Ghost Gardens

Wow, it has been a while.

2008-07-17T16:05:00.000-07:00

Felties I've been creating

2007-09-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

Pieces

2007-06-26T16:27:00.001-07:00

Ballard

2007-05-18T14:40:00.000-07:00

Seattle Skies

2007-04-03T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yeah, we all get tired of the cold, wet times, but Seattle has the most amazing skies, especially on those mixed weather days.

A Random Mixture of Recent Pics

2007-03-30T11:20:00.000-07:00

More Dogs!!

2007-03-30T10:20:00.000-07:00

More Dogs, Herons and Cats - Oh and 2 Pigeons

2007-02-15T13:30:00.000-08:00

Melissa's 1st trip to Seattle

2007-02-14T11:54:00.000-08:00

Fremont Dogs and Tommy the Cat

2007-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

Car Wash

2007-02-01T14:27:00.000-08:00

Crunch Crunch Part III

2007-01-17T11:49:00.000-08:00

Crunch Crunch Part Deux

2007-01-17T11:43:00.000-08:00

More snows!!

Crunch Crunch Part I

2007-01-17T11:21:00.000-08:00

What is it with this crazy Seattle weather? I hate using my vacation time for snow days, but yesterday was totally worth it. I went out for a nice crunchy walk and took plenty of pictures, so many in fact, that some of them are in the next 2 posts.

Dreary

2007-01-02T12:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was incredibly dreary outside, but I had the need to go take pictures anyway. Knowing that the destruction of Bimbo's is nearing (yes, for more fucking condos), I went to Pine Street and took shots of the colorful facade that graces the old building. The window displays are at Area 51 and Wall of Sound. Next I drove through the Arboretum and stopped at MOHAI and snapped the gears on the old cannon. The Native American head that watches over the parking lot leered down at me. I had heard they were tearing down the old commissary at Magnuson (Sand Point Naval Base), so I headed down there next. I love old deserted buildings for some reason. I probably could have gone inside, as there were gapes in the surrounding fence and there were not any "no trespassing" signs posted, but what if a bogeyman was in there? I couldn't seem to grow a pair, so I only peered in one window and then got out. The little cat lives and wanders near Broadway. She was taking shelter from the rain under a bench but wanted some scritches and then she posed for the camera.

Holiday Lights

2006-12-29T09:02:00.000-08:00

Every year the owner of this house puts on a fantastic display of colors and shapes. His lights are almost all vintage and even during the day the yard looks like a wonderland of little plastic toys. The house is between 85th and 84th NE on 14th NE in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, just across from the play field. Go see it!

Granny on Christmas

2006-12-28T10:36:00.000-08:00

Grandmother Betty's friends brought her this great Mickey Mouse cap from Disneyland. She is sooooo cute.

Happy Holidays!

2006-12-22T16:53:00.000-08:00

Around Town

2006-12-11T15:02:00.000-08:00

More November Snow

2006-11-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

My neighborhood was completely iced over for the past few days and it was treacherous even walking around, but I had to see if there were any sasquatches lurking!

Snow in November

2006-11-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

It rarely snows in Seattle so I took advantage of the camera. Unfortunately it really didn't start coming down in my hood until later in the day. The power went out for 2 hours and I missed the Simpsons. That is an outrage.

One More Doll on the Porch photo

2006-11-21T13:40:00.000-08:00

I swear she is begging for me to bring her home. But what if she tries to eat me?

That Doll Head

2006-11-13T16:39:00.000-08:00

On November 8th I posted a picture of an abandoned doll head. On Saturday I went to Whole Foods again, and either the doll re-attached her own head to her body, and her plastic skin holes mended themselves, or this is a different, yet similar doll. I did not see a lone head anywhere. This is one of those weird light-up Christmas choir girls you put on your lawn.

Crown Hill Cemetary

2006-11-13T12:17:00.000-08:00

On Saturday I went to Crown Hill Cemetery and took a nice peaceful walk. It's very serene here, and other than one meth or crack smoker who did his thing and left, nobody was in the graveyard other than a million singing birds. Here is an interesting article on the history of the cemetary. At first I thought the Russian engraved tombs were super cheesy, but the more I found, I decided they were very interesting.

Queen Anne

2006-11-09T16:40:00.000-08:00

I took a stroll on my break and snapped these photos on Lower Queen Anne. It was a beautiful crisp day. Glowing orange leaves still cover many of the trees. Pumpkins mysteriously still adorn porches. It's a miracle they haven't been murdered in the street by vicious teenagers.

Ghosts

2006-11-08T12:00:00.000-08:00

When I go to Whole Foods, I park on a side street so I can visit this little cat who greets grocery store visitors. Next to his house, a man moved out and has left a few odd things on the porch, this doll head being one of them. Upon closer inspection, she has massive holes on the underside of her face. It's one of those strange things you really want to take home, but fear that she will come alive because you stole her from the house she has known for so long.

These are ghosts that reside on a table in my apartment. They live amongst the plants.

This is a little ghost made by Max Woodring. So cute!

Fall in Seattle

2006-11-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

I wanted to buy this statue, but never did. She looked like a little ghost girl. The trees are outside of my apartment building. The Seattle area has had 7 1/2 inches of rain in the past five days. It sucks outside, but the trees are so beautiful in the Fall.

The Seattle Center is somewhat of a ghost town during the non-Summer season. When it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, there were so many incredible structures on the campus. Over the years, I've watched it become depleted and bare. The once ravishing "Googie" architecture has become some what of a memory. There are still a few buildings, such as the Pacific Science Center, and of course our lady the Space Needle that remind us of what once was.

Photos of Seattle International District Buildings

2006-11-06T16:14:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, my mom and I went on a tour of historic buildings in Seattle's Chinatown. Neither of us really learned anything new, but it was a chance for me to snap some photos. The buildings our tour guide showed us are all low-income or empty. I find these particular photos to have some of the most interesting structures. I am wonderfully attracted to dingy, fragmented, run-down murder buildings. The WahMee Massacre took place in one of the buildings in 1983.