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Sound Structures. May 2013 | Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington

This afternoon, my coworker, Brian, and I took a walk down to look at the renovations in the King Street Station. It’d been under construction as long as we both could remember being here and to see it unveiled in all it’s beauty was simply thrilling. So much thoughtful detail everywhere! Unexpected mosaic tiling, round windows and clocks in line with the molded rosettes, shiny brass doors, and the infinite notions in the vaulted ceiling delighted my curiosity to no end.

I love living in a city where buildings are cherished like this.

Waxy Fingers at Work. August 2011, Bellingham, Washington. Shot on expired Kodak e100vs.

This is my friend, Jana, who does beautiful encaustic paintings, which are made with beeswax. When she works with her hands, she makes lovely things, be it culinary delights (I’m hoping for a repeat of that Gin & Tonic cake!), works of art, or simple gifts of friendship. 

Structure & Smoke Stack  |  Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington. January 2013

Dual colors on a single stem.

So it’s National Film Day. I’ve been exploring film over the last year and half. I still have lots to learn and most of it has been experimental, but these are a few of my favorite images.

Cycling on Flickr.

Taken in Portland, June 2011. Shot on expired Ilford 125.

Golden Gate Fog. Taken April 2009 during one of the most significant trips I’ve ever traveled.

Looking at I-5 while humming Willie Nelson’s “Blue Skies” made me really nostalgic for summers past, traveling the country in a crew of vans. Arriving in Seattle always meant the end of the summer, the Space Needle skyline bade a bittersweet welcome. Some of my best friends and memories came from those long, hard experiences. It was the good kind of hard experience—the band of brothers kind. It was so nice to revisit these in my morning mind.

Watching the snow fall in Wallingford.