Shots Fired

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Politico

Getting National with the Politics of it all

He was the official Tally Keeper; I was the multi-precinct captain

WA Sylvan Precinct

Democrat Caucus

February, 2008

Monday, August 02, 2010

Two more months

Perhaps I'll have pumpkins in the yard

Likely, I'll have to go to the patch and hunt them down.

Pumpkin Hunting

Fall City, WA

October 2009

Sunday, August 01, 2010

Summer ending

But this Bus ain't moving

Tulip Festival

La Conner, WA

April, 2009

I love him - Please Pray

August 1, 2010

Leaving for Afghanistan

This is my little brother.

When people tell me that I'm not supporting the troops

because I don't like the war(s)

I want to spit in their faces.

But I'm too ladylike for that.

And I would never disrespect his service that way.

You are awesome.

Be safe.

You are my hero.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Caliente

One smooth mama down South.

Breakfast pastries on the beach

Puerto Vallarta, MX

July, 2009

Friday, July 30, 2010

Out of State

Visitors. Watching the fly fishers...in December

MOm & Q visit Pleasantville

[Pleasantville] Seattle, WA

December, 2009

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Typical Seattle Skyline

Used to be my view into work everyday

Now just my view home every now and again

Burien/Roxbury

early 2009

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Azul

Blue Sky and Bluer Water

Marriott Resort living

Puerto Vallarta, MX

July, 2009

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Empty Stocking

Someone got a letter from Santa...

...it said "I've been watching you Big Bad Boy.

First Christmas

Pinehurst

December, 2009

Monday, July 26, 2010

Gone Again

I used to use one of these all the time

Now, I use Yahoo or MapQuest again.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Boy and His Dog

Trying out the various doggy parks

Boy and His Dog

[Pleasantville] Seattle, WA

S Dog Park

June, 2010

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Gone

I miss the wind turbines and trips to the desert

On the way back to the coast

Palm Desert, CA

January, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010

Up Close

Growing from tiny to dog

Ashley Merikle

[Pleasantville] Seattle, WA

SR Dog Park

16 wks old

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Path Home

Clearly, I could walk the dog more often.

Then I wouldn't be panting right along with her.

Ashley Goes for a Walk

[Pleasantville] Seattle, WA

July, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Woodland Fun

I love chopped, stacked wood.

Wish I had a fireplace.

La Conner, WA

On the Tulip Trail

April, 2009

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Naturally More Interesting

Because he is naturally curious...

And there are, naturally, animals that can get into a zoo and not be in cages...

Woodland Park Zoo

Seattle, WA

Quantae, January, 2010

Monday, July 19, 2010

2 years ago

Two years ago, we did. But not at Canlis

Wedding Invites

Anniversary

July 19, 2008

Trinity 8th & James

Kaspers Harrison St.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fireworks

Still.

Volunteered at Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival

Fireworks on Mark's Houseboat afterward

4th of July, 2009

Friday, July 16, 2010

Post a day...starting now

Gotta love scheduled posts. No reason not to have a post a day for the rest of the year.

Ashley Nap

July, 2010

Pinehurst

Monday, January 18, 2010

Christmas Wishes

Someone was a really naughty boy this year.

I believe that far stocking has nothing but coal in it...

Christmas Mantle New House First Year

December 24, 2009

Friday, January 08, 2010

2010: I wish I was…

Back there | On the Beach

Yelapa, Jalisco | MX

July 2009

Saturday, April 11, 2009

ALMOSt

We see them on the lake almost everyday after work now. Almost time to get out there again.

In the Details - Sailing

Adventuress Mother's Day Sail

Cama Beach, WA

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Who in the heck?

Is this girl and why is she posting pictures to a picture blog?

Good questions...

Orange County, CA

New Years, 2009

Monday, December 22, 2008

My absence...

Is unexcusable.

So have a Seattle snow picture or two as my atonement:

Around the corner.

This is what unincorporated King County

(aka, no snow plows)

looks like on a snowy day.

December 18, 2008

And, contrary to what this photo may suggest,

here's a guy loving every moment of it.

Particularly, he enjoyed the Snowman Family that came for a visit because they heard the weather was really good for snowmen here lately.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Our Mountains have Snow too

That time of year again. Our mountains have snow on them now too.

Was a beautiful blue sky day on Saturday and I didn't whip out my camera once.

A shame, I know.

Here's an oldie but goodie from the trip of a lifetime

(well...until I went to Jamaica)

Tibet Backcountry

On the way to Everest

April, 2007

Friday, October 31, 2008

Almost November 2008

Early Voting Commences My King County Mail In Ballot

Historic Election

First Black President of the US?

Never thought I'd live to see this day

Seattle (King County), WA

Fall Election, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

Sometimes, Me Too

Admittedly, not usually. BUT...

In honor of the new job and all right?

Purse fetish begins, Seattle, October 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Fall again

I love this time of year

View from my front door

Seattle, WA

October 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Not Quite a Month, Nor Quite a Summer

Summer never feels complete without a visit here:

Paradise

Mt. Rainier, WA

Summer 2007

Alas, we have not made it out this year.

Sad.

Happy reasons.

Choices.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

It is coming

That time of year again. I can't wait!

Pumpkin Patch

Washington somewhere north

Fall, 2007

Sunday, August 17, 2008

I've been there...

...not even that long ago. Beijing, China The Great Wall April 2007

Friday, June 27, 2008

Not like I don't take my own

But getting the computers back up to speed has been a bit. tedious. Just a bit.

So on Amber's Blog she had this great post with a photo scavenger hunt:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Where do you live?

Here's how mine came out:

1. Saint Bernadette (Bernadette) 2. The Whole Enchilada (Onion Enchiladas) 3. The Caperette Team of '98 (PHS c/o not '98 thank goodness) 4. Orange as Any Orange on a Tree (Orange) 5. Barack Obama (Michelle Obama) 6. Lemon Drop (Lemon Drop) 7. Tibet-5637 (Tibet - wildest dreams come true) 8. Butter Pecan Ice Cream (Butter Pecan Ice Cream - some days I miss her so so SO very much) 9. Happy Happy (Happy) 10. Grace (Being with him [Robert] and with this picture, growing old with him) 11. Sleepy Sunday @ Movie Clip (sleepy) 12. The Road Home, Mendicino (some TX, some Cali, all in all, "home").

Have fun with it. Show me your's too!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Where Has My Seattle Gone?

Typically, every morning, that arrow points very appropriately to Downtown Seattle. Literally. As in, that photo would be impressive because you'd see these really cool sky scrapers and all (albeit, no Space Needle in that shot) and it would literally be pointing to Seattle.

Not so much on this past March foggy morning some weeks ago. No snow, granted, but no sun either. I thought somewhere in my "live in Seattle contract" that the sun was supposed to make an appearance by now.

March | Drive to Work | Seattle

2008

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Fired up...Ready to Go!

Welcome to all the hundreds...(okay...well dozens) of new folks looking for Obama/democracy in action photos.

As the project is ongoing and part of a published book proposal, I have not put as much of my democracy in action photos online as you might be expecting to see, but here on this particular blog, you can see some samples of that specific topic and get a general feel for the photography aspect of the project.

At my other blog, Colored White, I tend to have more commentary and I'll make a point of tagging those posts so that you can easily go to say an Obama label and read commentary specific to the project. That should go down by end of Friday this coming week.

In the meantime, posts with specific democracy in action photos can be seen here:

Obama Rally - Key Arena (Seattle) Young ones

Obama Rally - Key Arena (Seattle) Let Me In

Democracy in action - Precinct Caucuses (Seattle) February 5

Obama Rally - Key Arena (Seattle) 4 feet from history

Democracy in Action - Feedback (Memphis) MLK Memorial, National Civil Rights Museum

Democracy in Action - Media (Madison, WI) Waxing Political, tv/laptop

Today we captured so many great photos of fantastic people. But here is what democracy in action looks like. It is all of you. All of us. Young old. White Black. Male Female. And EVERYTHING and more beyond that. I'm so honored to be selected as a 7th Congressional District Delegate for Obama. Honored to tell your stories.

To that. If you see yourself in one of my photos and you want to tell your story, be in touch with me at henderso@seattleu.edu. Part of the project is portraits of everyday people JUST LIKE YOU. It would entail doing an interview and some portrait work and a neat "your story" component that I'll chat with you about when you get in touch. If you're not in any of the pictures but would love to tell your story, definitely be in touch and we'll chat! If you see yourself very plainly and clearly in a photo that is not in a public place and you'd like me to remove it, just drop me an email. I don't head out to purposefully catch people doing crazy things they don't want to be seen doing and as such, I keep it to fair game public events where, sorry, sometimes you get shot (shots fired...the blog name...ahhh!!). BUT, that said, I also respect where you're coming from so just drop me a line and we'll work it out. Promise.

Once more. Thank you so much. From the bottom of my heart. I really appreciate your votes today and will do everything I can to make sure that your vote for me represents YOUR stake in this election.

All the best! Bernadette

P.S. Dig deeper on the blogs. There are a few Tibet photos (we have a separate site for those, email me if you'd like the addy). I have a private blog that if you manage to break through, you have to be an invited reader to read. Nothing obscure--Robert (the tall guy that did a fantastic job helping me today) and I are engaged to be married. Deeper into my Colored White blog, you'll see some reference (okay, a lot of reference) to that, but we were boring people to death with the details so we just started up a private blog to capture all that for the people coming to the wedding. trust me, you're not missing out. But if you totally feel like you are, drop me a line with your first/last name and email and we'll get you the crazy 10 question survey that gets you access to that. I know. I know.