the edge of the world

A good friend and I went on a road trip to the Olympic Penninsula this weekend and ended up at La Push, Washington.  For those who were into "Twilight", it's right near Forks, WA. It's also home to the Quileute Tribe.

(Photo 131) The beach, called first beach, is essentially untouched and has piles of driftwood and "killer logs".  I felt a strong connection to this place, it is magical, healing, meditative, contemplative... this suited us well as the reason why we went on this trip was because my friend's wife just told him she wanted a divorce and his world just caved in.  The road trip was to be a distraction from his current situation and would give us hours to talk in the car.

Seven straight days of Bikram yoga...

For most yoga peeps, that's not much but I've never done more than three days of yoga in a row.  I usually stop after one or two days, wait a week and maybe I'll go for another day, if not, it'll be a month before I get back into it. 
There are so many great things about Bikram yoga, I won't even get into it.  Moving meditation, all good things for the body and mind... anyways, after coming up from camel pose, my vision usually gets blurry probably from being THAT close to passing out and the sweat mixing in with the tears in my eyes...
It's become an inspiration for me.  Here's photo number 130.  (it might seem like I skipped but I added three photos to the post "the motorcycle... the medium")

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

round and round we go - trying to get that brass ring

A while ago we went to Spokane, on the other side of the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington  We came upon a carousel which I later found out was built in 1909 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.  It apparently has 54 horses, 1 Giraffe, 1 tiger and 2 chinese dragons.   It's here that I found out that many carousels have a brass ring that you try to catch as you go by...  this ring thing is so existentially loaded!  I didn't even try to get the ring... perhaps next time...

So it was a dark room, a slow lens, and these things were moving pretty fast.  I thought these blurry photos came out to be the most interesting.  Photos 120 to 126:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all the possibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A new month... my client just informed me that my workload with them will become less at the end of the month.  So I have a month to find more architectural work or give in and work at an architectural firm.  Other options are to find a different source of income.  All the possibilities... frightening and exciting at the same time. (photo # 119)

Thanks Joe for getting back to me! I'm glad to know he got the photo and as he's a host for the major league baseball club here, he's offered me a tour of their all inclusive clubroom.  Nice!

calibrating myself

I never got a message back from Joe.  Expectations can lead to dissapointment.  I thought at least he'd e-mail back saying "thanks" or something.  Oh well... better keep an eye on those expectations.

So today I got back prints from my printer guys to calibrate my monitor.  They printed four 8x10's that I sent them to make sure I will get on paper exactly what I see on my monitor.  They were spot on! I'm so glad because I have no idea how to adjust my monitor settings on this laptop.  The printer's packaging was also beautiful, I'll definitely use them from now on.  See, I already refer to them as "my printer guys".

Here's another photo from yesterday's walk on the lakeside.  (photo #118)

Quinoa and Joe

Recently started cooking with Quinoa.  I used to crave going to Whole Foods and getting a Quinoa salad - now that we're making it ourselves I can't get enough of it.  Quinoa with everything!

Went for a walk in town (Kirkland) to take some pictures.  As I was walking back, a man I had taken a picture of earlier stopped me and asked whether I had taken a picture of him, and if I had, would I send him a picture.  I told him I did and I would absolutely love to send him a picture.

Here's to you Joe; hope you like it.  (photo #118)

 

 

 

 

a stick in the mud

and the open waters of Lake Washington... nothing special about this, but it reflected how I felt.  (photo #117)