This is what failure looks like

:: Queen Anne, Seattle, WA ::

:: Edison, WA ::

Lucky indeed.

:: Edison, WA ::

She reminds me, in this one, of an Alice Munro story. I don't know why.

:: Edison, WA ::

Maybe you've noticed by now that I can't get enough of this barn.

Even so, this is one of my favorite photos ever.

:: Edison, WA ::

Finally, pinhole success! Shop Curator window

:: Edison, WA ::

Time to spend more film up north

:: Skagit Valley, WA ::

I can't stop with the Edison photos. New Year's Eve was just such a good night this year. I love Lillian in this photo, and the way this captures John's high-spirited drunkenness, but I blew it by not capturing his giant award-winning NYE hat.

:: Edison, WA ::

Daddy Treetops with optical toy, not to be mistaken for a kaleidoscope.

:: Edison, WA ::

James on piano

:: Edison, WA ::

The best photo was Jessica's, him and his dog, smiling at each other through the windshield.

:: Edison, WA ::

The road to a friend's house is never long

:: Edison, WA ::

We talked non-stop all the way down to Olympia.

It was like no time had gone by, or a whole lifetime of it had.

:: Elma, WA ::

The security guard drove by in his truck, then over to the cyclone fence, then back to me.

He stopped, rolled his window down, asked me "Who do you belong to?"

"Just my own self," I said

Satsop Development Park

:: Elma, WA ::

Kevin & Mo

:: Skagit Valley, WA ::

Farm To Market Road

:: Edison, WA ::