Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Category: Travel
Celebrating Two Seattle Parks for the #Great Outdoors Month of June
You don’t have to go far to enjoy the Great Outdoors in the City of Seattle. In fact there are dozens of wonderful parks you could visit, but I’m sharing my two favorites! SEWARD PARK “Within the Seattle city limits, Seward Park boasts 300… Continue Reading “Celebrating Two Seattle Parks for the #Great Outdoors Month of June”
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The Birds were out, and the Mountain was too, at Coulon Park
It was a gorgeous summer-like day when I went for my walk yesterday at Coulon Park. All the usual birds, along with their young, were out and about, too. I walked the paved trail along the lake past the sailboats, and the turtles, and… Continue Reading “The Birds were out, and the Mountain was too, at Coulon Park”
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Treated to a Rufous, On her way North
Anna’s Hummingbirds visit my feeders year-round, male and female both dark green, the male especially handsome with his ruby red crown. But this weekend, I saw flashes of brown and rust on a first-time, smaller visitor, the Rufous Hummingbird. She was a beauty, though… Continue Reading “Treated to a Rufous, On her way North”
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Synchronized Flying on the Cedar River Trail
Last week I took a walk along the Cedar River and shared the trail with ducklings. The trail follows the river on one side, and the Boeing Plant on the other, (the plant to me, looking like the Twilight Zone.) They build airplanes there,… Continue Reading “Synchronized Flying on the Cedar River Trail”
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Have you been to the Ballard Locks? Why don’t you play tourist the next time you’re in Seattle!
It had been many years since we last visited the locks, so on a recent sunny day, we headed north to the Hiram Chittenden (aka ‘Ballard’) Locks. We stopped by the Visitor Center, then watched the boats go through from Puget Sound to the… Continue Reading “Have you been to the Ballard Locks? Why don’t you play tourist the next time you’re in Seattle!”
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That’s why they Call it the Green
The Green River that is. Originating in Washington’s Cascade Mountains it flows through the small towns of Auburn and Kent before joining the Duwamish and emptying into Puget Sound. It can be accessed from many places along its 65-mile course, but we visited the… Continue Reading “That’s why they Call it the Green”
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A Festival of Lilacs
We didn’t make it to the Tulip Festival this year, but we did make it to a Lilac Festival, much smaller and much more fragrant. It was the last stop on our road trip, after we crossed the Columbia River into our home state… Continue Reading “A Festival of Lilacs”
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May Day May Day and all is Well!
I don’t know why May Day is used to sound the alarm when from where I sit, it is a glorious day – soaking my bones in the hot tub, I can see the house finches busily working in their nest across the backyard.… Continue Reading “May Day May Day and all is Well!”
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Road Trip to Napa – Yountville, Calistoga, Sonoma and Trinity Road!
After traveling a day and a half from Seattle, we arrived in beautiful Napa Valley where we were greeted with mile upon mile of vineyards! According to Napa Vintners, there are approximately 700 grape growers in Napa County and 475 physical wineries in Napa… Continue Reading “Road Trip to Napa – Yountville, Calistoga, Sonoma and Trinity Road!”
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I love Road Trips! First Stop – Ashland, Oregon
Being a native of Seattle, and living in the Northwest corner of the USA, most of our road trips go south to Oregon and California and both states have much to offer coming and going! We recently returned from a road trip to Napa… Continue Reading “I love Road Trips! First Stop – Ashland, Oregon”
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