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| "Father and Son" water feature down by the waterfront. Space Needle in distance. Father and Son story via SAM |
Cold, Dark Starts ... more snaps from my walks.
So far, I have not missed a day, in December, walking the Seattle waterfront trail. My walk is usually just over 2 miles ... it varies a little bit depending on where I turn around. Outbound is walking south. I like to stop at a certain point, every day, to snap a photo that makes a good record of sky conditions. Photos above and below are good examples.
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| Lucky break -- After all night rain, my walk was dry. December 13th |
So far, I have not missed a day, in December, walking the Seattle waterfront trail. My walk is usually just over 2 miles ... it varies a little bit depending on where I turn around. Outbound is walking south. I like to stop at a certain point, every day, to snap a photo that makes a good record of sky conditions. Photos above and below are good examples.
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| Rain - December 7th |
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| The green thing. Do they really need it? |
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| Panorama December 6th |
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| Walk the Walk 5 Badge Earned on December 6th For recording 200 walks with my Garmin watch. |
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| Late morning start. |
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| Afternoon start. |
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| Mid-day start. |
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| About noon on a sunny day. Sun is low in the sky this time of year giving a long shadow in the rose garden. |
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| Not many walkers on this day. |
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| Louis Dreyfus grain storage facility. Trains bring the grain from farms in the mid-west. The grain is stored in this facility until it is loaded onto ships for delivery to international customers. View Louis Dreyfus Corporation website. |
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| I haven't seen Mt Rainier much in December. |
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| Snapped at my "turn around" point in the walk. A little more than 1 mile from the start and my closest point to downtown Seattle. |
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| Sammy waits for the grain terminal. |
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| Wish I knew more about this military ship. Could not discern any identification marks in the photo. Snapped from home. |
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| Fishing vessels at Pier 90. Often here during the winter months. |
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| Smiled at the ship name ... W-Original Guessing that the boss said ... Come up with something Original. |
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| The W-Original is getting rusty. |
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| I did my research on Google and believe this is a Double-Crested Cormorant. |
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| Gulls are so common in Seattle ... this one seemed to be relaxing for a while. |
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| Always enjoy colorful sunsets. These two are snapped from home. |
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| After a night of rain in Seattle, the next morning the sun illuminated the Olympic Mountains with a fresh coast of snow. |
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| Very early start to this morning's walk. December 17th |
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| Holiday lights on some downtown buildings. |
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| 37 degrees as I walked past this ship at the grain terminal this morning. (37 F is 2.77C) |
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| Space Needle as seen from my walk this morning, December 17th |
Closing thought ...
People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 million. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 31.5 years.
Amy Stoddard
