Can you believe we are 237 days into 2025? Only 128 days until New Year’s Eve. 68 days to Halloween, 95 to Thanksgiving and 123 to Christmas. Now that I have ruined your day, here are this week’s photos. If I have to pick a sentimental fave, it has to be the kids and I at a Mariner’s game but the best photo may be the Bear Creek shot from Saturday morning.
Went to take out the trash this morning, and this was the sky at the end of our street. Ran back inside to get my camera. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I almost always do foreground silhouettes when I take sky photos in our neighborhood. That’s because we have short houses and tall trees. If I silhouette them, you never know there are houses there.
Visited old friends who are our forever neighbors in their new home on Camano Island, about a 90-minute drive north of here. On the way to their place, we pass by a place that sells giant chickens. On the way home today, I had to pull over and shoot some chickens, so to speak.
Looking for something to shoot this afternoon on what turned out to be a beautiful day, I headed down the hill to the Tolt River Valley where I saw this group of horses. It wasn’t the horses that drew me to the shot but more the entire scene. The pasture, the horses, the sky, the clouds…all combined to give me a photo I really like.
One blossom. In our backyard. On our trellis. Took this while making dinner.
A rare ussie. No big cameras allowed at T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners, so I only had my phone when the A-Team (my daughter, her husband, and my grandkids whose last name starts with an A) took me out to the ballgame. This was my Father’s Day gift and a fantastic one. We got to see the Mariners win, enjoy a spectacular drone and fireworks show after the game, and just have a great time being together.
Went out for an early walk this morning to avoid the heat. It’s supposed to reach nearly 90 today. While I was walking, I passed the newly reconstructed area of Bear Creek. It looked so pretty that I had to snap a quick photo. Bear Creek winds through downtown Redmond, where I was walking today before heading to the Saturday Market for blueberries, raspberries, and tomatoes.
Your weekly Keeley is here. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been practicing with her to get her to stop at the end of the runner leading to our front door, sit there, and stay while I open the door. She does great when no one is around, but when the kids came on Friday, she went nuts… like usual. We will keep practicing.
“There are no bad photos; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.” – Abraham Lincoln
