Since this is my last week in Spokane I thought it would be cool to show some of the first pictures I took here with my camera.

When I first got my camera, I spent the first few weeks heading down to Riverside Park before sunset everyday after work. I hiked mostly through an area that had been ravaged by a fire years before. I wanted to explore the idea of regrowth after such an event. Here a young sapling sprouts from the remains of other evergreens.

A river (Spokane or Little Spokane River, not sure which this part is) runs through the area where the fire took place. The fire actually jumped it. As the days went by I began to explore the riverbank. I began with the idea of capturing the brilliant sunsets reflected in the river as the fire must have been when it reached the river.

These shots I took completely on different days. I was trying to catch the many colors the sky was during the days I was there. The sunset each day on the hill which can be seen in the picture from yesterdays post.

The sky slowly visited each range of the spectrum before its color faded and it quietly exited to give the stars their time. It was silent and remarkable. I will always envy the colors of the skies here. I have never seen anything like it.

With the trees gone the smaller plants have a chance to flourish...

... along a trail....

...in the bare branches....

.... or on the edge of the riverbank.

I had intended these to be the last images I posted before leaving Spokane, but as it is, I forgot and was on the road to LA. Thought they were a good farewell to the area.

Both were taken on the same day as the sun set in one view and the moon rose from another.

A potted plant takes the sobriety test early in the morning by the backdoor to work while the power is out.

A windy day makes palm trees a hazard.

A discarded polaroid in the grass.

We wandered around Venice,CA this afternoon. There is a skate park on the beach.

This extremely young tiny fellow knew his way around a board and was right at home among the swarm of skaters.

I am hoping on getting down there with a camera a lot, as it is where I eat lunch most days.