Some quick pictures with my 9 Pro Fold

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Yesterday's breakfast.

Sautéed some greens dusted with Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper. Added two eggs for sunny-side-up, again dusted with cheese and salt and pepper, placed under broiler and then served.

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Just need a ceaser to go with it.

 

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The last few days. The Schack Art Center in Everett (Navy Home Port, Boeing Factory Town, Lumber) and the Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens in Everett. So this exhibition was not "art for art's sake" but art as a possible career.

Art can lead to employment including designing Boeing jet interiors. The Schack has a mission to bring art to the people and has training programs.














I liked this one. You can probably guess its name.

 

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Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens






Mason Bee Hotel

 

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And then yesterday's bike ride back to a standard - Discovery Park but with a brief stop at a newly relocated art gallery.

Where I might have purchased this. Oil on Glass/Acrylic on Panel. So it has this three dimensional look with the oil hovering over the underlying image.




The other possibly choice.




Then the standard Disco (as we call Discovery Park - the old Fort Lawton). It really is a superb park. The homes are situated on the hill above the parade ground. To the rear of the photographer are commanding views of Elliot Bay/Puget Sound. I don't think the radar dome was part of the original area. The City gave it to the Feds who returned it to the City when closed. With the exception of some officers' homes that were sold to private parties about ten years ago. What a nice place to own a home - but subject to restrictions not to change their appearance.

 

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Okay, I'm back even if no one else cares anymore....

Today's walk at Discovery Park



And enlarging it on the home computer I discovered this:




My ritual shot. Unfortunately, the Scotch Broom is in bloom. Pretty but major allergen.




At Traver's Gallery.

Dante Marioni​

 

[Laura Knotek]

Okay, I'm back even if no one else cares anymore....

Today's walk at Discovery Park

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And enlarging it on the home computer I discovered this:

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My ritual shot. Unfortunately, the Scotch Broom is in bloom. Pretty but major allergen.


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At Traver's Gallery.

Dante Marioni​

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That gallery looks like it has beautiful art. I like that Coast Guard boat.

 

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More

These two were incredibly fluid.












And ceramic art. The links move separately but the artist fired them as chains. Really different. Hand dyed porcelain. The color gradations were fantastic.

Dharma Strasser MacColl








And a separate gallery adjunct to the first

Oak and Glass

 

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That gallery looks like it has beautiful art. I like that Coast Guard boat.

Wow. Really fast reply. I was still busy posting the second set. The gallery just moved from somewhat inhospitable downtown Seattle to this newly reconfigured old fish freezing/processing plant. It has some really nice (and pricy) art. Only a month for each show. The glass pieces were fantastic. But I really liked some of the ceramic chains and their shifting color palette.

I was really surprised when I blew up the image and saw it was a Vietnam Coast Guard ship.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Wow. Really fast reply. I was still busy posting the second set. The gallery just moved from somewhat inhospitable downtown Seattle to this newly reconfigured old fish freezing/processing plant. It has some really nice (and pricy) art. Only a month for each show. The glass pieces were fantastic. But I really liked some of the ceramic chains and their shifting color palette.

I was really surprised when I blew up the image and saw it was a Vietnam Coast Guard ship.

Wow, I just saw your latest post. I like the ceramic pieces too. The gallery seems nice how it has a different show each month. It will be interesting to see what the next show features. That was excellent resolution on the photo of the boat.

 

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Wow, I just saw your latest post. I like the ceramic pieces too. The gallery seems nice how it has a different show each month. It will be interesting to see what the next show features. That was excellent resolution on the photo of the boat.

My April 26th Post was their previous show. I did purchase that painting. Was picking it up yesterday and this new exhibit had just opened. Finding the artists and hanging the show is something. I did ask and the glass pieces were attached with earthquake wax!!

 

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Dante Marioni - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Dharma Strasser MacColl – Contemporary Artist | San Francisco Bay Area

dharmastrassermaccoll.com

 

[Laura Knotek]

My April 26th Post was their previous show. I did purchase that painting. Was picking it up yesterday and this new exhibit had just opened. Finding the artists and hanging the show is something. I did ask and the glass pieces were attached with earthquake wax!!

That is a lovely painting. I like the way it draws the eyes into it. It must look wonderful on a wall at your home.

What is earthquake wax?

 

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That is a lovely painting. I like the way it draws the eyes into it. It must look wonderful on a wall at your home.

What is earthquake wax?

It is this WAX substance in a jar (I've seen it in sheets, too) where you grab about a pea-sized ball of it (roll it into a ball). It is quite sticky. Then attach a few balls, depending on item size, to the bottom of the object. Press against the surface you want it to adhere to and flatten. Adhesion! It anchors quite well.

You can liberate the item by using dental floss or monofilament line to "saw" between the surface and the item. What is nice it does not stain or leave a residue after you peel it completely off - using a credit card or similar to get the residual off. I have stuff stuck to my wooden fireplace mantel and have moved stuff over the years. The WAX can be reused - just roll it back into a ball. The gel loses its clarity if you try to reuse it

Now, I have a different stuff - earthquake gel which I don't like as much. Apparently, it does not last as long and apparently dries out and should be reapplied. I have not got there yet with the two applications where I used it. But is is completely clear whereas the wax is cloudy (but generally unseen on the bottom of items).

Gel holding glass to protect newel top of bannister. I need to reapply it with less gel to make it a bit neater. Ignore my toes in the bottom of the picture!




I have not been able to find the "Quake Wax" online - maybe a different name or company. I first purchased it in the LA area (makes sense) years ago. That jar has enough to anchor a house!

Here's what the WAX looks like




There! All you need to know about earthquake protecting your glass art. I've actually used it to adhere a door bumper to a molding trim on a vertical surface - improvise. The wax is still holding after seven years! It is a very small, light bumper.

That picture lead to a site:

https://www.jerrysartarama.com/quake-hold-museum-wax

 

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And on today's bike ride. A view of The Brothers (the peak) through the sail boat masts. And then some entertainment.



I have never seen so many...



And in case you are wondering what I'm talking about.. They were barking like crazy! Occasionally nipping at each other.

 

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Just when I decide there's no point in carrying on this lonely thread, something new to post a picture of....

Well, not exactly new, but a Nootka Rose, a native to the Northwest on yesterday's walk.





Today's bike ride. A life size....








An ERRATIC. A rather huge boulder left behind during one of the various ice age, glacier advances and retreats. Estimated to weight 1.5 million pounds. And transported about 60-70 miles - they matched the mineral composition to a mountain, Mt Erie, north west of Seattle, near Anacortes, WA

The Mystery of Wedgwood Rock

You could live your whole life in the quiet North Seattle neighborhood of Wedgwood and never realize that there is a nearly 20 foot tall, 1.5 million pound glacial erratic right off the main road.

www.burkemuseum.org

Well, it probably did not hitch a ride along I-5 but that's the approximate route it might have taken on the back of a glacier. The glacier covering Seattle was about 3,000 feet thick.

The Ground We Walk On | The Seattle Times

My back yard, after the bike ride...

 

[Laura Knotek]

And on today's bike ride. A view of The Brothers (the peak) through the sail boat masts. And then some entertainment.

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I have never seen so many...

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And in case you are wondering what I'm talking about.. They were barking like crazy! Occasionally nipping at each other.

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Adorable seals!

 

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Okay, I'm not easily deterred. More stuff...

I made flax, chai, sunflower and pumpkin seed crackers. Soak flax and chia in water for about 20 minutes, add the others. Add a bit of salt and other seasonings, if wanted. Spread very thin. Bake and bake and bake.






Serve (at gym potluck) with cheese or butter



More Cooking. A too large spiral ham




Two different bike rides. I like seeing jet bodies on trains. No, I never did work for Boeing but a number of friends did.

One ship leaving for Alaska and the other docked for later this week (background behind the fishing boat)






I have one of those engines in my Lionel trains which finally made it to my Grand Nephew down in LA.




Magic Eraser kind of worked it MAGIC. It erased the dog's walker but not the dog!

 

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An ERRATIC. A rather huge boulder left behind during one of the various ice age, glacier advances and retreats. Estimated to weight 1.5 million pounds. And transported about 60-70 miles - they matched the mineral composition to a mountain, Mt Erie, north west of Seattle, near Anacortes, WA

The Mystery of Wedgwood Rock

You could live your whole life in the quiet North Seattle neighborhood of Wedgwood and never realize that there is a nearly 20 foot tall, 1.5 million pound glacial erratic right off the main road.

www.burkemuseum.org

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Well, it probably did not hitch a ride along I-5 but that's the approximate route it might have taken on the back of a glacier. The glacier covering Seattle was about 3,000 feet thick.

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Hmmm. Do they actually think that it came from Fidalgo Island, south of Anacortes? And I wonder how they came-up with 3000 ft thick? That's something, if they can actually approximate, or guess-timate that closely.

 

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Hmmm. Do they actually think that it came from Fidalgo Island, south of Anacortes? And I wonder how they came-up with 3000 ft thick? That's something, if they can actually approximate, or guess-timate that closely.

In that video link, he mentions that granite boulders found on ridges in the Olympic Mts are also erratics and there is no granite there ordinarily. Those granite boulders are found about 3,00o feet above sea level - hence to be deposited that high meant that they traveled on glaciers that were that thick - namely 3,000 feet thick. He also talks about the fact that this rock/erratic contains greenstone which is found north at the Mt Erie location. Of course, this is based on observations shown by the geology since no one witnessed it and recorded it back then. Of course, you have to trust science which is currently under fire!!!!

 

[Laura Knotek]

Okay, I'm not easily deterred. More stuff...

I made flax, chai, sunflower and pumpkin seed crackers. Soak flax and chia in water for about 20 minutes, add the others. Add a bit of salt and other seasonings, if wanted. Spread very thin. Bake and bake and bake.

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Serve (at gym potluck) with cheese or butter

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More Cooking. A too large spiral ham

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Two different bike rides. I like seeing jet bodies on trains. No, I never did work for Boeing but a number of friends did.

One ship leaving for Alaska and the other docked for later this week (background behind the fishing boat)


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I have one of those engines in my Lionel trains which finally made it to my Grand Nephew down in LA.


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Magic Eraser kind of worked it MAGIC. It erased the dog's walker but not the dog!

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Great shots! I love trains. I've never seen plane parts on a train. The most exotic vehicles I've seen on trains were combines. The beach looks lovely.