Jan
26
2022
Last summer we had a quite the visitors. We had a pair of barred owls raise some owlets from egg to leaving the nest. There were three but one died, but the other two made it, that was great!...
Jan
25
2022
If you are into mid-century modern, road side Americana, or consumer design than I have the book for you. Check out Populuxe by Thomas Hine because this is the book for you. It is an amazing look at the...
Jan
24
2022
If you follow anything I do you know I do love neon signs! Here's some shots of of the great Puetz Golf Range and Pro Shop sign as seen on Highway 99 in Seattle. The sign is fun, but...
Jan
23
2022
"History is context for the now." - Historian Dan Jones from episode 16 of Dan Carlin's Hard Core History Addendum
Image: Map by Navigator Tupaia and Captain James Cook c. 1769
Jan
22
2022
One thing that I love about road trips is being out far from anything and seeing the open road stretch on and on, seemingly to infinity. It feels so full of equal measures, promise and loneliness. It is a...
Jan
21
2022
Spotted in my neighborhood... adorning a highly vandalized closed Christian Scientist church are the markings of the revolting proletariat. The text next to the hammer and sickle it says "Do we blame the individual or society." I don't think...
Jan
19
2022
Pointing the way to a closed business on Highway 99 in North Seattle is this cool sign. No doubt it once lead to a bar or club or a place of dreams. Now, the dreams are gone, but the...
Jan
18
2022
Here's a recent picture of one of my favorite buildings in Seattle, the amazing Smith Tower. If you have a chance to visit and ride the cool elevator to the observation deck, do it, it is amazing.
