Bright On A Gray Day Strata

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

A yellow cab drove past the bright red construction fence that surrounds the work site for the Capitol Hill station of Link Lightrail. I nicked this one with the iPhone.

Bright On A Gray Day Strata

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

A yellow cab drove past the bright red construction fence that surrounds the work site for the Capitol Hill station of Link Lightrail. I nicked this one with the iPhone.

Decoration Day

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

Today is Memorial Day, the American holiday commemorating members of the armed services who lost their lives in war. It is observed on the last Monday of May and had its roots in America's Civil War days. It began officially as Decoration Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868 and was observed by the decoration of graves by families and civic groups. I found these stone hearts and vase of fresh Peonies adorning a headstone while walking in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. However, it is Seattle's Washeli Cemetery that is home to The Veterans Memorial Cemetery the resting place of hundreds who were buried with military honors. Known as "The Arlington of the West," it will be awash in the national colors today. (Photo of Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Washeli below © 2009 by Ben Benschnieder, used here under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.)

Decoration Day

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

Today is Memorial Day, the American holiday commemorating members of the armed services who lost their lives in war. It is observed on the last Monday of May and had its roots in America's Civil War days. It began officially as Decoration Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868 and was observed by the decoration of graves by families and civic groups. I found these stone hearts and vase of fresh Peonies adorning a headstone while walking in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. However, it is Seattle's Washeli Cemetery that is home to The Veterans Memorial Cemetery the resting place of hundreds who were buried with military honors. Known as "The Arlington of the West," it will be awash in the national colors today. (Photo of Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Washeli below © 2009 by Ben Benschnieder, used here under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.)

1st Ave & Pike Place Footscape

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

Imitating Bob from Barcelona (we still miss you!) and my fave Parisian photoblogger who often shares street level shots (Hi Eric!), I took a low perspective while watching folks cross 1st Avenue at Pike Place. I liked the way this pedestrian's stride framed people in the background.

1st Ave & Pike Place Footscape

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

Imitating Bob from Barcelona (we still miss you!) and my fave Parisian photoblogger who often shares street level shots (Hi Eric!), I took a low perspective while watching folks cross 1st Avenue at Pike Place. I liked the way this pedestrian's stride framed people in the background.

Two Walkers Were Approaching

Photo & Text © 2011 Kim- Seattle Daily Photo. All rights reserved; no use, alteration, reproduction or republishing in any media.

Two guys coming towards me downhill on a path at Gas Works Park in the Wallingford neighborhood are silhouetted in the last light of day. The wind did not begin to howl as they approached, however :-).