Bones of Luna Park, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
In 1907, a glittering amusement park called Luna Park was built out over the tidal flats of Duwamish Head in West Seattle. It sat out over the water on a pier, so you must picture it, reflected and suspended over the water. But concern over the “loose morals” it propounded led to its closure in 1913, and the swimming pavilion that was left of it was lost to arson around 1930.
Approximately once in a decade, the waters of Elliot Bay draw back far enough to reveal the pilings that once supported Luna Park. I was lucky enough to be out with my camera one day in Summer 2009 when the bones of Luna Park were briefly revealed.
Haunted, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
December in Juanita Bay Park, near Seattle.
Battered, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
A rock stands against the incoming tide on a winter sunset.
Duwamish Head
West Seattle, WA
Gilded City, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
Taken from Alki Beach, looking across from Elliot Bay.
Molecular Sunshine, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
January flowers in Seattle.
Echinacea 3 (Bellevue Botanical Gardens), originally uploaded by singingpixel.
Pas de Deux, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
This photo has been used as a CD cover. Taken at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, near Seattle.
Picnic of the Damned, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
People in Seattle are optimistic; we put out lawn furniture in February in the hope of the one day per year that it’s warm enough to actually eat outside.
Cedar in the Fog, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
Seattle, WA, in early February.
Alighting, originally uploaded by singingpixel.
Taken at the Seattle Center Butterfly House.
