Ryan's "Fall"

I hope everyone will forgive me for my inattention to the photo contest the past few months. I was in the process of planning a wedding, then having that wedding, then having a honeymoon!

We went backpacking in Great Smoky Mountain National Park for our honeymoon. One day we went to see Grotto Falls - a waterfall in the fall.

Fred's Fall

Cory's Fall

One of my favorite parts of Fall is when there's a nice thick blanket of leaves covering everything.  It's that narrow period of time where the leaves have just fallen and are still full of color and before they dry up and just become a mess that makes the ground look so nice.  Luckily, I didn't have to worry about raking these ones up - they were beneath the trees at the Washington Park Arboretum.

Laurie's Fall

I was at Wabonsie State Park and saw these leaves that looked like they had been partially painted red.

My Water

CharDale's 'Water'

Water looks good, especially at sunset - even when it's flooding. Taken from the pedestrian bridge, with Google Pixel XL during the last week of September.

Laurie's Water

This was taken at Viking Lake.  We had a Trumpeter Swan come hang out with us.

Mike's Water

I took a fishing vacation with my dad and two brothers this summer.  We fished at Eagle Lake, near Kenora, Ontario.  This plane or one of it's cousins has been taking tourist further North since we first came here when I was 19 or longer.  We caught our limit here, but it would be an adventure!

Fred's Water

Here's a picture I took as part of a current project on night photography.

Cory's Water

The Arthur Foss is an interesting tugboat.  Built in 1889, it did everything from towing ships to moving logs to long distance shipping of goods during its long service life.  In 1941, it was even the last ship to leave Wake Island before the island was attacked in the early days of the US involvement in World War II.  It finally retired from normal use in 1968 after 79 years of service, and today it lives on Lake Union in Seattle.  It is moored near my office, and I often see it floating there in the water when I take a walk around the south end of the lake.

There's a lot more information about the Arthur Foss on its Wikipedia page.

Fred's "Anything Goes"

A team of fire dancers performed in a local park earlier this week.

Cory's Anything Goes

We've been living in Seattle for the last year now, and I've discovered all kinds of great little spots in the city.  One of those is Bhy Kracke Park, which is a small park built on the side of a very steep hill.  When you walk up to it on the bottom, it's just a playground and a picnic shelter.  But if you walk up the switchbacking sidewalk in the back of the park, you end up at the top of the hill and can look across South Lake Union to the buildings of downtown.

CharDale's 'Anything Goes'

A couple weeks ago I was downtown and spotted this classic. Heart eyes ensued...

Robert's "Late"

This guy was a week late, but we couldn't be happier!

Ryan's Late "Late"

We took a friend to the paintball field for his bachelor party last weekend... this guy ducked a little late.