Wintergarden in the Arboretum

Walking through the arboretum today with Wen was beautiful. Wet, and cold, but very much feeling like Spring. Birds singing and buds bursting hint of days of warmth and perfume nearing this city. Shaking of the grip of winter, the flowering rhodies frame this tree still sleeping on a crisp spring day.

Japanese Scholar Tree

Like poetry, the scholar's branches dissect the infinite into comprehensible forms.

Cherry Blossoms and snow in the Quad

According to NOAA, a cold upper upper-level trough parked over western WA for a while. Thank you trough. I don't think I've seen cherry blossoms and snow in the same place before.

Practically all grown up!

These r jennifer's new kittens. Well, not so new anymore. :) sure r cute. I thinK it is an evolutionary strategy.

Truck 1 Car 0

my brother stopped for a pedestrian today and this is the car behind him that didn't. This is what happens when u rear end a stopped F-250 and u r goin about 3o mph. The crosswalker was fine. The driver was shaken. Todd was irritated. The other car broke Todd's trailer hitch and bent his bumper a little. Slightly more damage to the other guy's car. Of course the guy had no insurance. Sheesh.

jennifer's cat just had kittens :)

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How did he get upside down?

I fell asleep talking on my phone and this is what i woke up to.

I think i might have won

The night was getting foggy right around this point.

Gary knows ppl

The party is in full swing in this picture.

All ages dance party

Rye shows how to do the safety dance on a cement barn floor.

Its a pool party!

Notice the strategic placement of the hundred-year-old window near the pool table.

Gary's birthday party

happy birthday gary! This is a rare pic of gary where he is not flicking off the camera. You have to sneak up on him to get pics like this. :)

Silhouetted tree in meadowbrook

Sometimes its hard to tell if a pic is decent on this 2" by 3" screen.

Beaver on a rock.

Bus stop art by elementary school kids at the meadowbrook bus stop. This beaver looks a lot like the one i saw walkin through meadowbrook pond on the way to the bus this mornin. :) about half of the art at this bus stop has been painted over because taggers cant stop pissin on it with inferior graffiti. Its funny - but sad - that teenage taggers cant make anythin as creative as elementary school kids. And that they dont even realize they are defacing the art of their younger sibs. this is one of the striking contrasts between city life and rural life to me. If kids in small towns do this they r literally defacing their younger brother or sister's art. Mayb thats why small towns don't have quite the graffiti problem...

Night time at the bus stop.

The flourescents tinge cement to sepia and the world looks surreal like i am standing inside an old-time photograph. A sculptured gutter diffuser takes on the look of an ancient relic and time always seems like it takes on another dimension at the bus stop after dark.