Last day of the regular season
Regardless of what some people might tell you, depending on where you live, it's entirely possible your vote doesn't matter. https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/maria-cantwell/summary?cid=N00007836
Posting these in case other parents need to set some boundaries
He wrote out the lyrics of the song from his favorite UK drill rapper
You can do what you like with signs left on public property, political or otherwise.
There's an informal organization that helps homeless people move their stuff somewhere safer when the city decides to come and throw as much of it as they can away.
Some of the housed neighbors across the road were against what was going on.
We keep the neighborhood colorful.
We're nowhere near Phinney Ridge "decor" levels (yet)
One family of our friends invited us over for a "interdependence party" which consists of cooking lots of meats for everyone to enjoy
Free skate at the Northgate hockey facility
They finally tore down the auto repair place by the train station. The whole block next to it was down to the foundations. They're putting in apartment buildings, as they should.
Every workplace has one.
This trapeze show place was going bankrupt on the tail end of covid but they seem to have pulled through. Every city should have a trapeze gym. https://emeraldcitytrapeze.com/
Headed to the observatory at Columbia Center, the tallest building in town. https://skyviewobservatory.com/
You're practically living in google maps this high up.
Looking north at Lake Union. You can see this building from the upstairs bathroom in our house so presumably our house is visible in this photo. Just find the Maple Leaf Reservoir water tower near the horizon and look down a little bit south there.
https://sillyamerica.com/blog/the-arctic-building/
Annual wreath making in Gold Bar with our relatives
They seem to enjoy hunting.
Last Ultimate Frisbee game of the season
We had a big windstorm and it knocked over a bunch of trees all over. Rode the bike around and surveyed some of the damage.
We lost power for 24 hours. Almost all of of Seattle had power back within a few days. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/weather/bomb-cylone-west-coast-washington-climate/index.html
Eckstein Jazz Night
Astronomy night in Belltown
Range day but only for True Patriots
Olympia has lots of older buildings along their downtown that make for interesting places. That and relative affordability.
One might get the impression this is ignored
Birthday party at the old bruise factory
Showing how a camera that's older than both of us works
They were out on the town and he really wanted Korean food
We had space for everyone for Thanksgiving
Cranberry curd tart
It was Black Friday so we visited Stör.
https://storseattle.com/pages/experience-stor
We were considering this to replace the guest bed
Pretty on-the-nose for capitalism to have robots making the coffee but still only achieve an "OKAY" hygiene rating.
Some of the art museum employees were picketing so we went ahead and joined them for a while. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattle-art-museum-security-staff-goes-on-strike/
True Patriots will know.
Mom told them to touch grass so we sent this photo from the park.
They know how to sling some trees at this point.
