chicago_traffic.JPG (57465 bytes) Wisconsin_1000.JPG (96359 bytes) Winconsin_hill.JPG (35191 bytes) 2000, July 29 - Day 2
1st shot: Indiana.
2nd shot: Chicago.
3rd shot: I stopped here, east of Madison, Wisconsin as the trip odometer hit 1000 miles...
4th shot: Wisconsin.
Photo-Journal...
 
St_Paul_city2.JPG (58941 bytes) Minn_barn.JPG (62316 bytes) Cont_Divide.JPG (25894 bytes) Mandan_Lewis_Clark.JPG (45568 bytes) 2000, July 30 - Day 3
1st shot: St. Paul.
2nd shot: Minnesota.
3rd shot: Continental Divide.
4th shot: The Lewis & Clark Trail.
Photo-Journal...
 
Mandan_lounge.JPG (44560 bytes) Ft_Mandan_journals.JPG (50378 bytes) 2000, July 31 - Day 4
1st shot: Mandan, North Dakota.
2nd shot: At Lewis & Clark's Fort Mandan, north of Bismark, North Dakota. I was re-reading parts of the Lewis & Clark Journals along the way... Photo-Journal...
 
MT_pop-tarts.JPG (46646 bytes) 2000, July 31 - Day 4
Just before saying goodbye to the folks back in Charlotte, beloved Mother handed me a box of Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-tarts (knowing well my fondness for said product). I declared that I would enjoy the last one as I crossed the distant Montana border, causing Father to snicker and predict that the last one would be gone before I crossed the county line! I took that as a challenge and this shot was proff that I did in fact save the last Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-tart for the Montana border!
Photo-Journal...
  
MT_Pompeys_Pillar2.JPG (34222 bytes) 2000, July 31 - Day 4
Pompey's Pillar... Montana...
Photo-Journal...
 
Billings_airport_view3.JPG (58421 bytes) 3Forks_Journals.JPG (38104 bytes) Continental_Divide.JPG (24186 bytes) Montana_train_Chieko.JPG (51893 bytes) 2000, August 1 - Day 5
1st shot: Billings, Montana.
2nd shot: Three Forks, Montana.
3rd shot: The Continental Divide... Montana.
4th shot: Chieko... east of Butte....
Photo-Journal...
 
Clark_Fork_Chieko.JPG (82803 bytes) Idaho2.JPG (66451 bytes) Seattle298.JPG (37425 bytes) WA_Columbia_River_Chieko.JPG (43997 bytes) 2000, August 2 - Day 6
1st shot: Chieko at the Clark Fork River in Montana.
2nd shot: Entering Idaho.
3rd shot: First sign of Seattle... Eastern Wasington.
4th shot: Chieko at the Columbia River.
Photo-Journal...
 
WA_Cascades1.JPG (21604 bytes) WA_Roslyn.JPG (66885 bytes) Seattle_bridge.JPG (51051 bytes) Seattle_Pike_Place2.JPG (58544 bytes) 2000, August 3 - Day 7
1st shot: Eastern Washington.
2nd shot: Roslyn, Washington.
3rd shot: I-90 Floating Bridge over Lake Washington.
4th shot: Seattle... Pike Place Market.
Photo-Journal...
 
Space_Needle_up.JPG (64280 bytes) Space_Needle_observation2.JPG (50602 bytes) Space_Needle_south2.JPG (71586 bytes) Seattle_from_west4.JPG (28247 bytes) 2000, August 5 - Viewing Seattle
1st shot: The Space Needle.
2nd shot: From the Space Needle.
3rd shot: The waterfront and Mount Rainier.
4th shot: Seattle from West Seattle.
Photo-Journal...
 

 
Jenny_stage.JPG (37811 bytes) 2000, September 15
John and Jeannie at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, enjoying The Derailers...
Photo-Journal...
 
127_Dartford_Station.JPG (43906 bytes) 2000, October 28
Dartford Station, on the eastern edge of London... a chance meeting happened there back around 1960, or so the story goes...
Photo-Journal...
 
770_fireworks.JPG (64797 bytes) 2000, November 16
Orlando... Disney World fireworks...
Photo-Journal...
 
Seaside_coast_surfer.JPG (29098 bytes) 2000, November 24
Seaside, Oregon... Photo-Journal...
 
17_morning_walk_Dvorak.JPG (44810 bytes) 19_morning_walk_Castle.JPG (62572 bytes) 2000, December 8
Prague, Czeck Republic... Antonin Dvorak and Prague Castle... Photo-Journal...
 
19_ferry_birds.JPG (29409 bytes) 21_ferry_Seattle.JPG (35249 bytes) 27_ferry_Space_Needle.JPG (29166 bytes) 2000, December 31
On the ferry between downtown Seattle and Bainbridge Island, on my way to British Columbia, Canada... Photo-Journal...
 
196_Vancouver_skyline.JPG (11277 bytes) 2001, January 3
Vancouver, British Columbia... Photo-Journal...
 
07_Snoqualmie_Falls.JPG (52708 bytes) 33_Roslyn_Cafe.JPG (71655 bytes) 34_Roslyn_Brick.JPG (48167 bytes) 2001, January 15
1st shot: Snoqualmie Falls, a few miles east of Bellevue, WA.
2nd shot: Roslyn, WA...The Roslyn Cafe.
3rd shot: Roslyn, WA... The Brick, where I celebrated my birthday. Photo-Journal...

 
Charleston_King_St.JPG (65910 bytes) Charleston_Confederate_Memorial3.JPG (35332 bytes) 2001, February 22
Charleston, South Carolina...
Photo-Journal...
 
leaving_RV_show2.JPG (30018 bytes) show_floor.JPG (77364 bytes) 2001, March 4
At the Stadium Exhibition Center in downtown Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
* My interest in RV's did not start here - that interest goes back many years... but this show (along with the cross-country drive from Charlotte to Seattle during the summer of 2000) did mark the beginning of what became my three year "RV search period." The Bigfoot emerged as the top candidate early on...
 
big_boots4.JPG (30798 bytes) 2001, March
Hat 'n' Boots... in south Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
Bellevue_train_bridge19.JPG (69307 bytes) Bellevue_train_bridge21.JPG (48120 bytes) 2001, March
The old Wilburton Train Trestle in Bellevue. I always think of "The Bridge On The River Kwai" when I pass by... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, April 21
New boots, lemonade, and the Freemont Troll... Photo-Journal...

 
2001, April 22
A busker on the waterfront... at Seattle's Pike Place Market... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, April 28
Bruce Lee's grave... in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 3
Construction crane at the Lincoln Square constructon site in downtown Bellevue... across the street from Bellevue Square Mall... from the Hyatt...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 5
The Doc and Merle Watson Highway, near Deep Gap, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 5
The Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway, just below the summit of Grandfather Mountain, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This may be the most beautiful stretch of road in America. Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 12
Under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge where debris from the 1940 "oscillation" collaspe can still be seen...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 13
West Seattle... Alki Beach... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 19
Seattle, WA... The Fisherman's Terminal and Shilshole Bay Marina...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 20
Atop Newport Hill in Bellevue... my trusty Explorer...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 27
On the Snoqualmie River at North Bend on the western edge of the Cascade Range, about 20 miles east of Seattle/Bellevue....
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 28
Seattle... NorthWest FolkLife Festival...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, May 28
Memorial Day in Seattle's ChinaTown...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, June 2
A salmon slide at the Ballard Locks... in Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, June 3
Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, July 3
Brian Hofeldt of The Derailers... at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, July 4
As I rambled about I came to the Washelli Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Aurora Ave. in Seattle. A stunning sight. Thousands of white marble markers in a sea of green grass, against a blue sky. Some of the markers date from the Civil War. I tried to imagine all the lives represented before me, and I pondered the nature of their sacrifices... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, July 7
Now that's a rig! At Marymoor Park, Lake Sammamish, in Redmond...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, July 8
Seattle sunset as seen from Cougar Mountain...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 2
After my luncheon at Virginia City, heading back to Reno, I pulled over to admire these horses silhouetted against the brilliant blue Nevada sky. As I put my eye to the camera I heard the distinct "report" of a rattle snake... very close. I lowered the camera and spotted a big rattler coiled and bobbing about 10 feet away. I slowly brought the camera back to my eye and tried to center on the snake, but it was gone. At that moment I did not know where the rattler had slithered off to, so I turned and high-stepped back to the car! I regret not getting a shot of that guy... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 5
The Blue Angels over Lake Washington... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 11
Port Townsend, Washington... On the bluff above Port Townsend I came across this beautiful sight. The sun was beginning to sink low in the sky and the light was perfect against the red of the arbutus (Arbutus memzieii, aka "madrona") tree and the deep blue of Puget Sound. The digital camera couldn't quite pick it up, but snow-capped Mount Baker was visible in the distance, on the mainland side of the Sound. I stayed around for a half hour watching this man work, and I drove away inspired... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 17
Dwight Yoakam at Benaroya Hall in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 19
Tea With Atsuko... Seattle waterfront, Mount Rainier, and Lake Sammamish... Photo-Journal...
 
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2001, August 26
Near Mount Si, east of Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, August 30
1st shot: On the eastern edge of the Cascades, facing north.
2nd and 3rd shot: In the Yakima Canyon.
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 1
Port Angeles, WA... The Racoon welcoming committee... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 2
From Victoria we drove 20 miles north into the British Columbia countryside, toward Sydney. We took a side road to the serene Island View Beach... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 15
Bellevue Sunset... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 20
John's bachlour party... John's grandfather had a big time! Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 21
Between John's wedding rehersal and the rehersal dinner...

L-R: Jeannie's father, Jeannie, Jeannie's mother, and John... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, September 22
As John and Jeannie were becoming husband and wife, a jet was passing in front of the twilight moon... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, October 5
Seattle silhouetted against the Olympic Mountains... from Redmond... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, October 7
Gasworks Park on Seattle's Lake Union... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, October 21
The exquisite arbutus (Arbutus memzieii, aka "madrona") tree, at Magnolia Park in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, November 10
The jagged Cascades, east of Monroe, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, November 21
With Chieko atop Cougar Mountain... near Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, November 24
Facing east from Seattle with the Cascade Mountains in the background...
1st shot: Bellevue.
2nd shot: The 520 Floating Bridge and Kirkland.
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, November 30
Mamasan's, in downtown Bellevue... Photo-Journal
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2001, December 8
Crossing the Elwha River Gorge... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 9
From east of the La Grande Dam near SR-706... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 9
On SR-706... Recycled Spirits Of Iron...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 16
The Mount Rainier Scenic Railway... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 21
Crossroads, down the way from my Bellevue lodge...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 21
Mamasan's... in downtown Bellevue... Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: Mamasan and Yamada Sensei.
3rd shot: Beautiful Saori.
4th shot: Charming Atsuko.
 
2001, December 22
Looking across Lake Washington toward Seattle's University District and the Olympic Mountains, as seen from Kirkland on a clear morning... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 22
Around the base of Mount Rainier, between Ashford and the National Park... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 22
Sunset over Adler Lake, near Mount Rainier... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 26
On a Christmas trip to NC... Pete and Christie at the Bayou Kitchen in Charlotte...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 29
On a Christmas trip to NC... Christie and Broadie, in Winston-Salem... Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 29
On a Christmas trip to NC... Jane & Ward at Carina's home in Durham...
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 30
On a Christmas trip to NC... Carina's house in Durham and the handsome Tugger....
Photo-Journal...
 
2001, December 31
With Chiyo and Yuki at the Atlantic Ocean, near Charleston, SC... Photo-Journal...
 
NYD_Mother_Father.JPG (96052 bytes) 2002, January 1
On a Christmas trip to NC... Photo-Journal...
Traditional New Year's Day "good luck" dinner with Mother and Father... black-eyed peas, cabbage, cornbread, rice, chow-chow... and Mother's Banana Pudding... the best in all the land!
 
2002, January 2
On a Christmas trip to NC... with Yuki (visiting from Japan) at the Bayou Kitchen...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 4
On a Christmas trip to NC... Mother's 68th birthday... and Lebo's, where I purchased a handsome Stetson the week before...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 5
On a Christmas trip to NC... having been dropped off at the Charlotte airport for the flight back to Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 5
Having returned to Bellevue from from North Carolina... at Mamasan's... Atsuko...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 15
My birthday at Todai, in Redmond... John and Jeannie... Jeannie thought she saw her sushi wiggle! Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 25
Over the Golden Gate...
Photo-Journal...
2002, January 25
In San Jose... twisted ankle and an eucalyptus tree at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, January 27
Shots 1 & 2: Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos, California.
Shots 3 & 4: Wilder Ranch State Park.
Photo-Journal...
 
 
2002, February, 22
Wintergrass, in Tacoma, WA... Photo-Journal...
 
Old and in the Grey - David Grisman on mandolin, Vassar Clements on fiddle, Peter Rowan on guitar...
 
       
 
Karl Shifflet & big Country Show on the First Baptist Church stage... my favorite show of the festival...
 
     
 
The Sawtooth Mountain Boys did a fine job...
 
The Del McCoury Band...
 
 
2002, March 30
The Summit at Snoqualmie. This photo has an interesting quality - a gestalt shift. Is the view upward or downward? Photo-Journal...
 
2002, March 30
Stevens Pass... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, April 13
Bellevue Community College... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, April 15
Construction crane at the Lincoln Square constructon site in downtown Bellevue... across the street from Bellevue Square Mall... from the Hyatt... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, April 20
After Joe-san commented on the difficulty of checking the oil in his Z3, Atsuko stood up and said "let's go." We all walked out to the parking lot where Atsuko raised the hood and reached in like she had done it a thousand times and quickly reported "maybe use a quart!" She wiped the dip stick on the hem of her black dress and asked - "more question for me now?" Back inside Mamasan's, Atsuko sang a stunning rendition of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina." Atsuko is an amazing gal! Photo-Journal...
 
2002, April 23
Japanese 101 at Bellevue Community College... Nihongo no kurasu 101, Shiromaru-sensei...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, April 27
Shot 1: Late afternoon Nihongo study with my classmate Steve-san at Starbucks in downtown Bellevue. Photo-Journal...
Shot 2: Mamasan's from Sushi Land.
Shot 3: Sushiland.
Shot 4: From Sushi Land in Bellevue, distant Seattle.
 
2002, May 1
Facing west toward Seattle from a block north of my Bellevue lodge... near the edge of the Microsoft campus... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 5
1st shot: Puget Sound from around Pike Place Market.
2nd shot: The West Seattle Bridge.
3rd shot: Alki Beach at West Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 30
Microsoft Building 16... A Little Bit of Asia at lunchtime... Chinese watercolors by Hong Duan Yang... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, May 31
Demonstrating recently acquired Japanese katakana skills... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 2
Larson Lake Blueberry Farm in Bellevue. My Mother liked this shot and used it as the desktop background on her PC for a long time... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 7
Lake Tahoe... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 8
Lunch on Donner Pass, overlooking Donner Lake... thinking of the many overland emigrants who would have looked back at this view with a feeling of supreme accomplishment... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 8
At the Ponderosa Ranch... you walk in the door and there hangs Hoss' and Little Joe's hats and vests. Yes, "Bonanza" was a TV show, but I grew up with it; and being here was like walking back into a former world, both real and fantasy. Ben Cartright contributed greatly to my view of what a real man is...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 8
At the Ponderosa Ranch... markers for Ben, Little Joe, Hoss, and Hop Sing... Photo-Journal...
2002, June 9
On the Nevada side of lake Tahoe at Borden Meadow, where the Bonanza intro was filmed. The first shot is mine... shots 2-5 are provided for reference... Photo-Journal...
 
       
 
2002, June 10
Alder Valley, California, site of the Donner Party Camp of 1846/47...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, June 15
The last photo with the Sony Mavica FD-91 camera was of my friend Emi, atop Seattle's Queen Anne Hill... Photo-Journal...
 
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My parents visit Seattle... arrival at Sea-Tac...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 25
My parents visit Seattle... Queen Anne Hill...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 26
My parents visit Seattle... at the Columbia River in Washington State... near the Vantage Crossing...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 28
My parents visit Seattle... pulling out of Victoria, BC (taken with Mother's Minolta), and atop Hurricane Ridge in Washington State...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 28
My parents visit Seattle... on the Olympic Peninsula (taken with Mother's Minolta)...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 28
My parents visit Seattle... Ruby Beach...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, July 29
My parents visit Seattle... Photo-Journal...
1st shot: Astoria, Oregon (taken with Mother's Minolta).
2nd shot: At Shari's in Longview, WA I noticed that the menu featured a picture of a lady bearing a remarkable likeness to Mother...
 
2002, August 10
Chris Isaak at Seattle's Pier 62/63... Photo-Journal...
 
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Atop Cougar Mountain with Emi... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, August 27
Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco Field... Bill Gates and Steve Balmer...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, August 27
Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco Field... Gene Kranz imparted wisdom via recorded remarks... Photo-Journal...
 
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Dixie's BBQ in Bellevue, WA. This is "The Man." A simmering pot, bubbling... an evil concoction... Radiation from the pot made focusing the camera lens nearly impossible...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, October 7
Emi-chan at I Love Sushi on Seattle's Lake Union... The sushi chef carved a butterfly out of a carrot for Emi... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, October 12
With John at Bellevue Square Mall... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, October 19
Mushrooms from an early morning walk in Bellevue... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, October 21
The entrance to my Bellevue lodge... behind the mushrooms... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, October 27
Trimming beans with Yong Hong Wang, proprietor of the Wild Pepper Chinese Restaurant in Redmond... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, November 10
1st shot: Along the Skykomish River...
2nd shot: Deception Falls, off the Old Cascade Highway (SR 2) near Stevens Pass... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, November 15
At the Panama Hotel Tea House in the old Nihonmachi (JapanTown) section of Seattle's Chinatown... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, November 28
Danny Woo Community Garden in Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, November 28
1st shot: The Smith Tower in Seattle... Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the background.
2nd shot: Sunset Hill in the Ballard section of Seattle. Photo-Journal...
 
2002, November 30
Foggy Queen Anne Hill in Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
 
2002, December 8
Lake Sammamish to Lake Washington... walking across Bellevue... Photo-Journal...
 
           
 
            
 
          
 
 
2002, December 10
Segway inventor Dean Kamen (1st shot, blue shirt) and crew visited Microsoft... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 12
Microsoft Christmas Party at the EMP in Seattle... an all-star band formed for this event featuring Edgar Winter on keyboard & sax, the Tower Of Power horn section, guitarist Kenny Lee Lewis from the Steve Miller band, Lee Sklar on bass, and an old Doobie Brother...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 14
With my Father and Pete Davis at Gus' Sir Beef before a Doc Watson show in Charlotte, and at the Neighborhood Theatre for the show...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 15
Visiting with Tom & Karen at their bungalow in the Elizabeth neighborhood... Tom's feral cats peered through the kitchen window... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 16
Father picked a little early morning mandolin in his office... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 17
With my parents at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 18
1st shot: The front porch of the May-Ledetter House in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
2nd shot: At the Opryland Hotel in Nashville... Gibson Pure... amen!
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 19
At The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville, Tennessee... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 19
1st shot: In Nashville... Ryman Auditorium, country music's most sacred spot.
2nd shot: The infamous alley behind the Ryman and the back door to Tootsie's Orchid Lounge. Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 19
At Ghurn Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. I came close to buying this Gibson Hummingbird...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 19
Meriwether Lewis' grave... on the Nachez Trace about 60 miles south of Nashville, near the site of the old Grinder's roadside inn... where, in the early morning hours of October 11, 1809, Captain Lewis' long and glorious trail reached its end...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 20
The Blue Willow Inn, Social Circle, Georgia... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 21
Dog on a frosty north Georgia field... near Culberson, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 21
In Culberson, North Carolina at the grave of David Thompson, the first of my ancestors to come to America from Scotland... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 21
At Cousin Michael's home in Blairsville, Georgia. Michael has in his possession a compass used by David Thompson on the Trail Of Tears, in 1838...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 21
1st shot: My Father's boyhood church, "The Line," so named because it stands on the North Carolina / Georgia state line... and the Thompson graveyard...

2nd shot: The church and graveyard are situated on a hill with a commanding westward view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Standing at this spot I feel as close to my heritage as I can get... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 21
From this spot at "The Line" can be seen my grandfather's grave (the closest maker), the church he sang in, the road he traveled on, and across the way, the point of his birth...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 22
At Farmwood... young Will blows a dandelion...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 24
Christmas Eve at Farmwood... in the 3rd shot Father is holding his new Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger CD (with bonus tracks)...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 25
Christmas Day at Hamilton Manor...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 27
At Carina's home in Durham... Tugger and you-know-who... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 28
Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 28
At Winston-Salem, in Old Salem, with Christie and Gary, at the Salem Tavern... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 29
At the Bayou Kitchen in Charlotte... Tom Billotto and Bill Noonan & Gigi on the wall, and a fine plate of nachos... Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 30
Mother... at Hamilton Manor with Smiters...
Photo-Journal...
 
2002, December 31
Walking in Charlotte's Fourth Ward neighborhood...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 1
A rainy New Year's Day morning and a walk around the Charlotte SuperSpeedway...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 2
1st shot: The house where my Mother was born, in Gaffney, South Carolina.
2nd shot: The Peachoid, along I-85 in Gaffney... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 2
On the outskirts of Charlotte, visiting with Bill Noonan and Gigi, and the beautiful Lakota. Gigi's rendering of Lakota!... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 3
In a Charlotte bike shop with Brother-n-law Matt... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 4
1st shot: At Farmwood... My invitation to Hiroko's wedding.
Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: In Salisbury... Hiroko walking down the isle with Eric...
 
2003, January 5
Leaving Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 15
Hiromi, Mamasan, and Yamada Sensei (8th Dan)...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, January 25
An evening with Hiromi and Ishi...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 1
Hiromi at the EMP and atop the Space Needle... and ishi on Queen Anne Hill...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 2
Hiromi at Peace Arch Equestrian Center in Custer, Washington, just south of the Canadian border...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 2
Hiromi and Ishi at Juanita Beach, Lake Washington...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 9
Walking with Hiromi... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 22
With Hiromi and Ishi on the Microsoft Main Campus, and in the Cascades... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, February 23
Downtown Bellevue from Clyde Hill, and Hiromi at Gods and Generals, Redmond Town Center... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, March 22
At Green Lake Park in Seattle with Hiromi and Ishi. Within the park there's a place that Hiromi calls "Bunny Hill"... a rocky slope and meadow, home to a lapine colony... scores of rabbits... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, March 28
Dutch oven bread and Columbo... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, March 30
Downtown Kirkland... on the waterfront with Hiromi...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 5
Pike Place Market in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 12
With Hiromi at Magnuson Park, on the Seattle side of Lake Washington. The 4th shot is from behind Ivar's on Lake Union... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 18
1st shot: With Hiromi, looking at the Bigfoots in Lake City, WA.
2nd and 3rd shots: Viewpoint Park in Bellevue.
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 19
Hiromi and Ishi at Discovery Park at West Point in Seattle.
3rd shot: Hiromi at The Lockspot in Ballard.
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 26
1st shot: Hiromi at Starbucks in Seattle/Greenwood.
Shot's 3-4: Downtown Redmond, around Redmond Western Wear.
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 27
Hiromi at Crossroads... at the Ebru Mediterranean Grill's beautiful tile counter... While sitting there we decided to drive down to Mount Rainier... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, April 27
Approaching Mount Rainier from the Enumclaw area...
3rd shot: Above Rainier's timber line... snow ploughs had created ice walls 10 - 20 feet deep at the sides of the road. We came to a turn-out and stopped to take a look around... and on this perfectly clear and cold night the starry sky was stunning... Photo-Journal...

 
2003, May 2
Hiromi at the Little Red Hen at Green Lake, in Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 3
1st shot: Hiromi in Seattle's Freemont neighborhood.
2nd shot: Bill Noonan was in town on Microsoft business and we had a little hootenanny in his room at the Redmond/Overlake Silver Cloud. Here Bill is running through a new song of his - "Now I Got A River" - as Hiromi looks on...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 4
Hiromi discovering the place that she would soon move into... in Seattle's University District... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 4
With Hiromi at the Little Red Hen... country dance lessons... Later in the evening we were joined by Bill Noonan (in town on Microsoft business). In the 3rd shot Hiromi is showing Bill her new dance steps... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 8
Bill Noonan giving it his all at Mamasan's... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 10
1st shot: Hiromi's moving day... into new quarters in the Ravenna neighborhood on the edge of Seattle's University District.

2nd and 3rd shot: Walking around Green Lake. Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 10
Saint Edward State Park at the north end of Lake Washington... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, May 17
Hiromi... Alki Beach, at West Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
 
2003, May 18
With Hiromi on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass, about 30 miles east of Seattle. We followed the South Fork of the Snoqualmie River... Photo-Journal...
 
       
 
     
 
* My mind has gone back to this time, and this place, many, many times. I had so many good times with Hiromi, and this was one of the best. As I dreamed of owning a Bigfoot RV someday, I oft placed myself at this spot on the Snoqualmie...
 
 
2003, June 9
Mamasan ad work... That which I photograph oft becomes my dinner...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, June 9
Mamasan...
Photo-Journal...
 
2003, June 13
Randy's visit... at Cape Kiwanda we noticed cars on the beach... so, we drove out onto the beach, which turned out to be a bad idea... Photo-Journal...
 
2003, June 13
On the Oregon coast with Randy... Photo-Journal...
 
 
In progress... much fill-in work remains...
 
 
2003, September 28
With Hiromi atop Queen Anne Hill in Seattle...
Photo-Journal...
 
2004, February 19
1st shot: Just before driving down to Sea-Tac for a flight to North Carolina I was admiring Hiromi's impressionistic rendering of Mount Rainier. Hiromi gave me this painting a month earlier on the occasion of my birthday. The day Hiromi gave me "Mount Rainier" turned turned out to be the last time I saw her.

Shots 3 & 4: Three hours after admiring Hiromi's rendering and 5 minutes into the flight out of Sea-Tac I beheld the sun rising over Mount Rainier. Thank you, Hiromi... Photo-Journal...
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Strawberry Hill... Sister Jan observes Will's phone call. This is one of those priceless shots...
Photo-Journal...
 
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Michelle Malkin at the Borders Bookstore in Puyallup, WA. I read Michelle Malkin's blog nearly every day and I can't think of a time that I've disagreed with her....
Photo-Journal... www.MichelleMalkin.com...
 

 
2005, April 14 - The Grand Canyon
 
         

 
         
 
         
 
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2005, May 13
Mother's banana pudding... a true classic. Note the exquisite, frothy meringue, exhibiting perfectly toasted peaks. Real banana pudding does not have Cool Whip or some other cheapening substitute on top... only the finest meringue will do! I can say with complete, unbridled confidence that Mother makes the finest banana pudding east of the Mississippi... and west of the Mississippi, for that matter... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, June 22
On the way to the Leavenworth Acordion Festival... The Rocky Reach dam on the Columbia River just north of Wenatchee, WA. Note the elaborate salmon bypass pipe over and around the dam... Photo-Journal...
 
2005, June 24
Leavenworth, WA... at the Leavenworth Acordion Festival... Photo-Journal...
 
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Lubbock, Texas, Buddy Holly, and my Gibson Dove. In the movie Open Range, "Boss" Spearman (Robert Duvall) says to Charlie Postlewait (Kevin Costner) "I like a pistol with some heft." Me to. I also like acoustic guitars with heft, like the Gibson J-200 that Buddy played and the Gibson Dove that I'm now so proud of. My fondness for hefty acoustics, especially those with a little color, was formed by cowboy guitars, Hummingbirds, and the look and sound of Buddy Holly's J-200.  I played "Well All Right" and "Words of Love" at this fine place... Photo-Journal...
 
In progress... much fill-in work to be done...
 
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Bill Noonan was in town on Microsoft business and we caught up on a little pickin' in Bigfoot before repairing to our dinner at Daman's in Redmond... Photo-Journal...
 
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Between the Bellevue Trailer Inns RV Park and the Outback, as we walked to dinner after finishing Suteki Da Ne... Photo-Journal...
 
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Ai and the Four Ladies in Bigfoot... Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, Ai, and Saki... Photo-Journal...
 
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At Edmonds, WA... the Taste of Edmonds festival with Chunhee... a busy bee... Photo-Journal...
 
In progress... much fill-in work to be done...
 
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Bellevue, WA... with Nancy the Birthday Girl at the Microsoft Store in Bellevue Square Mall... and thereabouts... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bryan Bowers was singing "Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies" as I walked in... with autoharp... says he's the first "living" inductee of the Autoharp Hall of Fame. I had a pleasant chat with Bryan after his set - I asked him where in Virginia he hailed from and he replied "Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis surrounded to George Washington in October of 1871." My kind of man! I replied that I'm from 40 miles east of Kings Mountain and Cowpens where General Daniel Morgan of the Continental Army whooped Lord Cornwallis  before he got to Yorktown, in January of 1781! I bought Bryan's Bristlecone Pine CD after our chat and I'm enjoying it even as I write these words... Photo-Journal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Bowers


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlL6wxdCV_A
 
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Another jaunt over to Ellensburg... a wind farm along the way, in the vicinity of Elk Heights Road... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... at Microsoft Advanta... hail, a strong cold wind, then a double rainbow... Photo-Journal...
 
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Redmond, WA... Saturday evening at Bai Tong... Kay Kay, Sweet Jane, and Bigfoot... Sweet Jane's (late) birthday celebration... Photo-Journal...
 
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2012, December 22
Bellevue, WA... Amy and David's Christmas Party... the house kitty... a beautiful calico... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... Chenphen's reflection... Photo-Journal...
 
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Federal Way, WA... Mamasan and Michiko... Photo-Journal...
 
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Kirkland, WA... The Mozilla Firefox Mobile OS test team... I presided as Sr. Lead...
Photo-Journal...
 
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Cirque du Soleil with Nancy... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... The downtown Bellevue Transit Center... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue WA...
Whilst standing at my Eastgate bus stop on this morning I observed a pupal metamorphis... a caterpillar cocoon... butterflies in the making. Springtime in full force... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... Dandelions... on my short morning walk to the bus stop... Photo-Journal...
 
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10 miles west of Ellensburg, WA, off Elk Heights Road... with Chenphen and Tequila... Photo-Journal...
 
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Bikini shopping with Nancy at Bellevue Square. Oh the things I must endure... Photo-Journal...
 
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Redmond, WA... A late afternoon sunbreak lights the hallway outside my work area in Studio-A... Photo-Journal...
 
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Redmond, WA... Steve's walk in the West Campus woods...
Photo-Journal...
 
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Bellevue, WA... Captain Phil at Crossroads Starbucks...
Photo-Journal...
 
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Alki Beach, WA... Hong's peaceful cruise along Elliot Bay and Geneva's first moments with her birthday guitar... a Washburn "Rover"... Photo-Journal...
 
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Seattle, WA... The Seattle Great Wheel... Photo-Journal...
 
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Puyallup, WA... The Washington State Fair with Hong and Geneva... Geneva on the Bungee Trampoline... Photo-Journal...
 
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SeaTac, WA... dropping a friend off at the airport and then lingering for shots of Mount Rainier and the twilight... Photo-Journal...
 
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2014, October 4
At Bellevue Square Mall... Hong and Geneva... Photo-Journal...