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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Day 169

Last night (the 20th or 171st Day, not the 169th Day…) we had a pretty substantial rain storm.  I went out so take some lightning photos and found this very intense double rainbow! This is three photos combined into a panorama in PS Elements, uncropped. ( (1/45s f/4.0 ISO500 17mm Canon 7D) This is that […]

Day 168: Toots at Sea!

Well, almost.  She spent part of the morning at the Seattle Aquarium.  All photos by her on her $19.99 Vivicam. A starfish in the dark. And one in the light. A glass jellyfish. Real jellyfish. Another bunch. Ummmm… Blue fish. Blue fish two. Three. Again, ummm… Okay. Odd angle on a fish.  Lion fish. A […]

Day 167: Toots and the Ground Squirrels!

On the way out to Tacoma we stopped at the Last Homely Rest Area on I90 before leaving /\/\onTana!  Toots noticed all of the ground squirrels right away. These first four were all taken by Toots on her $19.99 Vivicam digital camera. It has surprising quality, at times… At other times it is a bit…rough… […]

Day 166

Raccoons at Point Defiance Park. “Nothin to see here, just move along…after you feed me…” (1/100s f/5.6 ISO320 42mmOlympus PEN PL-5) “So the Warden thinks these bars can hold me, ehhh?” (1/20s f/8.0 ISO100 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) -1/3 stop Nikon Coolpix P7100) “These bars can’t hold me!  No bars will ever hold me!  I’m on […]

Day 165

Toots and I waiting on the shoppers, at Panera Bread!  (Free wifi and good lemonade) (All photos: Samsung Galaxy s5) The fashion model enters the pool. * ~Curtis in Washington! {!-{>

Day 164

Entertaining an early birthday in Tacoma! (All photos Samsung Galaxy s5) “What?” A mandatory trip to the American Girl store resulted in another satisfied customer…who didn’t have to use HER charge card!  Taken at lunch at Panera Bread. Toots and Kit and Arctic. I am told BiBam Bap & Soup is not the name of […]

Day 163

We drove to Tacoma on Friday to visit the Dailylife Daughter #2.  We took a surprise for her early birthday present: Toots! This is at Frank’s Diner in Spokane.  It is an old executive railcar turned into a diner.  Very good food, and we sat at the counter! (Samsung Galaxy 5s) Looking the other way… […]

Day 162: They’re Back!

The Dailylife Daughter #1 called the Dailylife Wife and announced the Big Mouthed Buffalo are running again down by Giant Springs.  They can be seen well from the road along the river between the Giant Springs and Rainbow Dam. Previous Runnings:   Day 187, 2012   Day 161, 2013   Day 162, 2013 (All photos taken […]

Day 161

We have a straggly bush at the corner of our driveway that has never lived up to its promise, but it does have some nice flowers in the spring. (1/90s f/8.0 ISO500 100mm macro -1/2 stop Canon 7D) (1/180s f/8.0 ISO500 100mm macro -1/2 stop 7D) (1/90s f/8.0 ISO320 100mm macro -1/2 stop 7D) ~Curtis […]

Day 160

I don’t know if Stache was examining the fine Vietnamese craftsmanship of our Cost Plus World Market table, or just looking for something to eat… (1/60s f/4.0 ISO400 28mm Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>