Birdie

Birdie in a tree in my front yard on this beautiful autumn day

City Hall

Lake Forest Park City Hall on Labor Day 2008

Early autumn bounty

Display of produce last week at the Farmer's Market!

Sunrise

Has it really been an entire week since I posted something??? Sunrise picture from my friend Lee's house looking east over Lake Washington

Healing Garden

Fircrest Healing Garden on the grounds of Fircrest, a state facility housing developmentally disabled folks. In Shoreline.

Scoreboard maintenance?

There's some housekeeping work that needs to be done before the high school softball season. Question: does the scoreboard still keep score even though nobody can see it because the bush is in the way?

Residential street

A street in Lake Forest Park. Lots of wooded areas

Bus

King County Metro has an extensive bus system that serves Lake Forest Park. Unfortunately, around me, you have to walk 1/2 mile to a bus stop (except for one express bus that only runs a few times to downtown during weekday rush times). I wish we had better bus connections to my house.

Berries

Berries are still on sale at the LFP Farmers Market. The strawberries and rasberries are gone but still plenty of local blackberries and blueberries

View of Bothell Way

Looking south on Bothell Way just south of LFP Town Centre

Lyon Creek Enhancement Project

This display explains the creek enhancement project that runs through the LFP Town Centre parking lot. You don't even notice it.....

Market

Peppers and squash available at last weekends LFP Farmer's Market

Starbucks

The Starbucks at LFP town center. I think it used to be a fish place complete with drive-through. It does pretty good business as far as I can tell.

View from NE 165th St

View of Lake Washington and beyond from the Sheridan Heights Neighborhood

Mall repairs

The facelift and repairs on Lake Forest Park Town Center continue. Don't know the point really, not sure if it's an improvement or it just looks like every other place

Shoreline Library

Entrance to the Shoreline Library not far from Lake Foresst Park. Part of the King County Library System, this branch is one of the most heavily used.

Picnic at Mukilteo

Maybe 15 miles north of LFP on Puget Sound. My granddaughter Melina

Summer Beach Day

The Puget Sound beaches can be very pleasant in the summer. Here is a picture at Edmonds a very weeks ago. Today we went with my granddaughter Melina to the beach at Mukilteo

August theme day - Metal

I featured this picture March 22. Metal fountain in Animal Acres Park

Lake Ballinger

Small lake just north and west of Lake Forest Park

Residential street

A short residential street near my home

Fish pond

This private fish pond is at the end of the street in my neighborhood. Very pleasant dog-walking destination. Somebody's labor of love. The fish who live in the pond think they are going to be fed when they hear voices

Huskies

The local college team is the University of Washington Huskies. All hail the purple and gold. House in my neighborhood showing some local college spirit.

House for sale

These houses behind me took a long time to sell. One just sold, but they've been sitting over a year. This one is still on the market. Nice house. Price started over 700K, now asking 590K. As my neighbor sniffed "I wouldn't pay 3/4 of a million dollars for a house in my own neighborhood"

Musician

Local talent busking at the Lake Forest Park Farmer's Market

Horizon View

View over the rooftops early last spring from the Horizon View neighborhood

Construction at LFP Mall

This construction on the exterior of the Lake Forest Park Town Center has been going on for some time. Can't figure out what they are doing....are they really adding some second story or just facade. Structural repair? ?????

Turtle Rock Refurbished!

A grandpa and grandkids were busy today giving a new coat of paint to Turtle Rock. Great job guys!

Greens

Greens for sale at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market last weekend. Tons of fruits and vegetables there this week. My impulse purchase was garlic pepper jelly

Edmonds Marina

Boats in the Edmonds Marina on a beautiful July afternoon

Local berries

Raspberries, loganberries and strawberries, all local, available this morning at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market. They don't last long around here!

Edmonds Marina Park

Due west from Lake Forest Park on the sound (about 5 miles from my house). The beach at Marina Park was so peaceful the other day, it was almost enchanting

July 4th

Members of my neighborhood play a spirited game of water balloon volleyball in our cul-de-sac on July 4th

Interurban Car

An Interurban Car displayed at the Lynnwood Historical Park (you didn't know Lynnwood had a history?)

July Theme Day "No"

Somehow I can never figure out what the theme day them is so I'm always late

I am featuring a picture not from Lake Forest Park WA but from Eugene OR where I have spent a lot of time.

It says "Do NOT" as opposed to "No"

Picture taken within the last few weeks on an escalator at Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon in Eugene. We were on the way to the fancy banquet hall to attend the student-athlete graduation brunch

Do not stomp!

Family on a bike trip

We had some house guests from California recently who were taking a bike trip through our area. Here they are taking off towards Seattle from our Lake Forest Park home.

Backyard flower pot

The flowers on my deck this year overlooking my backyard. I went for primary colors!

Fishing shop in mall

A fishing specialty shop in Lake Forest Park mall. I'm not much interested in fishing but I hope it's doing well.

Berries are In!

Finally some local strawberries were on sale at the Lake Forest Park Farmer's Market. Strawberries have such a short season around here. Rasberries are usually available longer. I will try to have some pictures of them.

Toten pole at Northwest Hospital

The totem pole at the back entrance at Northwest Hospital. Carved in 1960? Northwest Hospital down by Northgate is a suburban hospital, one of the two closes to Lake Forest Park.

Home on leafy street

Home on the street above Brookside School. Wooded hillside. Pretty area

Courthouse

The King County Shoreline District Courthouse in Shoreline...I think they took the word "Shoreline" out of the title

Swamp Creek

While letterboxing, I discovered this attractive creek with sandy swim areas in Kenmore, just a short way away. Sunny afternoon with kids and dogs swimming in the water. Kind of reminded me of Bidwell Creek in Chico. I'll come back here....

Plaque at Cromwell Park

Cromwell Park School housed the cooperative pre-school I went with my kids. Now torn down, no trsce except for this plaque. King County Shoreline District Court now on one corner of the property

Another View

This shot, taken from a Lake Forest Park street last March shows a beautiful view of the Cascades. The mountains are NOT out very often

View over the tennis courts

View of the horizon and the wooded shores across Lake Washington from the hill above Shorecrest High School looking east over the tennis courts. Naomi completes the picture.

Shorecrest scoreboard

When you get close to the scoreboard on the softball field....it could use some work. Kind of wild out there in deep right field. Somebody might have put a letter box at the base of that scoregoard, you never know.

Thriftway

One of our two local grocery stores, Thriftway. Really like that store, always enjoy going in there and I've left a fair amount of coin