John's Fifth and Last Post

"I really needed to get Nikki on her way, but felt I needed one more 
session with her.
Work, the flu, and family life had eaten up a lot of time the last few 
weeks, so I carved out an hour this afternoon and found what I could 
near the Seattle Center on a typical dreary winter day here in the great 
Pacific North West.

Seattle is a city in flux - a lot of modern buildings going up made of 
glass and steel:

While directly across the street is a building that is about 100 years 

old made of mortar, brick and about 50 layers of paint:

We have a large variety of opinions around here and Mary Jane is 

apparently here to stay:

It wouldn't be a visit to Seattle without going to the Space Needle - 

Seattle's most famous eyesore that all of us are proud of.

In this case seen as most tourists do before taking the elevators to the 

top:

Some of you may know of this famous Seattle guy:

He has his stuff just about everywhere:

Definitely NOT a Chihuly creation:

The Experience Music Project (otherwise know as the EMP) is another
Seattle eyesore that makes us famous.
From far away it's a very strange structure, but up close it's a
photographer's dream:

Finally, the old of the 1960's reflected in the new of the 21st Century:

Kind of like a 85mm f/1.8 Nikkor-HC mounted on a Nikon D800 . . ."