riverfront park

what can I say it is a favorite subject this tower and it really is a huge symbol for our city.  It stands out and asks to be photographed.

round and round

we are so lucky to have this right in our downtown area.  Our riverfront park is very historical and this carousel if a favorite.  I was happy to snap this quick shot as we were leaving the park for the evening and when I say quick I mean I was walking and snapping at the same time.  

some information on the carousel:

Riverfront Park’s 1909 Looff Carrousel is on theNational Register of Historic Places and is one of America’s most beautiful and well preserved hand-carved wooden carrousels. Our Looff Carrousel proudly features 54 horses, 1 giraffe, 1 tiger, and 2 Chinese dragon chairs and still has a brass ring to catch.

and for some additional history on spokane you can go here

the carousel was even on the antiques roadshow. 

dreaming

yeah that's me.  I look tall in this shot wohoooo well I am not only 5'1"   but thought it was fun  and most certainly not the pinup girl in the first shot.  loved how they put that only posted in the hood of the car.

seattle icon

when you think of Seattle what comes to mind first??

the space needle right?



well here she is reflected in the emp museum (same as yesterday) on a gray and rainy day (welcome to Seattle so not like the east side of the state the rain gives Washington a bad name)   taking a picture directly of the space needle was boring so worked on a couple reflections above was my favorite this was my second favorite

colored reflection

hubby took this picture of me.  it is me reflected in the explore music project (EMP) museum in seattle

reflection

one thing about this beach (murdock beach) is the rocks at low tide produced some great reflections.

can you see the eagle from yesterday's post???

dockside reflection

It was a bit of a rainy weekend.  we did have a few moments where it was not raining and I was able to capture this.  i loved how the snow made this so pretty.  my husband says it looks like a bev doolitlte painting.




no decent pictures of the eagles but hopefully when we go back for our annual new years day tradition of viewing them I will get some better ones.  My longest lens is only a 300 and it is very sensitive so time will tell.

icy reflection

love how the colors turned out on this.  but it sure looks cold doesn't it?  yeah well 18 degrees is cold

reflection

a large rock reflecting into a pond at Finch Arboretum