remember, all photos are thumbnails - click on them to get the bigger version
When you see  you can click on it and get a really big, non-zoomed version of the day's photo!  
Every Saturday I take an extra large photo and
every Sunday I replay the photo from the same day the year before.

Friday, February 1, 1:15 p.m. - More trench work today.  In the news today is evidence that terrorists may be targeting places in the Seattle area.  They found pictures in a computer which included the Kingdome.  I'm thinking that window of opportunity has pretty well shut.  Of course, there are still highway signs with the Kingdome logo on them and state signs noting which exit off the freeway takes you to the Kingdome.  I've wondered over the past two years how many people are still looking for it...

Saturday, February 2, 3:30 p.m. - Wow... some days you get lucky and today I did.  The light was just perfect and both of today's are more clear and crisp than I've been able to get recently.  No action on the site but at least you can get a good up-to-date look at the progress so far!

Sunday, February 3, 9 a.m. - When the sun is behind a cloud early in the morning I can get this cool, blue looking photo of the site that really shows the different light.   The picture from this day last year is kind of boring so I thought I'd go back 2 years.  The picture on the right is the Kingdome on February 3, 2000.  It's one of the last days when the Kingdome really looked like the Kingdome.

Monday, February 4, 3:30 p.m. - They took the plastic off the elevator bays on the north west tower!  And, the dirt pile has it's very own trailer today.  It must be Dirt HQ.

Tuesday, February 5, 1:30 p.m. - They are still working on the scoreboard tower.  I caught a worker half way up the side there doing something.  They are making more progress in the plaza as well.  A lot of the new holes have been filled.  Oh and remember that big yellow slab there on the north east tower?  It's gone!  Progress!

Wednesday, February 6, 2 p.m. - We got a delivery of something today - see circle.  Maybe it's the bleachers for the seat section at the base of the big scoreboard?  And a personal note.  I've had to move a bunch of photos from one server to another and I think I've gotten them all replaced and re-linked.  But, if you see a broken image, would you send me a note? Thanks!

Thursday, February 7, 1:30 p.m. - More ditch digging in the plaza.  This evening they have put the plastic back up over the elevators in the north west tower.  And they put away the stuff they got delivered yesterday.  Thanks to everyone who found broken images... I think I may have them all fixed now but if I missed one, please tell me!

Friday, February 8, 12:30 p.m. - Lots of busy on the site today - new holes in the plaza, etc.  (They have been like gophers out there.)  But, the big news is that after more than two years of using the stadium logo on these pages, I got an email today from the Washington State Stadium Authority telling me to take it off my website.  Explicitly saying to take it off all the pages.  The email said that they were afraid people would think that this was an official website.  I think they are being ridiculous.  I can't imagine that anyone would think this was an official website and I would think that they would welcome the publicity.  If I were an artist, I'd make up my own... I may still give it a whirl.  Next thing you know the Kingdome people will come back to life and tell me to deep six my little Kingdomes!  (I'm a bit wound up about this - I'll get over it, but I do think it's petty and mean.)

Saturday, February 9, 1 p.m. - Thanks for all your 'cards and letters' of support.  You guys are the best.  I'll get a new logo and it will be better than theirs.  So there!  Now, back with our regular programming.  I can hear site work today but can't see it.  All the dirt trucks are lined up for weekend rest - you can see them in the XL picture.  A couple of days ago, Daniel posted a note on the ClamCam Forum about Dan Sherbeck's webcam which I had not checked in a while.  He has a new vantage point which not only shows stuff you can't see in mine, it is directly pointed to where a lot of work will be going on in the near future.  Check it out for yourself - go to  Sherbeck.Net and click on mini-cam.

Sunday, February 10, noon - Remember when we first saw the arch of the roof?  It was only a year ago.  Amazing.  I can't see any action on site today which is not surprising.  But they are missing one of the few non-rain days we've had recently!

Monday, February 11, 2:30 p.m. - Today looks like a day devoted to yard work.  They have filled in all the holes in the plaza and roped off a large area that is all nice and grated.  This plaza is going to be so nice.

Tuesday, February 12, 3:45 p.m. - I just missed getting a touring troop in the photo.  There must have been 20-30 guys in suits and hardhats walking double file from the front steps around to the Turner Trailer.  They looked kind of cute all together with their hats.  Hey, Robert found new photos at First and Goal and it looks like my guess, last week - that the delivery was bleachers was on the money!  You can also see my condo building clearly from one of the shots.  And, Ray sent me a tip about this very cool story in the Engineering News Record.  It has a lot of really interesting information and pictures and drawings.

Wednesday, February 13, 3 p.m. - Today's commentary is all about links.  Tony discovered that First and Goal has even more updated photos and he also noted that Charpy has a new great high resolution view up.  And, Sean sent me a link today to the webcam at Safeco where they are redoing the field for a soccer game.  I know it has nothing to do with our stadium or my view out my terrace but it's such a cool site - you can zoom the camera in and move the shot.  It's wild.

Thursday, February 14, 12:45 p.m. - We have been robbed!!!  You'll be able to see in Saturday's big picture but I need to prepare you. Someone stole the dirt pile!  It is nearly all gone.  There has been a pile of some kind - rocks, pebbles, dirt, something for so long and today it's just flat.  Pretty wild.

Friday, February 15, 2:30 p.m. - Well, we have a new thing today... a big white thing on a truck in front of the steps.  Maybe it's a scoreboard thing?  I thought they were starting to paint the northwest tower today but maybe not.  We are supposed to have a weekend of rain.

Saturday, February 16, 3:30 p.m. - The dirt bandit apparently felt guilty and returned some of the dirt.  He (or she) even returned some of the rocks.  There's a tiny little rock pile there in the dirt area that you can see in the XL photo.  Not much action on site today.  There were some things going on early this morning but nothing this afternoon.

Sunday, February 17, 2 p.m. - There were some worker kind of people around the site this morning but I couldn't see what they were doing and then I didn't see them at all.  On this day last year we still had the rusty thingies. Remember them?  Wonder where they are now?

Monday, February 18, 4:30 p.m. - It didn't look like many of the workers took Presidents Day off.  At least the dirt movers were out there moving dirt.  And, the noise makers were out there making noise.  They still haven't done anything with the giant white board yet.  It makes me want to sneak out there with a marker and write Do Not Erase or Kilroy Was Here (now, which one of those you 'get'.  if either, will show your age.)

Tuesday, February 19, 1:30 p.m. - I guess my graffiti threat worked... the giant white board is gone.  There's a strange circle marked off on the ground.  You can see part of it in front of the north west tower.  Maybe a future circle driveway?  More dirt arrived today.

Wednesday, February 20, 4:30 p.m. - More dirt moving around and we have a couple of new little piles of rock (only I think they are asphalt pieces they have dug up). Robert found a great page of photographs of the site.  The page takes a while to load and the top few photos aren't spectacular but be patient and then scroll down the page for some really good shots from the air.   There's a couple of excellent shots of the west side of the stadium.  ShadowHawks Photos

Thursday, February 21, 4 p.m. - We have a new addition to the site today... more porta potties!  See the red circle.  They didn't move dirt today - it was mud.  But, that didn't stop 'em.  I found out today that the Seahawks store across First Ave from here will close at the end of this month to get ready to re-open in the stadium.  The staff there didn't know when the new stadium store would open.

Friday, February 22, 3 p.m. - We're back down to one porta potty.  They must have put them all out yesterday for pickup.  Porta potty removal is a sure sign of progress.  I am getting worried about the lack of paint on the northwest tower.  Hope they haven't forgotten.

Saturday, February 23, 11:15 a.m. - Not much action today.  But, Tony discovered that the Seahawks website has updated their stadium info with lots of interesting information and they have added a pretty cool Flash movie.  Check it out!

Sunday, February 24, 4 p.m. - I could never get the sun to go behind a cloud so I could get a good shot today... We had no clouds!  I reached back two years for today's history photo.  The poor old Kingdome had one month left when this was shot.

Monday, February 25, 5 p.m. - They are really moving that dirt around the Plaza.  I can't see much of anything else going on although I'm sure the place is busy.  I can see a tiny bit past the grand scoreboard and it looks like there are even seats yet to be placed in the lower grandstands.  And... there's the painting...  But, they still do have 124 days left.

Tuesday, February 26, 2:30 p.m. - Get ready... here's the broken record, again.. They moved more dirt today. Seriously this dirt moving is a big deal apparently.  That must by why the dirt pile got it's own trailer.

Wednesday, February 27, 5 p.m. - Miscellaneous items:  Our days are absolutely getting longer.  A month ago, a 5 p.m. photo would have been nice and black.  Tomorrow is the anniversary of our big earthquake.  First and Goal has a nice fish eye view of the dirt taken last week.

Thursday, February 28, 1:30 p.m. - There were workers working on the steps when I took these photos - on their knees working but even with my binoculars I couldn't tell what they were doing.  Later, after this picture was taken, they lined up a bunch more porta potties outside the northwest tower.  I suspect they'll be gone tomorrow like the last batch.