Four very edgy Big Horn Sheep on the side of the road near Chelan Falls.
PHOTO BY GILBERT W. ARIAS ©2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Another day in paradise, home style cooking at the Apple Cup Restaurant in Chelan.
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What A wonderful fall we are having here in the NW, mild weather with plenty of beautiful fall colors. Enjoy!
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Operation Purple

I produced this short slideshow after spending a few hours with kids who parent(s)were deployed overseas. The camp is located on Lake Wenatchee in Washington State,the photos and slideshow ran with a P-I story on how military families are dealing with the pressures of deployment.
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Skateboarding Meca

This was a self-assigned photo essay that I produced for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In 2004 local skateboarders faced with the closure of their favorite skate parks began the task of building a DIY park located on a section of abandon city land below the roadway of the Seattle viaduct.
Today The Marginal Way Skate Park has become the premiere skate park in the Northwest and the Mecca for skaters and visitors from around the world.

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Camp Cowles BSA1

I produced this video along with three other video's in 2009 while a staff photographer at the Seattle P-I as part of "Chainsaw Scouting" a three-day special investigative story that looked into the land management policies of local and national councils of the Boy Scouts of American.
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Camp Delezene BSA 2

I produced this video along with three others in 2009 while a staff photographer at the Seattle P-I as part of a three-day special investigative story that looked into the land management policies of local and national councils of the Boy Scouts of American.
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Glove and Needle

Grant... not to steal your thunder, but I could not pass this one up.

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Happy Fathers Day Earle

Spent the day with family and visited Beth’s father Richard at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. It’s been less then a month dad and we all miss and love you very much. Happy Fathers’ Day Earle.
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Square Dancers Diamond Celebration

I had a blast last night covering the 60th Annual Washington State Square and Folk Dance Festival. Thanks dancers' for all your help and for making it such a fun night.
Over 700 dancers of all ages came from all corners of the state to celebrate the “Diamond Celebration of Dance” at the Enumclaw Fairgrounds in Enumclaw WA.
You can check out the story at Patch.com./Enumclaw.

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Self-portrait at Bates Technical College in Tacoma, WA.
OK less then one week before taking my CDL A license test...
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Semper Fi Dad

On Friday evening my wife’s father Richard Earle passed away peacefully and is now with his son “Ricky” who passed away 10-days before. Richard was an intelligent and wonderful man, a loving and caring father and my best friends.
He was a retired Boeing Electrical Technician who worked on many projects including the Voyager space program.
Earle was a WWII U.S. Marine combat veteran who earned a Purple Heart while fighting for our country in the Pacific theater. He was part of the 1st Marine Brigade who fought at Guadalcanal, and was in the 5th wave to land on Guam where he was wounded. After recovering he was assigned to the 6th Marine Division, and fought on the infamous Sugar Loft Hill on Okinawa.
We miss you Dad, be at peace and remember, Semper FI Marine…

Photo shows Richard (center), sharing a smoke with WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle 1945.

Egg Hunter

Dressed in her best Easter outfit 2yr-old Chloe Fuller puts on her game face while waiting for the start of the 21st annual Sumner Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday April 23, 2011, at the Sunset Stadium in Sumner WA,
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R.I.P. Ricky

R.I.P Rick Earle…. Family and friends ask that you take a little time today to say a prayer for our brother who passed away yesterday after a courageous battle with cancer.
We love ya Ricky, you’ll always be in our hearts.

Is it summer yet

Summer time fun on Lake Chelan WA.

The flames from a large bonfire are reflected in the glasses of a man at a Tacoma WA. Park.
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Dance Review

Two high school dancers review their performance on a friends video camera during last weekends high school dance competition in Olympia WA.
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Photowookiee
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