Peeking through the Snow

It snowed and hailed on us last night as my friend and I were driving home from a baby shower, but it didn't seem to stick here in Capitol Hill. We haven't had any snow on the Hill today either, though I hear there is snow in other parts of the city. This shot was taken during our last snow storm. We've had many more than usual in Seattle this winter!

Update at 6:30: It's snowing now!

Group Health

Water fountain on the campus of Group Health on Capitol Hill.



Sculpture seen in the same area.

Parking with a View

These scooters on Capitol Hill have a prime spot!

Smith and Sunset

Butternut squash soup enjoyed by my friend at Smith on Capitol Hill. My risotto was excellent too!



My view walking back home.

Row Row Row Your Boat

On a Sea of Leaves

First Church of Christ, Scientist

This church on Capitol Hill is being renovated and turned into residential units. It's nice to see an old building being preserved for a change instead of torn down. It seems poor attendance is making it impossible to keep it a church. Apparently they used the space for a scene in a film before starting the renovations. I had a chat with some of the workers pouring concrete. They seemed quite jazzed about the project. Their enthusiasm was infectious. I'd like to see the inside when they are done!

Self Portrait

Taken at the Cha Cha on my farewell to work pub and club crawl on Capitol Hill.

Dancing in the Streets

It was a momentous occasion. They were partying in the streets about a block from my apartment, so I decided to join in for awhile. These are exciting times! To really get a feel, watch the videos!







Some people will do anything for a good photo!












This lovely couple was originally from the South and were having a lot of fun. "And to think, I used to be a young Republican," she said.

Photo Ops Everywhere!

Today was a veritable smorgasbord of photo ops! I actually had to edit some of them out so as not to overwhelm y'all.


I was racing down the steps of my apartment building this morning in my usual rush to get to work when I skidded to a halt in the lobby and just had to take a photo of this. How could you not? Why was it there? What does it mean? An odd sight to start of my day for sure!

Then at lunch I saw the Great Dane lady (see previous post). It's not every day you see beautiful dogs like that!



Then the goats came to Capitol Hill! I had heard of them, but never seen them, so this was an exciting event. They were just below the dog park hanging out munching on the tall weeds next to the freeway. Most of them were resting by the time I took these photos. Clearly they had had a long hard day of munching!

I'm voting for Polar Bears

I wandered through the Capitol Hill Sustainability Festival today before going through the Farmer's Market. It was a perfect day for it as it was sunny and not too hot!

Long Commute

My usual commute is to take any bus that comes through the bus tunnel to the other end of town, and then walk up Capitol Hill. The buses are supposed to stop in every stop in the tunnel. Today, I ended up on an extremely crowded bus and for some reason, the bus didn't stop at my stop! I'm not sure why. Maybe the driver thought no more people could possibly squeeze into the bus (and he would have been right). BUT, what about the people getting off?? So, I ended up having to ride an express bus to the U-District and then catching another bus back to Capitol Hill. Not a good way to get home! This photo was taken while crossing the bridge on the way back to the Hill.