This 365 project has been fun, but I am ready for it to be over. I am thankful that I have been able to hold up my end of the deal and haven’t missed a day. This week photos bring me up to 328 straight days of taking and posting. I think my shot of the wetlands from Saturday is my favorite. It really shows how we change seasons here in Western Washington.
We have had an amazing summer and a beautiful autumn, but it is definitely nearly winter now. This is the last blue hydrangea I know of. It’s in front of our branch library, a place I often visit. You can’t go there to read books; we just order them online and then pick them up there. It’s small, about the size of our living room, with nothing but shelves and a computer for self-checkout. But it’s a great setup, and we can order almost any book or video you want.
The sun returned! It didn’t rain! I was able to walk 6.5 miles! It was fantastic.
It’s interesting that despite all the tariffs on Canada, their Air Force still stops here whenever they feel like it. My Canadian friend and I always joke about two things—the exchange rate ($100 Canadian is 45¢ US ?) and the Canadian Air Force. Of course, if they are floating in a lake or pond, they instantly become the Canadian Navy ?.
Here’s your weekly update on Keeley. She loves every other Thursday—that’s the day our housekeepers come for a couple of hours and make our house look great. That means we leave while they’re here and go run errands that we’ve saved up until then. But first, we take Keeley to the local dog park to play for about half an hour because she LOVES our every other Thursday outings. Today, we dropped off my Nikon for cleaning. After Africa, it developed spots on my photos that I had to spend time removing in Photoshop, so I just went ahead and dropped it off today.
Yesterday was an incredibly busy day, and this was my view for most of it. I believe I drove about four hours total, but covered less than 25 miles. First, I did the Thanksgiving grocery shopping (15 miles), then took a good friend to her radiation appointment (another 15 miles), went to pick up my Nikon from cleaning (30 miles), got my injection in Bellevue, and finally picked up dinner at Ooba and drove home (12 miles)… whew! I have to tell you, it was a VERY LONG DAY! But I got everything done. And no, I didn’t take this while driving. I shot it while sitting in my car, waiting for our friend to finish her week of radiation treatments.
One of my favorite things about living here in the Northwest is that we experience all four seasons. Growing up in Palm Springs, CA, we only had two—nice and hell. Some people who only have two or three seasons don’t realize how much things change when you actually get an autumn. It’s not just the colors (those are gone now), but once the leaves fall, you can see so much more. This wetland area is a perfect example. As Keeley and I walked today, we noticed so many things we couldn’t see just a month ago. I really do love my seasons.
Long walk again today, heading in a different direction. This shot is along the Tolt Pipeline, a water pipeline that supplies a significant part of Seattle’s water. It runs from the Tolt River, east of us, to Lake Forest Park, north of Seattle. It’s a nice 5.8-mile walk from our house.
The pictures are there, and you just take them. – Robert Capa
