Thursday, 17 April 2014

Seward Park

One afternoon, Alec, Clem, Joani and I took a walk in Seward Park which is just down the way from their house.  Neither of us had ever been and I was kicking myself because Molly would have loved it. We started out together but the light rain and quiet ambient light made for a sort of peaceful melancholy mood, and without even deciding to, we were all walking separately, each enjoying the walk in our own way.  

I wore a hooded rain jacket and watched as drops occasionally dripped from the front.  Beyond the rain pattering on my jacket, it was very quiet.  It was so peaceful in a way that is rare these days (as anyone with a baby could understand).  






Joani made this hat for Clementine and it became an instant favorite.  
I'm waiting for my own to arrive in the mail (hint hint :).

Alec walked with an umbrella and Clem slept for most of the walk.









All kinds of moss grow on any available surface.






A view of the lake.



We stopped to watch these ducks all swim suddenly to one side or the other.  It looked like something was chasing them under the water but we never saw what it was.  Maybe a Lake Washington shark?



There is a clay studio in an old house on the edge of the park.  
Joani does ceramics here, so we stopped by to have a look.



Gooooooooooo these two.



Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Joani and Mike's in Seattle

Alright now I am totally backtracking in time.  While in America, we spent a week visiting family in Washington state.  We stayed with my Aunt Joani and Uncle Mike in their amazing house in Columbia City (south Seattle).  Most of the parts that were so amazing could not be captured on camera: delicious dinners with wine that lasted much later than we are used to staying up, morning coffee over views of the misty lake, relaxing with blankets on the porch late into the night while watching the lights on the water.

Being in Seattle felt restorative in a way I did not anticipate.  Alec and I lived here together when we first started dating, so it feels like our spiritual homeland in a way.



This is Ginger and she might be my favorite kitty in the whole world (don't tell Mimi). 



J & M's house is filled with little treasures in unexpected places.







The whole house has amazing natural light, even on a typical rainy Seattle day.























I'd like to have a print of this too!  I think it used to hang in their bathroom when they lived in Phoenix?