VOTE.

If this mom and her daughter can take time to spend their Saturday morning outside a Sarah Palin rally in Tampa, Florida, you can get your ballot in. It’s not just your right, it’s a priveledge and an honor. Now go.

Caption Contest: Free to Good Home

We’ve just returned from a few days on the Washington Coast. On the way out, we stopped at the Aberdeen Farmer’s Market where we encountered this animal loving policeman trying to find homes for a batch of strays. It’s a good thing I’m allergic to cats; this little guy is exactly the kind of weird …


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Hawaii Slide Show

Someone asked me recently about photo tools and I remembered the oh so fun to play with Animoto. Off I went to make a new slideshow. Let’s go back to Hawaii, okay?

How Pictures Happen & Other Photo Notes

Setting: In the car, in the alley behind Husky Deli. We’d just stopped to get ice cream to bring to the perfect summer BBq. I’m driving. Me: Whoa, check out the snappy looking gent at the bus stop. His tie matches the Easy Street pink star. J [Rolling down the window]: Is there anyone behind …


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File Under: Always Carry Your Camera

My photo won the prize for “Most Unusual Object” in West Seattle Blog’s Garage Sale Contest. No, smart guy, the unusual object wasn’t ME, it was two huge bags of duck decoys. Me: How many duck decoys does a person need? Duck Decoy Guy: About a dozen. Me: And how many do you have here? …


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