After the aquarium

After the aquarium
Flickr: Don NunnSpent the early afternoon at the Seattle Aquarium with Katharine, Julie Anne, and Julie Anne’s brother, sister-in-law, and 2-year-old nephew.
Adult-beverage time!

After the aquarium
Flickr: Don NunnSpent the early afternoon at the Seattle Aquarium with Katharine, Julie Anne, and Julie Anne’s brother, sister-in-law, and 2-year-old nephew.
Adult-beverage time!

Human ingenuity and/or desperation
Flickr: Don NunnWine needs quick chillin’, sink stopper won’t stay engaged.
Enter: The pick!
The one use for which a man could find such an implement necessary.

Laundry fuel
Flickr: Don NunnBig coffee is what makes the world go ’round.

Wall-to-wall people
Flickr: Don NunnSunny day, music and dance and crafts, and thousands of people add up to an amazing Northwest Folklife experience.

I forgot my yodeling voice
Flickr: Don NunnRather loose “rules” for Northwest Folklife at Seattle Center this weekend.

“Arugula” is a funny word
Flickr: Don NunnOven-roasted tomato, fontina, arugula flatbread at Silver City Restaurant & Brewery.

Hello beers!
Flickr: Don NunnSunday afternoon lunch at Silver City Restaurant & Brewery before a stop at Julie Anne’s brother Dave’s to drop off a birthday gift.

Spectacular!
Flickr: Don NunnSliver of the south end of Lake Union on an absurdly beautiful day.

My chemical friend
Flickr: Don NunnTwenty-foot range is perfect for laying waste to the buzzing nasties when you inadvertently mow over their nest!

Lake Washington sunset
Flickr: Don NunnOur home star sinking over Seattle across the lake from Kirkland.

We are 12
Flickr: Don NunnHappy hour on the deck at Yarrow Bay Beach Cafe in Kirkland. Beautiful day!

Ride-share sunset
Flickr: Don NunnCrossing the 520 bridge in a Jetta.

Section 111
Flickr: Don Nunn*Past* our ticket section and the Mariners still suck, argh

Section 122
Flickr: Don NunnGetting closer to our actual Section 116....

Game-time view
Flickr: Don NunnNot actually our seats. We’re standing behind section 134 on our slow way toward section 116. :-D

Game day!
Flickr: Don NunnYou know there’s a game because that’s Safeco Field behind the Pyramid umbrellas.

Theirs a limit, but not
Flickr: Don NunnAll laundry, but nun of it

Casino orb
Flickr: Don NunnLooms above the casino floor at the Silver Legacy Resort.
They project info about convention groups and upcoming shows and such on the inside surface.

Liquor-store hours
Flickr: Don NunnNo imbibin’ on election day.
Welcome to Utah!

Major milestone
Flickr: Don NunnCement plant near Plano, OR. I see this and I know Oregon is halfway behind.

Cloud ceiling
Flickr: Don NunnI like how the clouds have such a distinct lower limit.

Mt. Hood with light pole
Flickr: Don NunnAt the Selah Creek Rest Area near Yakima.

Almost unbearably gorgeous day
Flickr: Don NunnA little haze is the only downside to a spectacular Saturday morning.

Automobile fetishist
Flickr: Don NunnCars-themed birthday for Julie Anne’s nephew John’s 2nd birthday.

A very Brady billboard
Flickr: Don NunnNear Maltby Cafe in Snohomish County

Who disturbs our slumber?
Flickr: Don NunnI had my camera phone on me, but the second I moved in for the shot, Annie snapped awake.

Tarts too?
Flickr: Don NunnDelivery truck outside Safeway on Queen Anne.

Foot of the Needle
Flickr: Don NunnBrought back strong memories of my first visit to Seattle in September 1999.

Queen Anne beaut
Flickr: Don NunnAmazing landscaping fronts a gorgeous house and landscaping on 3rd Ave W between W Blaine St and W Howe St.

New resting place
Flickr: Don NunnFlex staked out in the bathroom sink. Maybe he likes the coolness of the surfaces?

Day is done
Flickr: Don NunnGone the sun.

Monday's Charlie casualty
Flickr: Don NunnFormer Salt Lake Tribune.
Charlie was barricaded in the kitchen all day, we thought with nothing chewing-worthy nearby.
Silly humans!

Easter Bunny Brigade
Flickr: Don NunnSeasonal items march onto the gift-shop shelves.

This is an ex-pinecone
Flickr: Don NunnCharlie’s handiwork on a decorative accent in Mom’s living room.

When pinheads attack
Flickr: Don NunnApartment maintenance guys using shovels and a pickax to break up hardened soil in some planters on the ground floor. They’re throwing the soil chunks into the bushes on the east side of the property, but one chunk got away and invaded southbound Aurora Avenue. They rushed down to remove the 3-foot chunk before any vehicles hit it.

Toward the heavens
Flickr: Don NunnSmoke break after pool game 3.

Puppy at play
Flickr: Don NunnMom got a dog!
Twelve-week-old yellow lab named Charlie joined Mom’s household today. Ahead of the three-day weekend so they have plenty of time for bonding, and I’ll be there on Wednesday so I’ll get my dog fix too.
Woo hoo!

Still life with scratch pad
Flickr: Don NunnFlex rests on his cardboard scratch pad after rather a vigorous go

Cactus on my phone!
Flickr: TrinityCactus in a cell-phone charm. Like the way they used to market those single encased ciggies with “IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, BREAK GLASS”—only now they’re marketing to the SUCCULENT PREDICAMENT crowd.

Darkness of the winter sun
Flickr: Don NunnSeattle skyline appears artificially darkened by my camera phone’s inability to adjust to the glare

Seattle winter coat
Flickr: Don NunnFirst time in years I’ve had to scrape snow and ice off my car. Sure, I had a garage until last year, but still....