Greetings from Seattle and Kirkland

On Sunday I got to have brunch with Kristen and her husband Doug! They were in Seattle for a sad reason, a memorial service, but they had some free time, so Paul and I met at the Portage Bay Cafe in U District, ate various excellent eggs and pancakes, then walked around the university a bit -- very scenic, though also rainy! It was lovely to see them -- it's been many years since I saw Kristen in person, and I'd never met Doug before. 

The Beltane PNW Witches' Market was also taking place today, so instead of going straight home, we went to Kirkland. It was still raining when we arrived and the wind off the lake was chilly -- the streamers on the maypole were flying like a flag -- so some of the vendors hadn't set up all their items, but there were lots of people in fun costumes, lots of dogs and kids, and I bought a 3-D printed dragon and was gifted a tiny potion bottle.

 

We stopped at Safeway and I tried on some sandals at DSW...why am I sometimes a 6 and sometimes a 7 1/2? When we got home, we walked around the dock to see if we could spot the ducklings. We weren't very hungry for dinner, so we had more breakfast food and caught up on the day's baseball. Then we watched all the episodes broadcast so far of Franklin, which is kind of slow to get started but well acted and nicely filmed.