April 22, 2007


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It was a beautiful day here in Seattle. Such a lovely day. Unfortunately mine was filled with errands.

April 21, 2007


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Hugo was out enjoying his yard when he caught the scent of something in the wind. Hugo had an enjoyable afternoon.

April 20, 2007


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These beautiful pots line a shelf in Hugo's house. I always wonder what their story is and where they came from.

April 19, 2007


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These tulips sit on the table at Jesse's house. They are slowly opening and showing off their beauty. Tonight I was invited to the Frye Art Museum. It was a wonderful visit and I enjoyed seeing all the paintings. The colors, the subjects, the techniques are all wonderful inspirations.

April 18, 2007


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I took Jesse and Roux for a walk to the park today. Along the way, we ambled down my favorite tree lined path. I love this park. It's always full of dogs chasing balls, children swinging from the playground equipment and at least one game of soccer or ultimate frisbee. It's a great park.

April 17, 2007


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I went swimming with my Mom tonight and while I waited for her to finish her laps, I snapped some photos with my new camera phone. I like the quality on this one a lot better than my old one.

I swam 22 laps tonight while my Mom was an overachiever and swam 26 laps.

April 16, 2007


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I'm watching Jesse this week. She's the sweetest dog and such a joy to watch.

April 15, 2007


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I went to a baseball game today at The Safe. It was Jackie Robinson day and in a strange twist, my parents were also at the game! Neither one of us knew the other was there until I asked them later what they had done earlier in the day.

April 14, 2007


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I'm watching a co-worker's cats. She lives in a cool building where there is an art room, a yoga area and a pool table. As I passed by the billiard balls, I had to capture their likeness.

April 13, 2007


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Sometimes on a dark rainy night, the daily photographer is left with the only option of capturing her image so that is what I did. Oh the outtakes are hilarious and not being posted!

April 12, 2007


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While out walking I came upon this vintage Ford truck with a beautiful red finish. I had to stop and photograph it even though passerbys kept staring at me.

April 11, 2007


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Pochi hunts for more stuffing to attack! She found an old stuffed soccer ball with its stuffing about to come out and destroyed it. There was stuffing all over the yard. That is FUN to pick up!

April 10, 2007


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A chandelier in one of the houses I watch. I tinted this with green to make it more interesting.

April 9, 2007


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I walked the dogs up to St. Joe's last night. It's the right distance from their house for a short walk since they had been long-walked earlier in the day by a dog walker. This church always captures my attention but then again, so do most old churches. I always wonder what they've seen and who has loved them in the past.

April 8, 2007


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Pochi in repose, finally the beast sleeps.

April 7, 2007


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I went on a photostroll at Greenlake today with some Flickrites. It was a fantastic time and the lunch at Duke's was wonderful. Such fun!

April 6, 2007


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I was feeling a bit eggy before Easter and bought some egg cups today. I love the idea of egg cups though I never actually use them.

April 5, 2007


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I walked over to Volunteer Park last night and noticed this wonderful sculpture in the playground. I'm sure the parents found it strange that I was contorting into different positions for possible shots. I'm entertainment!

April 4, 2007


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The trees are now blossoming with their beautiful flowers and the temperatures in Seattle are rising. I can feel Spring arriving.

April 3, 2007


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I love books. I love old books, new books, torn up books, well-preserved books, books by famous authors, books by unknown people. I love them all.

April 2, 2007


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The sky was cloudy and dark and full of light last night. It was amazing.

April 1, 2007


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Pochi was begging me for her kong and so I tormented her by taking a few pictures before giving up the kong.

March 31, 2007


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Haley allowed me to practice using my new lens on her. I caught her talking back to me here. She is such a funny dog.

March 30, 2007


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I saw this red box outside the Metropolitan Market in West Seattle. I liked how the red lettering matched the red box.

March 29, 2007


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I'm watching Poochi while her owners are in Australia. This dog cracks me up. I have discovered that she has boundless energy, loves yarn, gets into trouble at every opportunity and likes to gnaw at my arm. Funny animal!

March 27, 2007


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After a delightful dinner at Cascadia, I stopped by the post office to check my mail. It seems that usually all I get in it is catalogs and junk mail but tonight I had a nice note from a friend which made the stop worthwhile.

March 28, 2007


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The split rail separating the green belt from the rest of the yard is slowly decaying after a harsh winter. My Dad built this over a decade ago in order to keep the young boys who explored the “woods” out of the yard. Now the blackberry bushes have grown up against the fence and the young boys have grown into young men with families of their own.

March 26, 2007


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I've gone mad for Tahki Cotton Classic yarn and I still need 15 more skeins. I think I'll hold off on them for now, though I do have $20 to spend at Weaving Works.

March 24, 2007


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New yarn all piled up next to a wonderful lamp. I've fallen under mitered fever!

March 23, 2007


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Tomorrow is Andi's Birthday and today some flowers were delivered for her. I placed them on her dining room table which she should see when she enters her house. Roux and I think they are good and smelly!

March 22, 2007


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I'm "phoning" it in tonight. My eye hurts and I'm tired. I snapped this photo with my camera phone as I walked with Roux to the drugstore for some eye drops. I hope the eye doctor can fix me up real good tomorrow morning because this sucks!

March 21, 2007


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This buddha head sits in Roux's backyard. I wonder if his Mom got this in Bali. I took Roux for a run today. It was my first run in over three months. We both huffed and puffed along but made it for almost 40 minutes. Time to rest!

March 20, 2007


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I stopped by Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford after work for some very yummy cupcakes. These are delicious! Yum!

March 19, 2007


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Yarn art in the lamplight. It was too rainy today for a good outside shot so I decided to try an artsy shot inside. I like this.

March 18, 2007


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Today ended up being quite beautiful. The flowers in the neighbor's yard are blooming and the yellow provided a wonderful contrast to the blue sky.

March 17, 2007


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After a disappointing St. Patrick's Parade due to massive pelting rain, I noticed these rusted cans on the way back to my car. I hope they aren't full of toxic goo in the middle of the city. I still like their dirty quality.

March 16, 2007


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The park near my work fascinates me. It's a cute little park in the middle of the flight path, near train tracks and almost under the freeway and yet kids play there all the time.

March 15, 2007


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These glass bottles line the window at Roux's house. I love this collection.

March 14, 2007


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Roux wasn't feeling very patient with me last night and kept running to the front gate for his walk. He knew we were going on one since I had put on my running shoes and a coat. I was delayed because I kept running back into the house for something - poop bags, keys, phone!, etc. He was finally able to go on his walk though and it was made even better because we met up with his doggie friend, Zubin. They love each other so very much.

March 13, 2007


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Roux (the dog I'm watching) and I headed down to Gas Works Park after work. He spent his time with his head down, sniffing as much grass, concrete and dirt as he could. I watched the other dogs, the kids with their skate boards, the kite flyer who couldn't get his kite in the air even though there was plenty of wind (maybe there was too much?) and caught sight of downtown across Union Bay. It was a beautiful (though cold) sight.

March 12, 2007


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Spring is in the air! The daffodils are starting to bloom.

March 11, 2007


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Roux left his bone on the front porch after he got distracted by the dog next door.

February and March Project Spectrum Photography



I love the idea of Project Spectrum and each month I like to go out on a photography walk where I take pictures on the specific colors for that month (or in this case months). I was lucky this month to travel to Ireland and England so I included some of those in my photography set. You can see the rest of my Project Spectrum photos if you click on the photo above.

March 10, 2007


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I bought milk last night in an old-fashioned glass container. I love how it looks.

March 9, 2007


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I stopped by the Lake Union Whole Foods after work and noticed these ladies hanging outside the store.

March 8, 2007


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I put this banana in my mug at the beginning of the day. Unfortunately I never got around to eating it. Maybe tomorrow.

March 7, 2007


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After work, a group of co-workers and I headed to a local pizza joint for goodbye drinks. Nicole is moving back to Philadelphia and a wonderful new job. I'm going to miss her so much!

March 6, 2007


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I drove home at lunch to let Hugo out and stopped by the sculpture park on Mercer Island. I need to go back and walk around a bit. There are lots of neat sculptures to check out.

March 5, 2007


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This fish hangs in Hugo's backyard. I tried taunting him with it but he just ignored me.

March 4, 2007


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The moon is bright after a lunar eclipse which I missed due to being on a plane. I have seen some fantastic photos though it looked great!