Beaver Lake on Burnt Mountain Rd
photo by Ruby Sparks
Refugee & Immigrant Legislative Day Olympia Wa, 2/8/12
View full size to see the joy of democratic direct action; most refugees are here escaping political and social repression in their native lands. Being able to freely demonstrate in front of the seat of power is beautiful thing.
photo by tsparks
Scene along Burnt Mountain Road near Sappho.
photo by tsparks
Humans were hunting mastodons in what is now Washington state 13,800 years ago.
(Source: buffleheadcabin)
http://www.onearth.org/blog/the-dams-come-tumbling-down-the-elwha-dam-removal-begins
From our amazing community, a report from the “opening” of the Elwha River dam. And by opening, we mean that in the literal sense, as a massive excavator tore out the first chunks in the biggest dam removal project in American history. Tear Down This Dam: Government Officials and Tribal Elders Preside Over the Removal of the Elwha River Dam
Ballard - Fremont - Downtown Transit Improvements
Via: Mayor McGinn’s Office (.pdf)
This is a very localized news for my few followers in the NW sector of Seattle. The Mayors office breaks down the costs and productivity of three new transit possibilities for a Ballard Fremont City Center route.
If you are interested in Seattle transportation issues this is for you.
Taken at Snoqualmie Pass at Keechelus Lake
Clouds are like a comforter for me, when they are taken away and the startling blue sky is overhead, I enter a slow boiling process of dread until my comforter returns.
'Bloodthirsty' pack of dogs terrorizes Washington community
This could could be the beginning of a Steven King story.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsparks/893859/sizes/l/in/set-72157594173420259/
In 2004 my daughter and I attended a wedding on Orcas Island, part of the San Juan Islands archipelago. This was our cabin on the beach.
photo by tsparks
The Capitol Building in Olympia Washington.
photo by tsparks
This building like many other state capitols is very grand and stately. Build when citizens believed in the power of government to effect our lived in positive ways. Too bad government has become the enemy, something that should be starved and cut back and made as ineffective as possible.
