Greetings from Redmond

Quick post after a lovely afternoon and evening with friends in town from Portland whom we haven't seen in a year! We walked with them to Idylwood to see the beach and along the river in Marymoor to see blackberries, cormorants, and a snake and bunny, so they go to see both local parks, plus we went out on the dock to see eagles, osprey, and what may have been an otter or may have been a muskrat -- it dove too quickly for us to be sure. 

In between, we went to dinner at Taste of Hyderabad, since one of our friends had just been there for work and missed the food. The restaurant was excellent (we had gongura vegetarian biryani, egg masala, paneer tikka, crispy corn, kothu parotta, naan, various drinks, and everything was delicious). When we got home, we watched this week's Foundation (oh, Dawn) and Peacemaker (Eagly!). Tell me if you can spot the snake in the third photo: