Favorite moment

My favorite moment of the first week of the Olympics in Tokyo:

Then and now

Then, just after purchasing Casa Carter in 2008: Now, July 6, 2021:

Holiday 2021: on the pier

Random snaps from the pier as we were waiting to board our harbor cruise vessel:

Holiday 2021: waterfall

Silver Falls in Mount Rainier National Park. Just lovely.

Holiday 2021: random photos

I was fascinated by this water taxi taking someone or something to the huge Royal Caribbean ship anchored in Elliott Bay.

Holiday 2021: Mount Rainer visit

An away day today. Mount Rainer. Majesty and glory. I couldn’t help but mutter to myself “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the earth shows God’s handiwork.” We circumnavigated the mountain, at 14K+ the tallest in the continental United States. Our highest elevation was just over 5000 feet at Paradise Valley. This was

Holiday 2021: Seattle Sunday

Crumpets at Pike Place Market. A visit to the Aquarium. Shopping at Pike Street Press. (Don’t ask me how much I spent.) Barbecue lunch at the market. Souvenir shopping. The Museum of Popular Culture. That was the day.

Holiday 2021: homeless in Seattle

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/21/home-j21.html https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/05/20/king-county-homelessness-soars.html I’m linking here to two articles that I read to help me understand why I saw so many homeless people in Seattle, which by some news accounts now has the third highest number of homeless in the nation. (I don’t know if that’s a hard number, or per capita.) What I saw was

Holiday 2021: Chihuly

Saturday’s lone pre-booked event was the Chihuly Garden and Glass, just south of the Space Needle. The permanent exhibition features works created by Washington native (from Tacoma) Dale Chihuly. And it’s stunning. My favorites were the glass ceiling, and Chihuly’s interpretation of a lily pond. The lily pond: And outdoors:

Holiday 2021: Pike Place Market food tour

Kevin and I booked a food tour of Pike Place Market, using the tours listed on Viator, with which I have almost always been pleased. And this tour was pleasing indeed. Will the Tour Guide was quite an informative chap, helping us understand the history of Pike Place Market through stories and food. He’s a