Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Tag: Seattle
Great Blue Heron in Black and White
Earlier this week, as I stood on the shores of Lake Washington, a Great Blue Heron swooped in and landed nearby. It was a typical spring day in Seattle, skies cloudy and partly blue, the lake a silvery hue. Though I didn’t shoot the… Continue Reading “Great Blue Heron in Black and White”
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Ready or Not
It turns out the first Earthquake I experienced in Seattle, happened on April 29th, 55 years ago! Sorry to say I am old enough to remember, please don’t hold it against me! 🙂
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Venus and the Pleiades
This week Venus is putting on quite a show so I set up my tripod and got this photo from the front yard. Honestly I didn’t see the star cluster Pleiades with my naked eye but my camera did. During these trying times it’s… Continue Reading “Venus and the Pleiades”
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Let’s Go Visit the Daffodils!
At least virtually! It was a year ago that we went to see the daffodils in bloom in Skagit Valley, the first time ever, though I’ve lived in Washington my whole life! We made the journey 60 miles north of Seattle to Roozengaarde, which… Continue Reading “Let’s Go Visit the Daffodils!”
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A Winter Walk at Seattle’s Lincoln Park
The year started out balmy, lulling us into thoughts of spring, then surprising us with sloppy wet snow. Then came the endless days of rain and even the locals grew weary. Did we let that stop us? Nope. We managed a walk whenever we… Continue Reading “A Winter Walk at Seattle’s Lincoln Park”
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A Trip to the Seattle Aquarium and the Gone Alaskan Way Viaduct
We were looking for a rainy day activity and found it at the Seattle Aquarium, where I was wowed by the beautiful sea life there. I was also impressed by the Seattle waterfront without the Alaskan Way Viaduct – hang on for that story. … Continue Reading “A Trip to the Seattle Aquarium and the Gone Alaskan Way Viaduct”
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Finding Red in Washington
Who doesn’t love red? Not me. So I went looking through my archives and came up with lots of red from travels in my home state, ‘the other Washington.’ SEATTLE I saw this one day as I was walking to the Sculpture Park downtown… Continue Reading “Finding Red in Washington”
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Rainbow Cheer
Rain, rain, rain all week long but today I caught a little sunbreak and saw the hint of a rainbow over Lake Washington. I managed a short walk at Coulon Park while the rainbow played hide and seek with the clouds and sunshine until… Continue Reading “Rainbow Cheer”
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Chihuly Bridge of Glass and Union Station
Wow, who knew?? Yesterday we went to the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, but I’ll save that museum for another post. Because right next door were beautiful works of Chihuly glass and I’d like to share that with you first. The pedestrian… Continue Reading “Chihuly Bridge of Glass and Union Station”
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Snowy Days
WordPress tells me I’m on a roll – posting three days in a row – why not go for four? 🙂 We had the promised snow this week though not much accumulation at our place – the tiny beads of powder didn’t rise above… Continue Reading “Snowy Days”
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