December UW Social Stratification class, Willowbrook 1961, fence painting, Ballard Independent close to renting, lobby wreath, Seattle Rep Blithe Spirit lobby, Space Needle for Christmas, construction next door, Swedish star, holiday party, condo decorations, solstice sunrise, sump pump failure, Sunset Hill soltice sunset, Ray's with Jeni, James and Keith, Nutcracker props, Christmas Eve dinner including Miriam, Chistmas day with Jeni/JC including Sarah, lunch at Armory, tour of Dale Chihuly museum, lunch at Nordic Museum and Islandic Fischersund Faux Flora exhibit, demolition at 24th and Market, relaxing with tile rummy, New Year's Eve
November Happy Hour at Ray's; pocket park west of BN lift bridge; Nordic Museum birch corridor; status and origin; Metro leaf cleanup; Election evening - Yvonne and Rosa and ballot box; peak into QFC from 58th; autumn leaves; Ballard Independent shortingstrokes; Food Bank drive; Veterans' Day; Martin and Michelle in B allard - and Sarah; with Sarah at Glazer Photo rentals; Pike Place Market and new waterfront; mobility/geography; Independent becoming approachable; Ken and Kate at Fireside Room at Hotel Sorrento; Ginko leaves; Crocadile with Noah and Natasha; Nordic Museum Holiday party; Ballard Locks new gate; Los Osos - rain, fireplace mantel project, Cambria Moonstone Beach walk, telescope, campus tour, Jackson's housing, Jackson and Sydney, backyard, Charlie Brown party, turkey bake, games, Callum's pear compote, Diane and Bob, watching Kristin's and Eric's 50th birthday videos, Callum and potatoes, Jackson and Sydney cuteness, Callum expressive, San Luis lunch, museum, and Highbar; C hris and Lynn not pictured.
October Barry and John installed a fence section near the Metropole lobby door to discourage people from camping there. We attended the opening of the Seattle Waterfront Overlook opening. Long project nearing completion. Thousands there on a beautiful day feeling good about Seattle. Neighborhood walks. At UW - Sociology 360 Social Stratification. Ballard Alliance meetings. Construction t wo doors west. Ballard Bridge repairs. Freemont/Ship Canal walk. Farmers' Market, 24th Ave north and south, Nordic Museum new director, Olympia visit.
Kristin's 50th Birthday video: https://youtu.be/nZYfRBmrWys
2024 September Michigan Sojourn - trip to Michigan to see Rich and Karen
2024 September Rich on Painting - interview
September Van Morrison cover band at Ballard Locks, Metropole roof patio, construction projects, Noah, Jill, Natasha (after her marathon), Michigan sojourn with Rich and Karen, back home, autumn sociology class at UW.
August 2024 August doings: Nordic Museum special exhibit - Swedish sculpture and video - very strange; construction projects, Grenn Lake walk, Golden Gardens beach, Ballard Park dancing, trip to Orcas and Crane, James visit, new aquarium opening.
July Our renter moved out so we cleaned and a new one was soon moved in. Met Sylvia and Gordon at the Olympia Hearthfire. Worked on finding the leak into the S&S from above - no progress. Metropole entry area occupied frequently by unhoused camper. Discovery Park Loop Trail hike. Nail salon move out caused garage ceiling leak. Confirmed that storage area stack 4 and stack 6 shutoff valve labels are enchanged. Getting hot so we picked up a portable airconditioner and installed a vat door insert to accommodate exhaust hose. Dave and Cathy and Teri and Royce came for dinner. Monitoring commercial power confirmed availabe power for EV chargers. Zoomed with Willowbrook friends. Rainbird control in garage was leaking - or suffering condensation. Ballard Seafood Festival well attended. Crepes with Barry and Mai. Kailie's birhtday party. Peninsula road trip with Jeni, James, and Keith. Visit to NNM&O. Rosa's birthday barbecue. Ron and Lari July birthdays. Locks and Elks music.
Videos Olympic Peninsula Road Trip: Jeni, James, Keith, Yvonne, James
June Walks, day trips, music at the Locks, Haust publishing, City Attorney talks about using statistics to be effective, looking for possible EV charging power at Metropole, summer solstice, our six troll sighting, Bainbridge Art Museum, Eastside Orchestra, Nisqually, Ashenhurst's
May We went down to the waterfront to look at the new ferry terminal and then stopped at Ivars to sit in the sun, have a picnic lunch, and feed and wonder at the seagulls. Then we walked north admiring the work being done on the pedestrian area and climbed the stairs to the Public Market. We planned to come back later for a meal. Yvonne modified and improved the skirt around the bed that hides our storage there. May flowers are especially beautiful in Ballard. A lovely walk on the Loop Trail around Discovery Park. Jen, JC, Alison, Yvonne, and John had dinner at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley and enjoyed the music of Spyro Gyra. Back to the Public Market area we had brunch at Copacabana Cafe on their balcony and watched the masses shopping for Mothers' Day flowers. We spent a warm evening on Golden Gardens beach. The next morning I walked down the 85th St stairs to Golden Garden's and looked at the piles of garbage and watched workers carry them away - and then at the crystal clear water in the Shilshole Marina and walked by a red MGB like the one I had in 1967-69. Jen and JC hosted a Mothers' Day brunch. We attened a Ballard Alliance brunch and learned about Uplift Northwest. Later we joined a hundred or so people celebrating ground breaking for lowcost housing being built on St Luke's Episcopal Church land close to the Ballard Commons Park. Then Alison, Jess, Costa, and Hugh came for a picnic dinner to watch the Syttende Mai Parade from our balacony. Late in the month we drove to Eastern WA to see Martin and Sheryll and their family and the house/shop they've been building. Then to Spokane to pick up Charmaine and head south to Moscow, ID and Troy and the Burnt Ridge Cemetary to pay our respects. Then the next morning to Ellensburg to see Julie and Chuck, stayed at Josh's short-term rental, met Connie, and said hello to Jesse. And Julie gave us a fresh rhubarb pie to take home. Excellent!
April At DIA waiting for our SEA flight we noticed Boost oxygen ads. On the plane a young mother with toddlers gave us gift bags to encourage our patience. We thanked her. Lots of April flowers, flowering trees and bushes observed walks through Ballard. Work on new apartment building at 24th and Market is mostly inside with first move-ins before the end of the year. Scenes from our UW class: "JSIS 202 A Sp 24: Cultural Interactions In An Interdependent World." We eventually chose not to continue. Too much Foucault. Seattle City Light is installing Level 2 credit card EV charges here and there. A tour of Canal Station EV charging solution. At the locks on a sunny day. Near Expedia on Elliot Bay, Yvonne recovering from a bad cold. Ballard Park children's playground opening. On Oyster Bay Road catching up - especially with Morgan and his new puppy. Martin and Michelle visit from Eastern WA, Martin and Sarah, brother and sister meeting for the first time.
March Spring flowers, Salt and Sugar ceiling leak, National Nordic Museum, Oscars, bus shelter, Sarah visits J&K in SF, 44th-anniversary dinner, rooftop planting, Metropole fuse blows, UW cherry blossoms, wetlands walk, Ballard Alliance, Jen/JC Tesla, Justin Jr and Noah, Corrina remembered, My Fair Lady, Boulder, Taos, Espanola, and Chimayo - Good Friday walk, etc.
February Fremont walk, Los Oso - visit the Mehiels, James and Keith join us - and Santa Barbara - to see Opal at UCSB with others, signs of spring, Alison dinner, Bret visit, Foster Island, Frye Museum, UW Henry Gallery
January New Year's Day at Alison's, Zoom call with Boulder friends. SAM Calder exhibit, Amazon Sphere's with Alison, David B. Williams at Third Place Books, snow on the Olympics, Asian Art Museum - Red Chador - performance art - with Alison, daffodils emerging, empty lock, Jen and JC birthdays, Bruun Idun troll, Rainier Beach history lecture.