Recent Maritime Snaps
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| Cosco Shipping Cosco Europe departing Seattle May 24th 6:59 AM We like the "wake" |
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| Hapag Lloyd Tokyo Express at anchor May 25th 5:48 AM |
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| Another view of the Tokyo Express at anchor earlier date May 22nd 9:58 AM Note: When anchored a ship swings around depending on tidal flow. |
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| Emerald Princess at Pier 91 just before departure May 28th 5:01 PM Note the crowds of cruisers at the rails on upper deck. |
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| Earlier view of Emerald Princess with Holland America's Oosterdam behind on May 28th Note the Flags which are flown only while in Port |
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| Holland America Oosterdam Arriving Seattle May 28th 5:44 AM This is our view looking to the west over Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains in the distance. |
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| Ikara Container Vessel Arriving Seattle June 1st 5:51 AM We like the clean look of the hull. |
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| Hapag Lloyd Santos Express Departing Seattle June 1, 2017 6:21 AM |
Skies
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| Full Flower Moon May 9th 5:22 AM |
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| May 4th 8:13 PM Pleasant evening sky. |
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| May 4th 8:31 PM Zoomed out fully to give an overview of the somewhat earlier shot above. |
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| May 9th 4:56 AM Moonlight on Puget Sound just before dawn. |
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| Ususual but it does happen. Parasailing over Puget Sound. May 14th 12:16 PM |
Trains ... 70 Years Ago
For fellow railfans, June is a good month to look back 70 years to the cover of Popular Mechanics magazine when they featured one of our favorite passenger trains, the Olympian, in the Rocky Mountains. From our collection of railroad memorabilia ...
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| Popular Mechanics Magazine June 1947 Cover Our favorite train ... The Olympian Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul Railway |
Spelling
The National Spelling Bee has just been completed. Congratulations to winner Ananya Vinay! The Bee inspired Google to come up with the map below based on searches on their website. How did your state do? It amused us that Washington and Maine missed the same word!
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| Most Misspelled Words by States per Google Trends June 1 2017 |
Postcards for the Weekend #39 - Country Map(s)
Maria, of Postcards for the Weekend, has challenged us to come up with a postcard to share which features a "country map." With a smile, here we go ...
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| A Pike Street Press postcard which expresses our feelings quite well. Pike Street cards are handmade in Seattle pikestreetpress.com |
Closing thought ...
There are only two industries which refer to their customers as "users" -- drugs and computers.
Edward R. Tufte
