Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸
@michaelostrogorsky.bsky.social
PhDs History & Archaeology. Writer. Publisher BlueParrotBooks.com. Seattle Beach Bum with a Camera. If you like my photos buy my books. Find all my stuff on my Substack blog: https://michaelostrogorsky.substack.com/
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If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
Magnificent entrance to Seattle's Grand Central Hotel (1897-1933), First Avenue South at Main Street in Pioneer Square, constructed 1890 as office space. Site of Squire Opera House burned during Great Seattle Fire of 1889. With the Klondike Stampede, the building was converted into a grand hotel:
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Magnificent entrance to Seattle's Grand Central Hotel (1897-1933), First Avenue South at Main Street in Pioneer Square, constructed 1890 as office space. Site of Squire Opera House burned during Great Seattle Fire of 1889. With the Klondike Stampede, the building was converted into a grand hotel:
Seattle after Dark:
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Seattle after Dark:
Washington State Ferry Tacoma sailing out of Elliott Bay below Koma Kulshan (aka Mount Baker):
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Washington State Ferry Tacoma sailing out of Elliott Bay below Koma Kulshan (aka Mount Baker):
Washington State Ferry Kaleetan sailing off Alki Beach toward Seattle below Mount Constance of the Olympic Mountains:
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Washington State Ferry Kaleetan sailing off Alki Beach toward Seattle below Mount Constance of the Olympic Mountains:
The Brothers peaks of the Olympic Mountains looking magical this afternoon, viewed from Alki Beach:
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Brothers peaks of the Olympic Mountains looking magical this afternoon, viewed from Alki Beach:
Pioneer Square History Walk Stop Number 16 Seattle Steam Heat & Power Company.Last still operating vestige of nineteenth century industrial Seattle:
Pioneer Square History Walk Stop Number 16 Seattle Steam Heat & Power Company
Last still operating vestige of nineteenth century industrial Seattle.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Pioneer Square History Walk Stop Number 16 Seattle Steam Heat & Power Company.Last still operating vestige of nineteenth century industrial Seattle:
The Fabulous Art of Victorian Illustration. Remarkable 1902 panorama of Seattle from Statue of Justice atop 1891 King County Courthouse. This is a fine art photogravure image, which required etching the image on copper plates before printing on paper. Click on image for full effect:
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The Fabulous Art of Victorian Illustration. Remarkable 1902 panorama of Seattle from Statue of Justice atop 1891 King County Courthouse. This is a fine art photogravure image, which required etching the image on copper plates before printing on paper. Click on image for full effect:
The Ghost Mountain. Washington State Ferry Wenatchee sailing across Puget Sound this past summer below The Mountain Tahoma engulfed in wildfire smoke haze:
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Ghost Mountain. Washington State Ferry Wenatchee sailing across Puget Sound this past summer below The Mountain Tahoma engulfed in wildfire smoke haze:
Dreaming of the Lazy Days of Summer! 😎
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Dreaming of the Lazy Days of Summer! 😎
If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If you like my pics, buy my books. Life Is A Beach: a Photographic Rambling Around West Seattle. 11 x 8-1/2 landscape format 80 pound gloss paper stock soft cover with 95 full page color plates. Books available from West Seattle's Pegasus Book Exchange, and Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill:
Washington State Ferry Wenatchee in Elliott Bay this past summer undergoing sea trials after conversion to a deisel/electric hybrid, which is why there are no passengers aboard:
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Washington State Ferry Wenatchee in Elliott Bay this past summer undergoing sea trials after conversion to a deisel/electric hybrid, which is why there are no passengers aboard:
Washington State Ferry Wenatchee sailing across Elliott Bay approaching Seattle:
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Washington State Ferry Wenatchee sailing across Elliott Bay approaching Seattle:
Schooner Bay Lady sailing across Puget Sound below a wildfire smoke haze obscured Tahoma this past summer:
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Schooner Bay Lady sailing across Puget Sound below a wildfire smoke haze obscured Tahoma this past summer:
I must have been a pirate in a former life. I love sailing. A shot from this past summer. Schooner Bay Lady sailing Puget Sound under full sail:
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I must have been a pirate in a former life. I love sailing. A shot from this past summer. Schooner Bay Lady sailing Puget Sound under full sail:
Snowline creeping down the Olympic Mountains, sailboat below Mount Constance, viewed from Alki Beach:
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Snowline creeping down the Olympic Mountains, sailboat below Mount Constance, viewed from Alki Beach:
Glacier Peak gleaming in brilliant morning sun, viewed from Alki Beach:
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Glacier Peak gleaming in brilliant morning sun, viewed from Alki Beach:
The Brother Peaks of the Olympic Mountains looking magnificent with their new coat of snow, viewed from Alki Beach:
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The Brother Peaks of the Olympic Mountains looking magnificent with their new coat of snow, viewed from Alki Beach:
Occidental Park at Dusk:
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Occidental Park at Dusk:
Glasshouse Studio Occidental Park:
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Glasshouse Studio Occidental Park:
Occidental Park at Dusk:
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Occidental Park at Dusk:
Seattle Space Needle and Great Wheel after Dark:
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Seattle Space Needle and Great Wheel after Dark:
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again. . .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again. . .
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Olympic Mountains briefly peeking above the clouds between storms:
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Olympic Mountains briefly peeking above the clouds between storms:
Sailing into Seattle at sunset aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Sailing into Seattle at sunset aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
Sailing into Seattle at sunset aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma:
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Sailing into Seattle at sunset aboard the Washington State Ferry Tacoma: