All Whatcom Athletes PT 2

Blog allows only five pics at a time I see. So here's the tux-ed football player.

All Whatcom Athletes PT 1

So we did our usual athlete of the year from the fall season. Themed, as it is, I went with First Class athletes. So i asked then to wear their best suit, dress, whatever. The football guy wore a tux, but for got shoes,, and so it went.. here they are.

NEW MEXICO part 2

So I forgot petroglyph pic.. here it is

NEW MEXICO

I visited New Mexico to celebrate Jerry Redfern's 40th b-day. It was a beautiful state. Visited Petroglyph National Monument Park. It was fascinating that it's so open and accessible. Sadly, that led people to use the glyphs for target practice in the past. I included one pic for Jerry's niece gripping her dad's hair for balance. The colored prayer flags have been bleached white by the harsh sun.

NEW YEAR, NEW RESOLUTION

Being that it is a new year, I am resolved to blog a bit more and often. If not words, then just photos.

danny and Josie tie the knot

Danny and Josie tied the knot today in Muncie, Ind. They both looked great, her dress, his white vest/tie combo. And they sure can dance!!!

Scuba clean up at Redondo

I dropped my dad off at the airport and on the way back, I stopped by Redondo to check out the scuba divers and may, just maybe, be a photog again. As it turns out there was a clean up going on. Removing old fishing lines, squid jigs and other fishing debris. As it turns out, among the debris was an octopus in a pepsi can, a crab caught in a tangle of fishing lines and a handgun. Yeah, a HANDGUN. Rusted but obviously a 9mm or .45 semi-auto.

Good bye Katie.

Bellingham Herald intern Katie Barnes is leaving us after a half year here in B'ham. And frankly, it bites. She's fun, talented and a bit quirky. (she showed up at a get together at my home wearing a flowing transparent dress over her jeans) She's plays the piano very well, shoots very well and has done a hell of a job of making a website for me. Thanks Katie! So we'll get together tonight, toast her, and bemoan the fact that our world got a little less interesting without her around. Bummer.

No man is an island but Katie could be..

Went sailing with the Bellingham Herald intern Katie Barnes on Sunday aboard Photo Editor Russ Kendall's sailboat. We sailed to the correctly named Barnes Island. While the island is private and off limits. We moored up to Clark Island, within throwing distance of Barnes. Later Katie get to sail the boat as it heeled over and we cruise at just around 4 knots.