When I visited the Museum of Flight I was getting some great shots of the planes inside the museum but was getting some really nasty looks from the other people there with cameras who had neglected to bring a tripod. After an hour or so inside I decided to take a break and check out what was outside.

Right outside the museum was this Stratojet. While the plane looked pretty cool the sky above it was amazing. When I took the image I was thinking it would look pretty good in black and white, and as I haven’t posted a B&W picture yet, here you go.

The Halo guys were feeling a little romantic this evening and decided to light some candles…

This Red Barn is in the Redmond to Fall City road and I’ve driven past it hundreds of times. As there was a little snow left on the ground I thought I’d catch this shot as with the white field, red barn, evergreen trees and bit of blue sky poking through it looked good. I also liked the road leading you to the barn. Some will say that the telegraph poles and lines are a distraction (they usually are) but for some reason I like them here in this shot too.

Tragically we had an accident at home and a Halo guy lost his head.  The CSI division were immediately called in to investigate

I found these flowers in QFC and had to buy them (my god I’m getting old). Anyway they looked fantastic and had this amazing blue color. Lisa thinks they have been dyed blue – which is possible, but I still think they look fab.

Working hard to entertain the family the Halo guys demonstrated what they learned in the army.

Tolt McDonald Park in Carnation has a really nice picnic area and in the middle of it is this huge barn that contains all the picnic tables. Only in Washington State would you find a covered picnic area that’s full of tables. I guess it’s usually too wet to eat outside.

Anyway I really liked the look of the barn and the grain of the wood in the ceiling. So I took this picture not really expecting it to come out, but when I got home I was really pleased with the look.

Not being a picnic kind of guy I doubt I’ll ever eat in this place but it made a cool picture.

As it’s cold outside and Carter had an ear infection they decided to stay in and play some more games.

Snoqualmie is small city not far from Redmond on the way to the Cascades.

It got it’s name from a Native American tribe and is well known for it’s water falls (see my shot on January 21st) and in 1990 David Lynch used the city as a shooting location for his series Twin Peaks.

The reason I came here was that Snoqualmie is also home to the Northwest Railway Museum and as you drive through the city you see a number of old trains on display.As the snow is now starting to melt (hopefully that’s it for this year) I drove to the city to look for something to shoot.

This image is of the city “Depot”, but it has this great old train outside and it kind of looks like an old train station to me (so that’s what I’m calling it).

When too much snow arrives and you play outside you can suffer from too much water and snow in your ear.  So you have to clean them out!