Well, we had about 2 weeks of gray and some rain, which made things flower and the grass green. But the last 4 or 5 days have been beautiful with highs in the upper 70s. I went over the Admiral viewpoint to shoot some photos of downtown. Here is one I took…
On Thursday evening we fly down to the Bay Area. This will be our first trip back since we left and we are very excited to see everyone. Hopefully I’ll have more photos to post after that trip.
Very good (very long) article in Rolling Stone magazine regarding the 2004 Ohio vote. It’s sad how unreliable and corrupt our voting system is, especially when we are trying to be a model for the world.
This weekend Grandma and Grandpa showed up to hang out with Zachary. They arrived early Friday and they leave tomorrow morning. We took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island and had lunch on Saturday. Today we went to the Ballard Locks and had lunch at Ray’s Boathouse.
I bought the Canon 50mm F1.8 lens on Amazon.com last week and took some pictures with it. Not a bad lens for $80.
Here are some shots.
Playin in Zach’s room.
Looking out of a ferry window.
I’m not a baby. I’m a toddler…cruising the deck on the ferry.
As for weather, we had a bit of rain on Saturday morning, and the remainder of the day was cloudy. Sunday was very nice - just a bit brisk.
Before I jump into our weekend, I just heard some interesting facts on the local weather.
We’ve had 34 days where the temperate has been 80 degrees or warmer this summer. Last summer, which people said was beautiful, had 23 days with 80 degree or warmer weather. Plus, in the last 76 days we’ve had .08″ of rain. This is very low - I believe we average about an inch in July and an inch in August.
Now, back to the weekend. Jan and Mike came up for a few days. We went to Pike Place Market, the Japanese Tea Gardens and the Ballard Locks. We took them to lunch at Elliot Bay Brewing Company and brunch at Endolyne Joes. For dinner, we cooked tacos one night and had pizza on another night. We learned that West Seattle doesn’t have many pizza delivery places - at least ones that will deliver to our neighborhood (except for Dominos of course).
Zach got a bunch of new toys which he loves. He’s been pushing his new little car all over the place and he loves his fisher price garage. Thanks Auntie Jan and Uncle Mike.
Today, we took Zach and Lou to Lincoln Park for a stroll along the water. Zach found a pet rock for himself which he held onto for the next hour. Later, we then went over to a neighbors’ house who have a 16 month old son - Zach and Dominic swam in the kiddie pool for about 30 minutes and then they played on the slide. Dominic’s dad, Sasha, is a city prosecutor, so Steph was happy to find someone local to share stories with.
Now some pictures.
Mike shot this while I was grocery shopping - what gorgeous sunset.
Zach likes the Japanese Tea Gardens.
Zach and the the ladies.
