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Week Twenty-Seven, September 17-23
Sunday, September 23, 2001
Natalie and I took another walk over to the edge of Mason Gulch tonight. I was hoping to see the bird life as the evening sun fell in the west, but we set out a bit too late to catch the peak of bird activity, Instead, we watched the eastern skyline and the flanks of Mt. Rainier as the sun slipped out of sight in the west.
Today's photo is a shot of upper sections of Mt. Rainier as they were highlighted by the fading sun.
Saturday, September 22, 2001
Negative momentum...that is what I have been feeling over the last few days. The sun rises behind the morning low clouds and fog, it burns through the clouds by mid-to-late morning, and then the day fades toward one of those picturesque fall sunsets filled with wispy, moisture laden mist that is the forbearer of the next night's fog and clouds. And through this all I have been too tied to news of current events to head outdoors and escape into the real world around me.
Friday, September 21, 2001
Six months. I find it hard to believe that I have been writing this one-topic Weblog for six months. Over the months I have taken more than 1,000 digital photos and spent countless hours writing. And, while it has been hard to keep up with the daily entries over the last few weeks, I am going to continue through my favorite season of fall.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
I walked by the fireman's memorial with Marie this morning and snapped some more photos, while a photographer from the Tacoma News Tribune and another from the Tacoma Fire Department took shots for their respective organizations. This memorial has grown since Natalie and I first visited it last weekend. It now has a cover over the top, and while that makes it harder to get good photos of the tribute to the fallen firefighters in New York, it helps keep the candles going in the morning drizzle.
It has started to feel very fall like each day now. Mornings find the area covered in fog, with light drizzle falling to dampen the start of the day. Tomorrow it will officially be fall in the minds of everyone, and while the season actually feels like it changed a couple of weeks ago, I will welcome the official start of my favorite season of the year!
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
I wandered up to the back roof to snap a shot of tonight's sunset. I know I have taken photos of a number of sunsets over the time I have done this Weblog, but each one is just a little different. The colors, the types of clouds, the angle of the sun.
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
This marks the one-week anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C. and New York, and the news is full of information about our response to the attack. It's time for war, and with that hanging over the heads of those in our nation, normal life, including this Weblog, seems so insignificant. I have been doing this blog for nearly six months now, and never have I had such a hard time making myself write...
Monday, September 17, 2001
Over the last couple of days I have seen this same kingfisher perched on the pilings near Dickman Mill Park. I saw it today while driving by in the early evening to pick up Natalie at her work in downtown Tacoma.
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