below the ground floor

The hallway leading to Pete Townsend’s Undertown is exposed by the sidewalk and tunnel lid project.

Or maybe it’s an amateur presentation of The Cask of Amontillado.

April 7, 2012. Taylor and Washington Streets, Downtown Pete Townsend, Washington.

english daisy

This is a close-up of an English daisy flower head, about an inch in diameter. I took it using my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S, mostly to see if I could. The image’s been gussied up a bit in Photoshop Elements and it looks pretty good.

Now if I could just get a 600mm zoom on the beast…

April 7, 2012. Uptown Farmer’s Market, Pete Townsend, Washington.

reflecting on the past

Look in the back of someone’s head and see what you find!

April 7, 2012. Uptown Farmers Market, Pete Townsend, Washington.

watershed

An Elven map of the Chimacum watershed. Or aftermath of a madrona molt.

April 1, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the dentist’s dream / nightmare

Thirty years of chewing the plates instead of the food will do that to ya.

February 27, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the beauty

This young lady needs to practice applying her beauty mark a bit more.

March 23, 2012. druid labs pnw.

new sprouts

These are Marbles Metalicus, named for small-time crook Charlie “One-Eye” Johnson, who was known for (not very successfully) threatening shopkeepers with a rusty knife. He later went insane listening to heavy metal.

March 17, 2012. Master Gardener Park, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the driftlog pool

A gathering place for human, storm, and gull detritus.

March 18, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the lotus fountain

This is a variety of sedum, holding onto the last drops of the day’s watering.

[Must resist writing about Lotis. Must. Resist.]

March 17, 2012. Master Gardener Park, Pete Townsend, Washington.

running along the beach

A runner in the Kala Point Alien 5K race.

March 18, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the faerie roomba

An empty snail shell makes a fine automatic vacuum. The Wee Folk did it first, you know.

March 7, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the white zone is for loading

The USS Ohio (SSGN 726) gets loaded/unloaded at Indian Island.

(How do I know? The US Navy says so: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/6966894937/in/photostream)

March 7, 2012. Indian Island, Washington.

the ice cream cone is empty

The eagle lands at dawn. And the bear will slap the buttermilk.

March 5, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

psst – wanna buy some cones?

On sale! Clearance! The wife told me to clean out the tree and they all gotta go!

March 7, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

leaving the nursery

Environment pods fully extended, the seed-o-nauts ready themselves to enter The Outside.

August 26, 2011. druid labs pnw.

the yeti

He walks among the folded hills, escape caves ever ready. Only glimpses seen, here and there, enough to tease the tourists – and populate the learned journals.

(Or as he’s known in the Pacific Northwest, Bigfoot.)

March 3, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the locker

Grog, and something to crunch on. What more does an old sea dog need?

September 10, 2011. Wooden Boat Festival, Pete Townsend, Washington.

drag racing the inlet

After a poor holeshot, the MV Kennewick puts on speed to catch the Evergreen container ship. Pink slips are at stake!

February 25, 2012. Admiralty Inlet, Pete Townsend, Washington.

the shaman’s cudgel

Not every spirit is benign. Sometimes you’ve gotta “persuade” ‘em.

February 25, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.

cinderella

With her hair tied back and her beauty under tight wraps, Cinderella scurries to do her step-family’s biddings.

August 14, 2011. The Commander’s Beach House, Pete Townsend, Washington.