This is a Black Oystercatcher, channeling his inner Sid Fields.
June 15, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
pole dancing
(I couldn’t write a description for this photo that didn’t sound like a late-night soft-core Cinemax movie. Check out the (rather staid) Wikipedia article on Pole dance; you braver/more prurient folk might search for USPDF on YouTube.)
April 14, 2012. druid labs pnw.
a compromising position
[Local News Network] Soccer mom pole dancer
Local housewife Anita Mango is discovered practicing a pole dance routine by her neighbors. The kids reacted a bit differently than the parents.
April 14, 2012. druid labs pnw.
ball? what ball?
He’s wondering if I’m going to “make” him chase the ball some more.
September 22, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
unraveled time
This is a 3D model of the “Toilet Flush” theory of the beginning of the universe. It’s now largely forgotten – beat out by the simpler “Big Bang” theory, which did not require resolving whether the flush cycled clockwise or counter.
March 4, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
the well-equipped dog walker
Leashes. Canvas bags. Poop bags. Sunglasses. Let the Walkies begin!
September 22, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
lunchtime dominos
This set of cardboard dominoes reminded me of ninth grade, playing paper chess in the school library during free-study periods. Whenever a teacher seemed too close to us, we’d – carefully – cover the board with a notebook. Too vigorous a cover-up caused a breeze that shifted the pieces. We started a lot of more games than we finished.
April 25, 2012. Northwest School of Boatbuilding, Port Hadlock, Washington.
the crash of the chinese dragon
[Local News Network] “Green Dog” found on side near creek
Hours after being reported missing from Citytown’s New Year festival, the parade float “Green Dog” was found on its side near Stonewater Creek. Festival-goers said the float’s runners had been drinking heavily, apparently despondent at the Green Dog’s second-place finish in the festival parade. Residents near the creek reported “loud revelry” and “rude behavior” shortly before the runners tripped over each other’s feet and crashed to the ground, mere yards from the rarely-swift-running water. Eyewitness Janibelle Denebe described it as “clumsily spectacular, like a slow motion slapstick routine.” The runners were found safe, passed out inside the float.
July 18, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Towsend, Washington.
blue, two
A Great Blue Heron heads Yonder, irked at our passing too close by.
July 18, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
patrol
The House Rhino steps out on his daily beat, watching over the druid labs denizens.
September 16, 2012. druid labs baycliff.
the zig-zag man
The Zen practice of in-the-moment opens doors into the alternate realities.
September 17. 2012. druid labs baycliff.
betting on john henry
He went at ’em double-hammered, and they yielded at the blows’ force, crushed and shattered, e’en as the Gentlemen wager’d their longevity.
September 17, 2012. druid labs baycliff.
toys
I imagine they get similar MPG ratings…
September 7, 2012. Jefferson County International Airport, Pete Townsend, Washington.
swimming up the green river
The late-season Carrot salmon are heading back upriver in a root-flipping frenzy.
Sort of like a veggie sex-ed film.
September 1, 2012. Uptown Farmer’s Market, Pete Townsend, Washington.
icons
My entry in the Seattle Great Wheel over-processed postcard snapshot sweepstakes. I didn’t hit 11 on the sliders, but I was well on my way…
In the front is the Seattle Great Wheel. Just behind it is the Seattle Aquarium. Further back is the Space Needle. And beyond that are the three broadcast towers in the Queen Anne neighborhood.
September 5, 2012. Bainbridge-Seattle Ferry, Puget Sound, Washington.
sashay
She’s got a touch of Tuesday Weld.1
1Donald Fagen, “New Frontier” on The Nightfly.
September 5, 2012. Bainbridge-Seattle Ferry, Puget Sound, Washington.
checking the flight schedule
Or perhaps they’re practicing on their phones before their flight lesson.
September 7, 2012. Jefferson County International Airport, Pete Townsend, Washington.
birth
The Rock People squeeze, and compress, and heat, and twist, and with a final breath birth their Heaven, myth made real.
September 5, 2012. MS International, Seattle, Washington.
and then the wheels came off
“Them drag-racin’ Faeries are gonna kill themselves some day…”
July 8, 2012. Kala Point, Pete Townsend, Washington.
lemmings
Cute little Lemmings. Heading off the edge, with no thought of what lies beyond. If only the Human could have saved them…
September 1, 2012. Uptown Farmers Market, Pete Townsend, Washington.
days in the life of druid labs 