This is my dog, Winter. She was born deaf, so we've taught her hand signals. She can also read our facial expressions and judge wether we're pleased with her or if she's 'in trouble'.

Her eyes are keen and sensitive to light, shadow, and motion. She's making up for her deafness by paying very close attention to the world around her. She chases shadows or lights moving across the ground or walls. A spider crawling across the cieling will send her into a panic. She'll growl at a cobweb in the corner for hours.

In the thumbnail photo, she's just noticed something moving in the kitchen (probably just a shadow) and has lifted her head to study it.

Many people give up deaf animals because they think they are difficult and nervous animals. They're right, but all they need is a differnt approach in training and lots of love.

A candid shot of a friend.

Here's another 4th street bar sign. I'd like to photograph the interior of these places and some of the people who come here, but I don't think my presence would be appreciated, especially with a camera in my hand. Hard to photograph in a place where you don't exactly 'fit in.'

Bathtubs

The innkeeper's house sits amid a field of flowers and grass. It's back a bit from the beach. Our cabin was enormus. The little two-person cabins weren't ready for guests, so we got this deluxe one with room for ten. The beach is just at the end of the grassy area. Pluto, the innkeeper's dog, rests nearby. We had a great time here, nice to be in such peaceful surroundings.

The Grand Hotel. Just one of the many fleabag weekly-type hotels here. Places like this are frequently raided by police. People often use the rooms to operate meth labs.

This bar operates on 4th street. I walked by one night during the full moon.

Welcome to the Morris Hotel

This was on my Goodbye to Washington trip to the peninsula. We were out on Dungeness Spit, just being there.

All over this state, there are discarded materials just disintegrating slowly under the sun. It's all so ugly when you see a pile of rubble. When you look closer, however, there are pretty colors and patterns throughout.

Glenda in Prison

I've just returned home from a long hospital stay. I had hip surgery. Every day I thought of how much I want to be out taking pictures.

This is a geometric themed gallery taken in March this year at a construction site near my home. Construction Geometry gallery

And on a related note, here is Park Tower

And totally unrelated... A perfect day spent on Orcas Island in 2001.

And last but not least, atree silhouette.

Oh, and just one more.

Anotherold car , this one with a blanket of snow.

This is another favorite of mine from the San Juans. I shot it with a Cannon Elph APS pocket camera. San Juan Summer

After over an hour of trying to come up with the proper story to accompany this photo, I give up. Quite often, I just feel compelled to take the picture and the reason why just doesn't matter. Rarely, as in this case, I like the result.

This is a statue in someone's front yard. I pass by it on my way to the bus every morning.