Showing posts with label Green Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Lake. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18

crazy beautiful


Today I really enjoyed being inspired 
by something this insanely beautiful and uniquely crafted.
Glass blowing...it's crazy to me that someone invented that.
Well done, Mr. Glassblower Creator/Inventor Man...Woman?
I feel like you deserve to be recognized on Budlight's "Real Men of Genius."

In other news, today I took Henry to a huge playground because Seattle was trying to pass 70 degrees, and I would have felt guilty if we weren't outside. While he played with a friend from school, me and the other mom (yah, I go on play dates with other moms) watched THE WEIRDEST thing unfold before our eyes.
This photo doesn't do it even a teensy-weensy bit of justice, but I'll show it to you anyway:

Bottom line: 40+ year-old man, SHIRTLESS, decides to take over the swing set at a playground teeming with little children under five. He wasn't just swinging either...as you can see so well from the picture, he was doing twists, turns and other "tricks" that were super weird. Mom #1 and I couldn't stop staring. TEN MINUTES went by and the guy was almost flipping upside down, he was going so high. As soon as we start to walk away (trust me, it was hard to pull away), we hear a little boy start to SCREAM. 
Guess whose shirtless man-child body completely plowed over a two-year-old innocently walking in front of the swing set at the park?
 True story.

Tuesday, January 11

my green lake


images here
Excuse my lack of posts. I have almost too much to share with you (not possible, I know)...but we don't have our Internet set up yet. AKA I'm stealing it from the neighbors right now. And it's slow. And I really hope it's not the same neighbors that brought us cookies.

Found these vintage pictures of, "My lake!" or, "The lake I live two blocks from!" My house is almost dead center of the far right side of that aerial view. I love love love it. There are always herds of people out jogging/strollering/roller blading (totes buying some) the 2.8-mile loop. 
Embarrassing story: When I did the trail with my mom the other morning, the wind knocked a bunch of seeds from a tree that floated down in front of me. Being the California native that I am, I screamed out, "SNOW!" And for about 2.3 seconds, I really did think it was. 

Happy 1/11/11 everyone! Btdubs, my birthday is on Thursday.