August 2024

Hiking at Discovery Park

Also shot a roll of film

Strategically-placed graffiti makes the traffic a little bit less unpleasant. How did they get up there?

We have a little cheap camera with no screen and Hugo likes to go to town with it

A caught the northern lights on the flight to London

She was.on her best behavior but they still imprisoned her upon arrival

Nice place to sit at the rental

Always a good idea to find some treats and snacks

Met the parents in Roslyn to pick up the chairs from Sunriver.

Priority for punks

Old Battersea power station

Not driving so you can pay attention to your people

Headed down to the south end of the industrial district, South Park, to see the end of a bike race but we were a little early so we checked out a pocket park.

Watching the first finisher of this year's Dead Baby Downhill. It seems like punks give things names that would be off-putting to humorless people to keep them away.

The event had quite a few kids there and they were all alive.

This band at the finish line was rowdy

There were a bunch of games and competitions and events.

He wanted to go home and we hadn't even been there long.

We didn't even make it to 7:30

A has a little brother no matter where she goes, occasionally to her chagrin.

Kayaking south of UW

Apparently these geese belong to the king of England

Painting a traffic-calming mural a street over prior to block party day.

What more could one need?

Always a treat to see Jenny

Typical British attitude

Keep seeing this in Seattle

Fresh mural going up in SODO

There comes a point in modern life where things you used at one point on a daily basis are later in a museum you visit. That wasn't the case for most of human history.

Pizza places should all have cats

Modeling the Teenage Yakima Summer Wedding fit

Have you considered snacks and treats

Gav might be the best-possible person to visit a Lady Di museum with

Kept this one alive

Yakima Teenage Summer wedding

Shifting the chicken coop

He had a long layover so brunch, big boots and hat, then Connections Museum, which was extremely good https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/

Dropped these two off for their big trip

Always an option to bring your bird with you

Lunch with the birthday girl

This person will get there, but they're not there yet

Change can be painfully slow until it isn't

This turned out to be a nice salmon mural

Picked up an art piece we saw in Roslyn for the birthday woman

Sound Transit employee skills day

Bring your pigeon to work day

Winners only

We finally figured out who owns the lightning McQueen van because it was in the garage of a neighbor's house for sale.

Going to Pike Place to get a gift for someone

Fall City, WA

From a book in a cabin with aerial photos of Seattle from 1994. That statue is in Fremont now. Below is green lake with the uncovered Maple Leaf Reservoir in the background.

In winter it's a lake, but that lake flows all spring and summer into eastern Washington to water all the thirsty crops

Took the parents and a few siblings to Lake Cle Elum

Mom saw a nice cat back in Seattle

The place we stayed was pretty new but built like an old barn. I picked the tractor themed room, of course.

Drove up the dry lakebed until we found the river in a more natural state

We found a nice group of people and one of them was walking a cat

Isaac might be one of the best rock skippers I've ever seen.

He was eying this piece of cedar so we stopped to see how big and heavy it was. He decided this particular one wasn't worth taking.

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Appreciating some of the transit-oriented development around Northgate station.

Meanwhile, in England

OK back to our neighborhood, Jeffrey and I found a pumpkin that has to be 100lb +

Started training for an October 5k, getting reference half-mile times

Big Hugo gives us the fresh cuts

Salmon spawn at Ballard Locks

Lots of seals could be spotted.

Birds probably enjoy Ballard Locks

Cats don't vote reliably

Lynnwood link extension staff preview ride

Adding on 8 miles of track to the north is going to improve a lot of peoples' lives

Dystopian Capitalist Millenial Gray strikes again

Mom told Hugo he could have what he wants so he chose hard boiled eggs, green beans, and garlic bread.

A squirrel stashed this on a tree outside so I knocked it down, cracked it open, and gave it back. He then shouted angrily at me for quite a while while aggressively whooshing his tail around.

If your neighborhood doesn't have one of these badboys I don't want to hear about it.

Practicing for her next job as a librarian

More than 1000 people showed up for the Lynnwood ribbon cutting celebration. This opened 8+ miles of track and 4 new stations with big parking garages to the public.