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  Palouse Falls  Teapot Dome Filling Station in , Washington Grain Elevator On the way back from Yellowstone we followed the...

Teton Range The Teton Range is another one of those sights that must have had incalculable film and electrons burned while cameras point...

Old Faithful Norris Geyser Basin Mammoth Hot Springs Lower Yellowstone Falls You guessed it - a bison We just got...

Last weekend there was anotherWest Seattle Summer Festival event on California street with booths, music (including Casper Babypants on S...

It was perfect weather today and these folks were waiting for the Seafair Pirates to land at Alki Beach in West Seattle.  

This is one of the better street performers I've seen lately.  He's on the river walk on the south side of the Thames in London.  ...

The building in the background is Shell Mex House in London - I worked there for 3 years.  In front of it is an obelisk called Cleopatra...

The little town of Saundersfoot in Wales as seen from my room in the St. Bride's hotel.  Definitely one of the better views I've h...

This is the entrance to Saundersfoot Harbor at low tide.  You can walk across although you will get your feet wet and the bottom is a litt...

Some things I find interesting in a place must just seem normal to the people that live there.  The upper picture is the Saundersfoot h...

Sailboat in Fauntleroy Cove, taken from the ferry, Mt Ranier in the background...

A Victorian city by the sea

Beautiful sunset, plenty of fish

The photo at the top was taken by the farmer who lives in the farmhouse 14 April, 2010.  The volcano, named Eyjafjallajökull in order to t...

I am pleased to report that Reykjavik has some good street artists.  The best is at the skate park - more of which can be seen here .

Today being May Day, it was a day off and there were parades.  There are about 300,000 people in Iceland of which about 200,000 live in Re...

There is a large statue in somewhat the shape of a viking long boat on the waterfront in Reykjavik that is prominent and famous.  I took t...

We were back in the church today and were fortunate enough to walk in when an organist was playing.  For a good while it was just us and t...

There are LOTS of waterfalls in Iceland, this one is Skogafoss on the southern coast.  The waterfalls we saw today were easy to photograph...

Did you know that geyser is an Icelandic word?  This one is just starting it's eruption and is right next to the original (spelled gey...

The lower part of the Gullfoss (Golden Falls) as seen down the valley cut.  Geologists believe it was cut in one catastrophic event when a...

The new symphony hall as seen from the harbor.

Not a very good picture, but still a picture.  As seems to be almost always the case, I didn't have the right lens with me but the con...

This is the Catholic Church....  Iceland went through a forced and violent change to Lutheranism during the reformation at the decree of t...

The largest church in Iceland has has a facade that resembles basalt columns.  It is plain on the inside and lacks stained glass or adornm...

Two cool dudes enjoying a cigarette (cough, cough...)

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival was last weekend.  This is the home of the largest tulip grower in the United States, family owned and de...

Today it is cool and rainy but last week on the UW campus it was all about the Cherry Trees. Note "The Mountain" in the backgro...

It's not that large, but it is pretty and close to Seattle.  A nice pleasant walk on very good trails.

It was a beautiful day to take a boat ride on Lake Union in Seattle.  Don't tell anyone we have days like this in winter.  Everyone wi...