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05/08/25 - Seattle and the Flight Home Our appointment in Seattle went well. Then, we flew home. It was a much cloudier day, but there's always something to see out of an airplane window.	View from our hotel window
View from an office	Closer view
The port without cargo traffic	Seattle
West Seattle	The Hood Canal Bridge
That darn bridge again	Discovery Bay
Sequim Bay	The Rayonier cleanup site

Keywords: flying, seattle

05/07/25 - Walking Around Seattle We did some wandering in Seattle. First, we made our way down the new ziggarut that connects Pike Place Market with the waterfront. There's no viaduct. Instead, there's a maze of ramps and steps, a playground, viewing spots and spectacular views. It's a great addition to the city. Then we walked north along the waterfront, past the piers, the Edgewater, the cruise terminal and on to the Myrtle Edwards rose garden in the park just before the grain elevator. We hadn't been up this way in a while, but it was a perfect sunny day. We did some more wandering after dinner in Fremont. We walked down the Fremont hill, across the Fremont Bridge and then along the South Lake Union waterfront until our feet gave out.	Looking south to the ferris wheel from the new Pike Place ziggarut
More rampways
	Down on the waterfront

The grain elevator	Looking south - Mount Rainier
The rose garden
The Space Needle	The PI building
A heron	This was the only ship we saw in the harbor, loading grain.
Mount Rainier again, but no ships	Yup, no ships
Fremont sidewalk	Fremont Bridge
View from the bridge - South Lake Union	Blooming
	South Lake Union again

Keywords: seattle

05/06/25 - Flight to Seattle We recently flew to Seattle via Rite Brothers out of Fairchild, our local airport. The Hood Canal Bridge had gotten stuck open, and we had an important appointment in town. As it turned out, the bridge was repaired in time, but we really had to be there on time, so we flew. As a reward, we got some beautiful views of the Olympic Mountains, Port Angeles, the countryside and even Mount Rainier.	Port Angeles from the air
Olympic Mountains and countryside

	The Hood Canal and distant Cascades
Mount Rainier	There's all sorts of interesting stuff visible from the air. Is this an oyster facility?

Keywords: flying, mount rainier, port angeles, seattle

03/29/25 - Cherry Blossoms at UW We made a quick trip into Seattle to check out the cherry blossoms at the quad at the University of Washington. It was a beautiful day, and the quad was full of people admiring the full bloom. There were lots of families with children, picnics, dancers and people in their Sunday best. You could tell that a lot of people were eager for spring. There was even a group of cosplayers, angels and devils, having a tea party complete with an etagere full of cupcakes. The trees were in full bloom with every branch full of flowers and even flowers bursting from the trunk. The university was ready for the event with signs and facilities. We made a full loop of the quad stopping here and there to admire the flowers and to let people take photographs. Who could blame them? It's not like we didn't take a lot of photos ourselves.

Cauliflory
Cosplay tea party	They sure looked like they were having fun.







A guest magnoia	This one had a lovely fragrance, but we still haven't bothered finding out what it is.

Keywords: seattle

04/28/24 - Seattle Trip We took a quick trip into Seattle. It was an overnight, so we spent the morning wandering the waterfront, then went to dinner at Rockcreek in Fremont and walked back most of the way to the hotel. It's been a while since we wandered Seattle. It was nice to get back.	Mt. Rainier on the ferry over
Seattle waterfront	More Seattle waterfront
An early rose	The Seattle PI Building still has its icon though the paper is long gone.
Fremont	From Fremont Bridge
South Lake Union	More South Lake Union

Keywords: seattle

03/22/24 - University of Washington Cherry Blossoms It was a rainy day in Seattle when we made our to the University of Washington to see this year's cherry blossoms. We had been following on the webcam, and the flowers seemed to be approaching their peek. The rain may have thinned the crowd a bit. If nothing else, it discouraged picnickers. Still, there was a good crowd, and the flowers were in full bloom and stunning. We wandered the quad admiring this harbinger of warmer weather.	Our first view
A magnolia joining the fun	Another view
Across the way	Cauliflory
Flowers growing from the trunk	We don't really need all these captions.
	Another flowering plant with a wonderful scent

Keywords: flowers, seattle, weather

12/17/23 - Christmas Trip to Seattle We took a quick trip into Seattle for a bit of urban life. The ferries were their usual mess. We found out that one of the Bainbridge ferries was out only at the toll booth. We made it into town a bit late but with plenty of time to explore. We scooted up to Volunteer Park to see the Christmas display and back to our hotel in time for check in. There had been a convention going on last time, but this time the lobby was much quieter. We did some shopping down at Pikes Place Market loading up on holiday cheeses at Delaurenti and admiring the fish and vegetables at Sosio's and Pure Food Fish respectively. There was a beautiful sunset over the sound. We had dinner at Nishino for the first time in a few years and were pleased to see that the food was as good as ever. We even had our usual corner table and really enjoyed our omakase dinner.	Mount Rainier as seen from the ferry
At the Volunteer Park Conservatory	Winter flowers
Is someone hungry?	A bit of Christmas color
Orchids	The Christmas village
The Christmas tree	More Christmas color
And some more	And yet more, with nutcrackers
The view from our room	A Christmas tree downtown
Seattle sunset	Sosio's
The Market	The market again
Downtown Seattle, under the monorail	A bit of city life
Across from Nishino	Nishino
A night view	And more night

Keywords: christmas, seattle

11/16/23 - Fog on the Hood Canal Bridge We've crossed the Hood Canal Bridge on our way to Seattle many times now, but this time the fog was thick. Cars and trucks seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Keywords: seattle

10/31/23 - Seattle Morning The next morning, we were up early. We had a great view of the morning sunrise and Mount Rainier.	Mount Rainier
Seattle view	Not quite full daylight
Three antennae	Bluer sky
Cranes: it must be Seattle.	Still early light
View from a window	Another view
Framed view	Mount Rainier aain
Almost day light	Day light

Keywords: mount rainier, seattle

10/29/23 - Seattle Evening We made a quick overnight trip into Seattle. Our hotel room had a great view, and there is definitely something about city lights at night.	View from our room
Another view	Evening in the city
Guess where we ate.	More city night
Quiet streets at this hour	Buses still running
More night in the city	More lights
Another street	So much to see
From our room after dark	City view at night - It has to be Seattle. Note the construction crane.

Keywords: seattle

04/20/23 - Seattle Downtown Seattle is much quieter than we remember it. Granted, we were wandering about early in the day, but downtown is no longer as bustling. Perhaps it was the cold, dank weather and a spring that has been all too slow in coming. Perhaps it was COVID and people working from home. Perhaps it isn't cruise season yet. We checked out Pike Place Market which was still quiet. We bought some ramps and frisee. Ramps are a type of wild onion and special spring treat. There are signs of spring, out in the country and in town.	A Seattle street
Light traffic and careless framing	Another quiet street
Pike Place Market, still setting up	Sosio's is on the left.
The market, still calm	Sosio's always has a great display.
Another view	Pure Food Fish
Early morning	Another quiet corridor, but this was is almost always quiet.
The Public Market sign	Westlake Center

Keywords: seattle, spring, weather

04/19/23 - Seattle View On our last trip into Seattle, we stayed at the Hyatt Regency for the first time. It's a relatively new hotel near the convention center. It met our basic requirements of cold, dark and quiet. The HVAC worked properly. The room was quiet. It was dark at night. Our room was well layed out and very comfortable. It also had an amazing view of Seattle, Lake Union and the Cascade Mountains.	Bustling Seattle, still building
Towards dusk	Even darker
Much darker; Note the three cranes in this view.	Full night
The next morning	The Cascades
Early light	Eerie light
Seattle has lots of antenna triplets.	Later in the morning
Daylight	Another look

Keywords: seattle

04/04/23 - Signs of Spring - Cherry Blossoms at UW This has been a long, cold, rough winter, so we've been seeking out signs of spring. We checked the UW web site and saw that the cherry blossoms were at peak bloom. There was no way we could resist. We drove into Seattle and explored the Quad. It was full of cherry blossoms and people marveling at them. We had thought that selfie sticks had gone out of style, but the Quad was full of them. Even better, it was full of dark gnarly trees with clouds of pale pink flowers. It seems like spring is finally coming even as a cold wind still blows now and then. It was worth driving into town for a taste of the still incoming season. We're in less of a hurry now, but we're still seeking out signs of spring.

Keywords: flowers, seattle, spring

11/14/22 - Autumn at the Arboretum We had an errand to run in Seattle. We left lots of extra time, but we lucked out with no Hood Canal Bridge closing, ferries running on time with lots of free spaces and minimal traffic, so we stopped and explored the Seattle Arboretum. They have a great winter garden, but we were a bit early for that. The witch hazels were still in waiting, but there was a lot of great fall color.	Fall color
More color	Even more color
The have a great collection of trees.	An unusual color
More trees as one would expect in an arboretum	The path
Autumn color - thank you, thesaurus	And more
And yet more	And even more
There was quite a show.	A mix of colors
Another great tree	Some of the first wItch hazel to bloom

Keywords: seattle, winter

07/29/22 - Hazy Day Flight From Seattle It was a hot hazy day. It seems like it is a hot hazy day every time we head into Seattle. This time we flew, and we took some pictures of the Olympic Mountains on our way back. Yes, they are hazy.

Keywords: flying, seattle

03/29/22 - Cherry Blossoms at the University of Washington We try to see the cherry blossoms at the University of Washington every year. We missed a year because of COVID, and we almost missed this year because of the ferry staffing shortage. Usually, the ferries run frequently with waits less than an hour, but, this year, they are often and unpredictably running on half scheduling meaning that the time between ferries is nearly two hours. We watched the schedule and the webcams carefully, and then we made our plans. We arrived early for the Kingston to Edmonds ferry and made our way to UW. The cherry blossoms were beautiful. There was the usual crowd of tourists, couples, friends and families taking in the scene. We made our circuit pausing to admire this view and that tree in the brilliant sunlight. We had timed our ferries well, but we hadn't timed the weather. By the time we had finished our circuit the skies had darkened and a light rain had started. The crowds vanished leaving us and few other die hards. Raincoats are wonderful things. We wandered around some more. The trees and their flowers were as wonderful as ever. Then, we headed off. We made a quick stop at Din Tai Fung at U Village to grab a load of dumplings and scooted down to the Bainbridge ferry which was running on full schedule. We made the first boat and ate our dumplings on the crossing. Our lightning trip had worked out perfectly. In this part of the world, one can't afford to let rain be a spoiler.	Our wake on the way over
The cherry blossoms	More cherry flowers
Another view of the cherry trees	A cloud of cherry - thesaurus, please - blooms
A view down the aisle	No caption needed here
It is sort of magical under the trees	More magic
Even more magic	Dark twisted old branches
Graying skies	See, the blossoms are still beautiful.
The quad starts to empty.	Looking upward
Looking across	Even emptier
A raindrop, captured on camera	The wet quad

Keywords: flowers, seattle, weather

02/16/22 - Flight to Seattle We had to take a quick flight into Seattle, so we took some pictures of our flight. We flew with Rite Brothers. They offer scenic flights with great views of the Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains and distant volcanoes. We just flew a charter into Boeing Field, but we got the scenery anyway.	Mountains and clouds
Mount Baker	The Olympic Mountains
Mount Rainier	One of the great mountains
More mountains and clouds	Our local mountains again
Hood Canal	Seattle
Flowers in bloom in Seattle	Seattle again

Keywords: flying, seattle, mount rainier

02/19/20 - Seattle Winter We took a short trip into Seattle for the SIFF Noir City Film Festival. We took our usual trip up to Ballard Locks where the water was running at full force. The fish ladder was closed for repairs as was one of the locks, but the winter and early spring flowers were already in bloom. As a bonus, there was a tree full of nesting herons. We've never seen them there before, but this time there were at least six and possibly more.	Seattle in the evening
Daphnes in bloom	Early crocuses
Water at full flow	A more distant view
Herons in the tree	More herons and their nests
Herons and nests from a distance	Frothing water
An empty lock	The view downstream
Edgeworthia chrysantha with a wonderful scent	Berries
Evening in Seattle	Another evening view
Post Alley at night	Pike Place Market at night
Another market view	Seattle streets

Keywords: flowers, seattle, spring, winter

Keywords: flowers, seattle, spring, winter