Community
Little Free Libraries in Seattle
our neighborhood is full of these Little Free Libraries, and it does help to build a sense of community in the neighborhood.
Camp Sparkle
On the corner of Broadway and Union, on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, sits an old brick building with a red door, and four stately white columns in front. Magic happens in this building. This building is the home of Gilda’s Club Seattle, and Camp Sparkle. When Gilda Radner was diagnosed with cancer, she learned first hand […]
Earth Day
“seems to me, it ain’t the world that’s so bad, but what we’re doin’ to it”
~ Louis Armstrong
Shrine
A plaque inside the shrine had the following invitation:
Leave your thoughts, prayers and wishes.
Twice a year they will be burned and your intentions will join the universe.
Little Library
The fact that this little free library exists just fills my heart with joy.
A beautiful day in the neighborhood
The day started out with a plan, and it was all Gem’s idea. We were going to go on a walking tour of all the beautiful flowers in our new neighborhood.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
There is a local family that goes all out with their Christmas decorations every year. Santa frequently stops by to pose for DIY photos, and they even have a snow making machine installed on the side of their house. They also collect for the NW Harvest food drive every year. Every where you look is […]
That’s one way to light a tree
Christmas tree decorated with lanterns
I {heart} Seattle
It was a crisp October morning, 21 years ago that I moved to Seattle. I was 21 years old. That’s half my life. I was the girl from the small town in Alaska. I had a line on a job, and a line on an apartment and roommates. Neither were set in stone. It was […]
Only in Seattle
Seattle Street Art, Georgetown.