Hey Amazing Race...

...give us a call already!

Like you know you want us. Sob. Anyhow...I love finding pictures of random people (ie, the folks running the Amazing Race auditions in Lake[hood]wood, WA. November, 2007

For half of forever

That feels like how long it has been. But hmmm...I've taken and had taken pictures from forever ago. So should I get caught up? Start from scratch? Just post whatever? How about some more homage to my fave season...fall...oh how gone it is...but spring is coming...I know it is.

Anyhow, from this past fall.

Not quite big enough

Lurking in the shadows:

Do NOT!

Shoot down the birdies.

Woodland Park Zoo, fall 2007

If only...

...blogger would let me upload a photo, I could update this blog. And you could see that yep...it is still there.

Getting a bit rocky in here

And of course she said yes!

This Comb's for You

So you remember what my hair looked like in Tibet.

Well this kid had a remedy:

And yeah...he was NOT afraid to use it.

It was really one of the coolest moments of the trip.

Boxed In

Beijing China Market,

April, 2007

So finally, she returns with some photos. My better half is updating his Tibet pages. And it encouraged me to go back through those photos...none of which I have really scrapped yet. That was SUCH an amazing trip. Reading his recaps takes me right back. And back to Shots Fired.

A non-slr shot. I love my little point and shoot with all my life.

Waffling

I know...these are supposed to be China shots.

But it is overwhelming.

And I'm waffling.

And people are hatin' on me for not posting.

So this is appropriate.

I want one.

But just a regular one...

Not a waffle CONE iron, but a regular waffle iron.

There is a difference right?

Happy summer!

Day 1: Seattle to Beijing via San Francisco

And so we begin.

Though I am posting this Friday night, I'll give you until Monday morning

before I post new pictures. So get your comments in--remember, you can vote once for your fave picture via the comments to be in the drawing for a print of one of these photos--whichever one wins photo of the day. You can leave a separate comment for each photo to be entered 3 separate times into the contest for the book at the end of all this.

That said, pick your fave and send your friends here to pick your fave as well so that if you win the daily drawing, you'll actually get a print of something you like! For this time, you have until Monday to post comments. The rest will truly be daily contests unless I post on a weekend.

Guarding Tiananmen Square

Mass Transportation: Getting Around Donghuamen Night Market

How it Will Work

Okay...quick and easy. I'll post 3-5 pictures early in the morning (usually...until the jet lag wears off). Leave a comment (or if you must, shoot me an email) with your choice for fave. Comments are necessary if you want to be eligible for the prizes because I have a sneaking suspicion they are about to lock me out of my email account. Go figure. At the start of the next day, I will post 3-5 MORE pictures and I will also note which picture from the day before was the picture of the day. If you leave a comment with your vote, I'll toss you into the daily drawing for a print of the photo of the day. I will try to mail prints weekly, but will update here if I need to just hold on shipping until the end of all time (that would be June). It doesn't matter if you voted for the photo that won, you'll get the one that most folks liked. Please vote for your fave once, but feel free to stack the votes by getting your friends to stop on by and vote for your fave as well. At the end of the month of May, I'll take all the comments left from the whole month and draw one name. That name will get the coffee table picture book I'm making from this trip for my mama. She'll understand. Really. Actually, self-publishing rocks and I do too. So I'll have a copy of the book printed for you. I'm a nobody, but if you must, I'll even have the wonderful photographers autograph it for you. 15 or so winners in all between those that get prints of the day and the lucky one that gets the whole shebang book. The book may be a Christmas gift, but I promise to try my hardest to make it a Christmas in July at least. Ready? Pics are coming...this evening. To be eligible for the print of the day, you have to vote in the 24 hour window that the picture is originally posted. But to keep it fun for all, you can go back after the fact and post on any and all of the pictures (hint, a separate comment for each picture is totally acceptable--and gets you more entries into the overall photo book giveaway). Remember, all comments up through May 31 will be in the drawing for the book. SEA to SFO to Beijing to Lhasa to Kathmandu to Delhi to Newark to Seattle. Around the world in about 15 days (or so). Join me as I relive the ride!

They are coming...

Are you ready?

The Path Least Explored

Here's to the path least explored. That blue dot in the background...that would be him

Off the path of course. Tibet here we come! Back with lots of pictures!

Don't Approach the Squirrels

They are so cute...but evidently, they will attack.

Yes, I am speaking of both of them.

17 mile drive, Monterey, CA

Yes...

...yes indeed I do realize that blogs are better than websites because they are so easy to update and blah, blah, blah. But hey...really now. Tonight...promise. Another photo. But you should check out my other blogs you know www.coloredwhite.blogspot.com is all about the craziness that keeps me from coming and playing here. And www.b3designs.blogspot.com is all about my other existence. All $40 of it today. Right. Photos coming soon...promise.

Two as By Wind

And not a shot in sight.

Palm Springs Tramway

and a winded trail

laying on my back trying to catch my breath

caught this instead

Field Practice

But at home

Wounded beauty is no longer vibrant

Seattle Beach House, 2006