Category: A Word A Week
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A Word A Week: Transport
It’s hard to pay a visit to the Puget Sound area and not see at least one green and white Washington State Ferry cruise by carrying commuters, tourists and travelers across the water. These large vessels serve the areas surrounding Puget Sound as well as provide vital and reliable transportation to…
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A Word A Week: Water
I’ve been in a beachy kind of mood this week with lots of water themed posts so here is one more image from the same spring day as Bud’s Bait Shop and the “I wish I was on a cruise” Life Ring. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge:…
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A Word A Week: Sign
I know this is a change of pace from my usual photo style but Sue’s Word A Week Challenge is “Sign” and I don’t think I’ll ever have a better chance to post this shot of the back of a Seattle Metro Bus. It’s an advertisement for the Washington State Health…
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A Word A Week: Frame
Sue’s latest challenge in her popular word a week series is “Frame“. I’m pretty sure I could find a new scenic image framed in an interesting way to share but instead decided to post a photo of this old wooden rowboat living its last days as part of a children’s play area on the Edmonds waterfront. The boat frame is tipped on its…
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A Word A Week: Atmospheric
Summer fog rolling across Heather Meadows in the Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week: Atmospheric.
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A Word A Week: Violet
One of the things I love about Heather is its determined nature, blooming right on schedule no matter the conditions. This little plant flowers in my front yard every winter providing bright spots of color in a season filled with green, brown and white. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week: …
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A Word A Week: Waiting
I think these two gulls were waiting for dinner to drop from the hands of the kids standing behind me… Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Waiting
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A Word A Week: Yellow
Looking through my archives tonight has forced me to accept that yellow isn’t one of my favorite colors. It’s not something I can wear successfully and it looks like it isn’t a color I photograph often. Actually I’m kind of surprised I don’t have more photos that feature yellow as I do…
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A Word A Week: Reflect
Sue’s final word of the week for 2013 is “reflect“. I thought this might be a good chance for a reflective post looking back through my blogging year but as the weekend is almost over and I like this little photo of multiple reflections here we are. This is from a morning walk…
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A Word A Week: Wind
January 1st 2010 was the stormiest day I’ve ever spent on a beach with wind gusts reaching up to 70 miles per hour. I snapped this photo during a brief moment of relative calm but when the tide came up a few more feet the wind speed surged and hundreds of driftwood beach logs began rolling through the surf like…
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A Word A Week: Track
Even though Ryan growing up before my eyes he is still small enough to enjoy bringing out his Polar Express Train Set. The tree lights up and bells chime when the train pulls into the station and last night Santa took his important place on top of the present car. Posted as part of Sue’s…
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A Word A Week: Shadow
I had to stop and look twice at this shadow pattern on the side of the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, NM. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Shadow
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A Word A Week: High
Sue’s latest word of the week is High and while her fun post is full of beautiful bridges, cliffs and waterfalls my photos tend to be from points closer to the ground. I don’t like heights… I do however love to see trees reaching for the sky and fall gives us the opportunity…
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A Word A Week: Lines
Nothing is ours except time. A photo of the time capsule in my town’s Centennial Plaza. I wonder what is waiting underneath these lines… Posted as part of the Word a Week Challenge: Lines.
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A Word A Week: Pose
This young man was one of the many fantastic Teatro Zinzanni circus performers we saw while attending my husband’s employer’s “Under The Big Topper” themed 100th Birthday celebration in September. We had a wonderful time at the party and this photo is my choice for Sue’s A Word A Week…
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A Word A Week Challenge: Behind
One of our favorite things to do in the summer is fill a backpack with supplies and take a walk into town to get ice cream or watch a movie. The hike is a little over two miles each way and Ryan and I always find a few new things to…
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A Word A Week: Two
I have one more forest walk photo for you because it could be a long wait for a better chance to post an image of a two headed tree… Inspired by Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Two
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A Word A Week: Silhouette
Sue’s latest word of the week over at A Word in Your Ear is Silhouette. I’ve posted a smaller image of this tree before but thought the contrast of the dark leafless branches against the bright white sky was worth a second look today. Unfortunately the tree died last year and was removed to make way for…
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A Word A Week: Underneath
A clear sign that the seasons are changing and fall is here…birds flying south for the winter. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Underneath I’ll be away from WordPress for a few days enjoying some family time but am looking forward to catching up with your posts when I’m back!
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A Word A Week: Arch
The natural arches in this large driftwood stump are a great place to play, climb and build forts on the Edmonds Waterfront. Posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Arch
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A Word A Week: Square
It would be nice to have some beautiful travel photos to share for this challenge, maybe a wonderful meal in a town square, a row of interesting windows, or even some funny signs but the school year has started and my “square” experiences are now limited to picking up shoes and perhaps mowing the grass… Posted…
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A Word A Week: Pink
Sue’s last word of the week was Pink and yes, I know, I’m a little late with this one. Over the next few days I hope to catch up with the recent posts waiting in my draft folder – starting with the word Pink. Though I am not usually a…
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A Word A Week: Herd
Sue’s newest travel theme, Herd, was a tough one for me and by the end of the week was completely out of ideas. I spend a lot of time by the water, working in my yard and driving on the freeways through Seattle but don’t find myself around herds very often… John and I…
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A Word A Week: Bisect
The word of the week over at Sue’s fun blog A Word in Your Ear is Bisect. Walking back to our car after a beautiful sunset on the beach I turned around for one last photo through the boats in the Marina.
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A Word A Week: Castle
The Pacific Northwest is full of beautiful scenery, lovely hikes and fun, urban cities but finding a Northwest castle for Sue’s latest word of the week was a challenge. Mount Constitution on Orcas Island is the highest point in the San Juan Islands and in 1936 the Civilian Conservation Corps…
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A Word A Week: Roof
In a June post I wrote one of the things I love about travel is the chance to experience a brand new view in very normal moments. Walking down the street and people watching in cafe’s are two of my favorite “normal” locations and as a result I spend a lot of…
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Curve
I walk past this sculpture twice a week and have tried to photograph it many times but haven’t been able to avoid including the building on one side and the busy road on the other. Last night I tried a new angle and captured the two dancers framed by the sky. Posted as part of Sue’s Word a Week…
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A Word A Week: Unexpected
With five days in Dallas and Houston I knew I would see plenty of cow images and Houston would definitely have some space themed public art but I didn’t expect to see a larger than life Space Cow! This statue greets passengers inside the Houston Airport Terminal A and is my…
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A Word A Week: Distant
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Star Wars In 2011 the Pacific Science Center hosted an exhibit of original Star Wars props, costumes and fighter ships. We took Ryan to see the show for his 10th birthday and I tried to get some clear shots of a few…
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A Word A Week Challenge: Boat
In honor of our 4th of July holiday and in response to Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Boat I have four photos from a family boat trip celebrating the 4th of July, 2002. These images are scans from old film prints and I like the scratchy texture and vibrant colors from…
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A Vibrant Edmonds Sunset
If I wasn’t traveling tonight I would right here be at our favorite beach in Edmonds. This sunset was part of a beautiful evening last week and is posted as part of Sue’s A Word A Week Challenge: Vibrant.
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A Word A Week: Metallic
“Sinusoidal” Ted Jonsson, Sculptor City of Lynnwood Public Art Collection When I saw the new word of the week was Metallic I thought it would be fun to return to Lynnwood, WA and photograph more of their unique public art pieces. This sculpture is located in front of the Library and across the…
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A Word A Week: Angle
Untitled – Artist: Bruce West. Stainless Steel Sculpture This week Sue’s dictionary has opened to the word “Angle”. I spent a day wondering if I had any photos in my files with interesting angles before reluctantly deciding I might have to skip this challenge. I left the house to return a stack…
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A Word A Week: Face
This week Sue’s dictionary has opened to the word FACE and I have two faces to post from a memorable trip to Santa Fe, NM. This first “face” was a spooky surprise in the rocks during a visit to Bandelier National Monument. We were the only people on the trail at dusk as a…
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iPhoneography Monday: Black and White
This old Maple tree was a beautiful focal point in our front yard until it suddenly (to us) died last year. Yesterday my husband and I spent the afternoon trimming branches and finally cutting down the trunk to clear the space for our new garden plan. I am sorry to…
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A Word A Week: Mountain
This week the dictionary at A Word in Your Ear has opened to the word Mountain. We have spent some wonderful days hiking in the mountains around the Pacific Northwest and today I want to share a gallery of images from a trip to Mount Baker, WA. For more amazing…
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A Word A Week: Orange
This week Sue’s dictionary at A Word in Your Ear has opened to the word “Orange”. I love listening to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons so for this challenge I thought it would be fun to show you how orange changes through Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter in the Pacific Northwest.
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A Word A Week: Sleep
Each week Sue at A Word in Your Ear opens her dictionary to a new word, then challenges her readers to post a photo or write a short paragraph showing our take on the current choice – this week we have “sleep”. Well, I have lots of photos of sleeping kids, pets and…
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Dawn
Dawn usually finds me curled up on the couch with my first cup of coffee. I like to get up early but rarely step outside until after the sun is up so it took me a few days to find a picture to meet A Word in Your Ear’s latest challenge – Dawn. New Year’s Day…
Northwest Frame of Mind 