Another shot of the tracks 11-10-10

I like how blue this one turned out.

Train Tracks

Went to the beach!

Locks Maintenance

One of my favorite bike routes takes me through the Ballard locks. While this route probably does take longer because you have to walk within the park premises and generally in the summer season the locks is busy with tourists. But at the locks it a joy to take a slower pace to enjoy the beautiful gardens, sight a greedy blue herons that lurk around looking for an easy meal, salmon queuing to go up the ladder or the boats using the locks to go either to Lake Washington or Puget Sound. People watching the amazement of the tourist is also a good time.

However, my post today is about the locks when it's empty. Have you ever seen the locks without water? Neither had I until one day in March when I was biking downtown. These photos are taken of the small locks....can you imagine what the large locks must look like empty?

Skimmin' and Trains

We went to the beach this afternoon for some sunny skim boarding. What a beautiful day at North Beach. There is a series of races going on this weekend, called NOOD so there were plenty of boats out bobbing. When we were down at the beach, there wasn't much wind. We saw a train waiting by Carkeek for a while and shot some skimmin' shots with the train in the backdrop. Even the falcon was out fishing today.....lots of beach action. Here are some shots from today.

Purple Train

Haven't you ever wanted a purple train? Maybe not....but I made one that I thought I'd share.

Trains and Art

So - it's been a while since I posted. Not because I haven't been taking train pics but more because I'm lazy. We went bike riding last week to pick up our shirts for the St. Patrick's day race and along the way I snapped this picture of a train by the SAM outdoor sculpture park. This was my first time actually walking through the sculpture park. It was very cool.....check it out it you haven't done so.

Warmer weather

While summer in Seattle is generally short lived.....I still love it. Today's train picture is in honor of our great summer season. That's Max, my hubby, showing off his skimmin' tricks.