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A new animated movie came out today called “Coraline.” I wasn’t planning on seeing it, but I just found out that the setting is Ashland, Oregon so I may have to check it out to see if I can see my town. Of course, it’s not really Ashland since it is animated, but Ashland is supposed to be the basis for the setting somehow. Apparently there is a good town and an evil twin town. Ashland is supposed to be the evil twin town I hear.
My son became a teenager last week. My wife and daughter made these fabulous looking cupcakes for his party. The one above actually looks just like his best friend.
I realized after they were all eaten that I didn’t photograph them all. There was a really cool pirate that must have been created after I snapped these pictures.
My daughter took this picture a couple summers ago. We haven’t seen any fawns yet this year but it shouldn’t be long now.
One of the reasons for showing you so many pictures of Seattle the past week or two is that there hasn’t been much to photograph in Ashland of late. December and January offer the least attractive glimpses of this town, with the exception of when it snows and the mountains are powdered but not concealed with clouds and/or fog. Otherwise it is too foggy/cloudy to see much or the hills look brownish and the skies look more gray than blue. Sunrises can still be pretty though. Here is one from last week. A half hour after taking this photograph our house was surrounded by fog and we couldn’t see a thing.
Tomorrow we will return to Ashland. For my last photo from Seattle I offer the sign above the Pike Place Market.
I have seen many “city towers” in my day (Toronto, Montreal, Kyoto, etc.) and of the non-Eiffel Tower variety (i.e., not Paris and Tokyo) I must say I am most impressed with the Space Needle. Even though it is over 40 years old, it doesn’t look nearly as old as other, younger ones. It lacks the paneling and excessive use of cement that give other towers a tacky look.
Another picture from Pike Place Market in Seattle.
For a closer view of this amazing work at Experience Music Project, see yesterday’s entry on my other blog.
This is the fish place in Pike Place Market that is famous for throwing fish (as well as lots of other vocal hoopla) whenever a customer orders something. In this pic I was able to capture a rare, quiet moment at Pike Place Fish Market.
