How to Practice Safe Voyeurism Seattle, Washington 2014

Hard to get into too much trouble this way.

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Clearing Storm #2 Seattle, Washington 2014

The sky clears after a storm but this pier, popular with tourists, cleared (of people) during the storm.

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Clearing Storm Seattle, Washington 2014

Feeling cabin fever in Bozeman already (and winter on just begun), we scheduled an impromptu trip to Seattle for a week. Our timing in getting out of Bozeman Friday was pretty good, we left right after one storm blew through and before the next one that will bring double digit below zero temperatures along with more snow. Of course Seattle greeted us with it’s trademark rain today, but the forecast for the rest of the time we will be here calls for mostly sun.]]>

The Smoking Section Bozeman, Montana 2014

Like their human counterparts, ravens who are smokers must step outside of eating establishments (in this case a dumpster) if they wish to partake of their chosen vice.]]>

Lady in Waiting Bozeman, Montana 2014

In his book The Ongoing Moment, author Geoff Dyer discusses collections of images of similar objects by different photographers, trying to elucidate the ways in which the subjects appear both remarkably similar and remarkably different at the same time. In that spirit I suggest a comparison of Lady in Waiting with one of my favorite photographs I took ten years ago:

126 Days ’til Summer American Falls, Idaho 2004

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All is Calm Bozeman, Montana 2014

Happy Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Festivus. I hope your holidays and 2015 go great for you. This photo features a closer view of some of the Gallatin Range just south of Bozeman. These are some of the same mountains seen in the Mountains of Clouds POTD from a couple of weeks ago.]]>

Self-Portrait With Mustang Bozeman, Montana 2014

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Tea by the Numbers #2 Bozeman, Montana 2014

These are the tins where they store the bulk tea they use to brew what they serve you at Townshend’s Tea Company. No visible numbers on these tins, but presumably they know which one contains which variety.]]>

Tea by the Numbers Bozeman, Montana 2014

This is a grid of samples of the various teas available at Townshend’s Tea Company, the new tea house in Bozeman. Each bin is numbered and you can smell them and match them up with the list of names on their menu before ordering. It might be a fun game to smell unnumbered jars and try to match them with the tea names. With monikers like Soaring Crane, Charcoal Baked Dong-Ding, and Iron Goddess of Mercy, it would be quite a challenge.]]>