Another year, another spring and another sunrise in the colorful RoozenGaarde fields of tulips in Washington State’s Skagit Valley. Now at least a 15 year tradition, my family makes the […]
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Travel
Carnival Kicks Off in Lucerne
Thursday, February 4, 2016 (Dirty Thursday)Lucerne, Switzerland Carnival season has kicked off here in Lucerne, with tens of thousands of costumed Swiss partiers prowling the streets for parades, music and […]
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Point Wilson Lighthouse and Mt Baker Sunrise
I saw this photo last winter on a visit to Fort Worden State Park, with the Point Wilson Lighthouse perfectly aligned to Mount Baker. But I wasn’t happy with a […]
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Exploring Fort Worden Bunkers with the Fujifilm X100T
With its industry-unique X-Trans sensor promising super-sharp images, I though the old abandoned bunkers of Fort Worden State Park near Port Townsend would make a great testing ground for my […]
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San Juan Island Highlights
A few winter shots from my favorite of the San Juan Islands, including Cattle Point Light and Lime Kiln Light standing watch under starry night skies, and Pacific madrone trees […]
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Cologne City Skyline
16 Images That Show Why I’m Proud to Live in the Pacific Northwest
It’s pretty hard to beat the Pacific Northwest as a place to hang your rain hat. This post illustrates some of the things I love about home in the PNW, […]
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Spring Arrives in the Skagit Valley
Nothing signals the arrival of spring in Western Washington like an expansive field of blooming yellow daffodils in the Skagit Valley. Starting with 5 acres in 1947, the Dutch immigrant […]
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Good Night 2014!
8:57 pm, December 31, 2014: This photo of Point Wilson Lighthouse under a cold starry night sky concludes my 2014. An 85% waxing gibbous moon illuminated the scene. I could […]
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Skagit Valley Tulips
A few photos from Roozengaarde’s fields and display gardens in Mount Vernon, Washington.
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Broken Obelisk, University of Washington
Dawn breaks over the Broken Obelisk in the University of Washington’s Red Square.
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Spring Arrives in the Skagit Valley
Spring has sprung in the Skagit Valley with these yellow trumpet dutch master daffodils heralding the changing of the seasons. Follow the bloom progression from daffodils, through tulips and finally […]
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Home Turf Advantage
Where is the best place to focus your travel photographic energies, exotic locals or near your home? Carsten Krieger’s article Theme and Variations on Digital Photography Review got me thinking […]
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Enjoying a Lummi Island Sunset
“Amsterdam Bicycles” Featured by PrintedArt
PrintedArt is featuring my black and white image of bicycles parked in Amsterdam in their latest curator’s blog post on images that run edge-to-edge. If you have ever been to […]
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Lime Kiln Lighthouse
The US Coast Guard built Lime Kiln Lighthouse on the western shore of San Juan Island in 1919, replacing an earlier light built there in 1914. The last major light […]
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Fort Worden State Park
A few early morning photographs shot from Fort Worden State Park during a weekend Christmas shopping trip to Port Townsend, Washington.
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Map Addiction
After confessing my addiction to camera bags, I have yet one more thing to fess up to: I’m also addicted to maps. I spent last May traveling through Ireland and […]
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