SkyWatch Friday: Islands and Bay

The sun sinks behind Orcas and Lummi Islands.

Beyond them lies Vancouver Island and British Columbia's capital city, Victoria. It is easy to forget that a good chunk of Vancouver Island actually lies south of our beautiful Bellingham.

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Frozen February... Fresh February

I thought it would be interesting to compare last February to this one, so I posted two pictures today. Can you guess which is which?

Turn

"Turn" by Lee C. Imonen is one of many interesting sculptures at Big Rock Garden Park. When I took this, it reminded me of a dinosaur's skeletal spine. Looking at it now, the angle isn't as obvious, and it could be a weathered, rickety bridge.

Western Shadows

Delicate branches shade a brick wall at Western Washington University.

Valentine Sunset

sunset on Valentine's Day
just as beautiful
if you're with a lover
or just skipping rocks

Emerald Heart

Happy Valentine's Day
from
Bellingham Daily Photo

The Boardwalk at Boulevard

The old boardwalk at Boulevard Park connects the park to a small point farther south on the bay. A new portion of the boardwalk was completed several years ago to continue the boardwalk south to Fairhaven. Plans are in development to extend the boardwalk from Boulevard Park north to the site of the now defunct Georgia Pacific plant in downtown Bellingham.

Skywatch Friday: The Peace Arch

Happy Olympics Opening Day!

In honor of the Vancouver Games, I'm posting one last shot of our Peace Arch in Blaine, Washington. This picture, like the last two I posted, was taken at the Olympic torch run. It was difficult to take the shot without getting masses of people in it! That's why the bottom is cut off, but I decided it turned out nice enough anyway.

We 'Hamsters have been expecting to be inundated with travellers for the Olympics, as we are only an hour south of Vancouver. However, as far as I can tell there hasn't been a discernible difference. Maybe that will change, but either way it's fun to be close.

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Unite! Blog! Human rights for Iran! // Bloggers Unite

Unite! Blog! Human rights for Iran! // Bloggers Unite

For our City Daily Photo friend, Amir Sadeghi, who was arrested in Tehran February 8 for posting pictures on his blog of the brutal police clampdown on protesters December 7. Please keep him, and the 55 other photographers and journalists who have been arrested in Iran, in your prayers.

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Olympic Torch Run at the Peace Arch

Here's a shot of the Peace Arch just as we were arriving in the pre-dawn hours to wait for the torch run. It was, naturally, one of the coldest mornings all winter (which won't mean much to you midwesterners and New Englanders... and perhaps even the Floridians this year!) and it was quite misty and atmospheric.

The Peace Arch was built in 1921 to celebrate over 100 years of peace between Canada and the United States. It stands astride the Canada-US border, so if you pass underneath you go from one country to the other. On the US side is inscribed "Children of a Common Mother" and on the Canada side it says "Brethren Dwelling Together in Unity."

On a wistful note, I wish our southern border was as open, friendly, and peaceful as this one.