I dug into my archives and found this map I made of 2016 election results aggregated by the (then) new Whatcom County council districts introduced in 2017. Gives a rough sense of the political alignment in our small county here in the northwest corner of Washington State.
I need to update this map with new data from all the elections since 2016, obviously, but it's a hassle to work with the precinct level results. Soon.
'Lake of Glass' prints are available from my photography store. This is one of the first images in this personal project that I began around #bellingham in 2023. This project started out as a combination of two of my favorite things in life: photography and biking. It turned into something so much more and I'm very proud of this ongoing project.
Tomorrow in #BellinghamWA, the #WhatcomCounty Historical Society has a presentation about the 1880’s Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad.
This might sound like it's only of interest to the nerdiest of train nerds. BUT HEAR ME OUT! The old track bed of this railroad still exists in places, and is part of the long-proposed Nooksack Loop Trail & the Bay to Baker Trail. We need to convert more old railroads to non-motorized trails!
#WhatcomCounty, (where I live) is studying whether our cities have enough room in their Urban Growth Areas to accommodate future population growth, and my eyes are glazing over trying to read this document called "Whatcom County Land Capacity Analysis For Permanent Housing and Employment Needs"...
Instead my mind keeps wandering back to this map I made comparing the city of #BellinghamWA (population 90k) with #Zurich (population 400k) which have the same land area:
'What Divides Us' will be in an art exhibition this coming Tuesday in Toronto, ON. If you'd like to stop by the gallery, I've included a link below as well as the story/motivation.
I’m pretty spoiled here in Bellingham because this sunset was ‘just ok’ for me. Was mostly waiting for the clouds to get behind the island but they kind of just faded away as I took long exposures
One last sunset/blue hour here to end the year. So glad the rain last night cleared up the skies here in Bellingham. Hope you have a good one. See you in the next...
One of the many joys of taking photos at Marine Park is that when I want to make some promotional banners for my work, I get to do this fun composite! Love this place and love coming here as often as I can. It was here that I started to feel at peace for the first time in a while. Just listening to the water in the morning would soothe my soul.
I am really happy that I got out for sunrise & sunset over the weekend. I hadn’t really gotten back into my routine and these were nice reminders of why I love this place. More to come! Well… after the rain for the next few days…
‘Ascension’ is the first ICM photo I’ve taken that I was thrilled with. I was out taking sunset photos but the sky wasn’t quite what I wanted, so I started to experiment with the setting sun’s reflection over Bellingham Bay. When I saw I could create this beam of light, I got super excited! I played around some more with positioning the beam until I found this shot.
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Join us on Sunday, Nov. 12 @ 12pm in Squalicum Creek Park.
Whatcom Families for Justice in Palestine presents a child-focused event advocating for a #ceasefire in Gaza. Stand in solidarity with families nationwide opposing the violence against the Palestinian people.
Monday morning I biked to Marine Park here in Bellingham. It’s probably the last time I’ll get to before I head off on a trip. I really wanted to get one last visit in before I left because this place has become so important to me. It has been where I’ve gone to reflect and find peace in the midst of the chaos.
As I was taking a panorama, I heard the sound of a train coming to town and decided to include it in my pink sunrise panorama. Really love how the light plays across the water as the train rounded the corner.
Today being #indigenouspeoplesday , I’ve been contemplating how the First Americans have been historically—and continue to be—dealt a shitty hand. Here in #whatcomcounty , the #Lummi nation is in an area that’s prone to flooding (and most certainly exacerbated by climate change). Why are indigenous American communities most affected by #climatechange ?
Whatcom falls was flowing today. Hadn’t been in a few months but glad I came here with a new friend. I met Mark at a cafe I frequent and he asked to come along on one of my photo adventures. We ended up spending 4+ hours taking photos and talking photography. He’s more of a videographer and was wanting to learn some photography from me. Happy to share!