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Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Sometimes there’s a drive and sometimes there’s a destination and sometimes you’re lucky to enjoy both as I did yesterday. My destination was the Washington Park Arboretum and I took the scenic route to get there, Lake Washington Boulevard. Lake Washington Boulevard Lake Washington… Continue Reading “A Drive to Washington Park Arboretum”
I headed to the park today on the hottest day of the year with lines on my mind. Turns out they were everywhere. Thick as trees in the forest, mostly upright, side by side, and crossing over. Lifeless as logs scattered about the beach.… Continue Reading “Lines, Lines Everywhere!”
I was wondering how to mark the two year anniversary of Cats and Trails and Garden Tales, but I was feeling tongue-tied until this boy showed up to help. ‘Just do what you’ve been doing,’ he said. Okay, I thought, I’ll share a… Continue Reading “Two Years with Cats and Trails and Garden Tales”
Rain, rain and more rain was the forecast for the week, along with wind and stormy weather for the weekend. So we weren’t surprised to wake up to heavy, pounding rain this morning. Did we dare go out for our walk? We headed… Continue Reading “Rainy Day Walk and the B-17”
Since rediscovering Seattle’s Seward Park last year, it has become one of our favorite places to walk. Less than 30 minutes from our house, this beautiful park on Lake Washington has beaches, old growth forest, hiking trails, picnic areas, and scenic views of Seattle.… Continue Reading “Springtime at Seward Park”
We looked for someplace new to enjoy the warmest day of the year to date – temperatures in the mid 70’s and it’s still winter! We didn’t have to look far; Point Defiance Park just 30 miles south in Tacoma, fit the bill. At… Continue Reading “A Visit to Point Defiance on a March Summer Day”
Chambers Bay brings to mind the US Open Golf Tournament – at least to us locally – which was played there in 2015. I’m not much of a golfer but my husband is so we watched the TV coverage of the event. I remember… Continue Reading “Discovering Chambers Bay”
Earlier this winter we visited the nearby Shadow Lake Nature Preserve and its ancient sphagnum moss peat bog where it seemed that creatures might emerge from the swamp and prehistoric birds could soar overhead. And so for this week’s photo challenge I bring you… Continue Reading “Shadow Lake Bog: Out of this World”
After a snowy weekend we enjoyed the crisp and cold but sunny weather yesterday; a perfect time to bundle up and walk through Seattle’s Seward Park on Lake Washington. We started out under brilliant blue skies, with this view of Mt. Rainier partially… Continue Reading “Sunny and Blue at Seward Park”
Perhaps we should have waited for dry weather before visiting this beautiful Seattle Park but after a few stormy days we needed to get out of the house. And so, armed with rain gear and resolve we headed out to the west side of… Continue Reading “Seattle’s Seward Park, Rain or Shine”
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