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I finally made it to the Tropical Butterfly House at Pacific Science Center (PSC); it opened in 1998. I guess one reason I put off visiting for so long is because, as previously noted, I have ambivalent feelings about animals in captivity. My curiosity about the Butterfly House overcame any reservations I had, especially after […]

Or should that be Zoolit, past tense? The Boyfriend and I attended Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium‘s Zoolights on closing night for this season. Zoolights is an annual event beginning around the last week of November and ending around the first weekend in January. As a longtime vegetarian/vegan for reasons related to animal welfare and […]

I love that these flower boxes are in front of Ballard Sheet Metal; I didn’t expect to find colorful plants growing in front of a business that works with cold, hard metal. The rest of these were in different gardens and therefore completely expected.

I recently encountered this dragonfly in The Boyfriend’s back yard. Based on my extensive research (two Wikipedia articles and a Google image search), I think it might be a male Azure Hawker. I say “might” because I’m not clear if Azure Hawkers are found only in Scotland, or if Scotland is the only place in […]

I took these photos during the fabulous Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza in Steilacoom, using the “Fireworks” setting on my camera. All photos were taken from The Boyfriend’s deck, which I estimate to be 2 to 3 miles away from where the fireworks barge sat in Puget Sound. Unaltered (click on a photo to enlarge […]

Fortunately, unlike Simon & Garfunkel‘s song “My Little Town,” not all of the colors are black. Nor do they lack imagination.

(Photo taken looking south and west from 9th Ave. and Stewart St. And yes, I know the photo quality is grainy … I’m still figuring out the new camera.)

Kolstrand Building, 4743 Ballard Ave. NW: 4760 Ballard Ave. NW: Scandinavian-American Bank, built in 1902 (now the Starlight Hotel); Ballard Ave. NW & NW Vernon Pl.: Kutzner Block, built in 1904; Ballard Ave. NW & NW Vernon Pl.: This charred door is about all that’s left of the Ernst Brothers Hardware building, which used to […]