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.
Some of dad's work people
Trainspotters nerding out at Northgate
When you open new stations everything is definitely clean
Some of mom's work people
Seatac let us through with no trouble
We showed up in Chicago and didn't need a car.
Chicago Architecture Institute boat tour
When it's still August but you get that one nice, cool day
When it rained all day so your parents let you stay home on screens but then they tell you to turn the screens off