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We have found what is supposed to be Seattle’s biggest
playground. It’s an expansive space build on an old naval base.
It’s very quiet here right on Lake Washington, although you
can’t see it from the playground itself. It’s very pleasant with
a community garden and a Kayak rental place down the road. There
is a beach somewhere too. Lots of grass and covered picnic
tables. They do that around here, they cover their picnic areas…
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The most amazing thing about this park though are the
blackberries! Many, many bushes line the outer edge of the park,
they are absolutely delicious!! We all went over to gather some,
Juju was hooked and went back by herself with a bucket…turning
out to be a master picker…Steve can’t help himself and it just
snarfing them down by the handful. I am afraid what his belly
will say about that…
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The word is that today might be the big day for the
conversion…Chris is working frantically to get this project put
to bed…is it finally really happening? On Monday he sat on the
couch, looked me in eye and said: “I think by the end of the
week you’ll be out of here” I couldn’t believe it (and don’t).
They bolted the tank in yesterday and poor Forest hit his head
when the bay door came loose and slammed down on him…he stumbled
for a bit and seemed a little out of it, although that’s not an
easy call to make with this guy…I ran for ice which, of course,
we don’t have, and grabbed a bag of frozen Brussel sprouts…
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Our grateful Bread
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View Ridge park wading pool
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We meet Stefanie at a playground near their house in the
pm for the kids to play. I love the wading pools everywhere.
Every hour or so the kids have to get out in order for the park
attendant to put chemicals into the water. It’s so wonderful not
to have to go in the water with them without worrying. Seattle
is so much more community friendly than anything we have back
east. All of the west seems a little more civic minded than we.
I don’t know why this is but it feels more self oriented in the
east.
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At night we parked across another park across from Chris’
and Stef’s house and went over to play. Stefanie bought a pizza
and the kids played and ate and watched Willi Wonka. Chris made
an amazing dinner with spaghetti and sauce, roasted vegetables
from the grill, shrimp, fresh garlic bread, some kind of
cactus…he used to live in Mexico. Stefanie proclaimed that “she
is a good egg” referring to me.
J The house is
simple and pleasant. Chris has made a lot of toys himself. They
say that for every toy she is given, he tries to make one. He
made these beautiful hanging mobile, fairly big stars, moon etc.
He really has an artist’s soul…everything he does, he does with
such perfection…
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It was nearly 12 midnight by the time we went ”home.”
They walk us across the park to the bus and Stefanie had a
little peek at Elbee.
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In the morning Chris came over for a cup of coffee, he
used to be a barista, had the second coffee bar in town, he
says.
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I found German pretzels at the PCC across from where we
are parked, what a great store!!! |
