Seattle Snapshots.

Today was the perfect day for a quick jaunt across the water to Seattle. I was headed here, but that meant I had to catch the ferry...

and walk to here...

It took a long time and it was pretty cold, but I was greeted by these guys...

and that was worth it.

I passed this on my way to and from the exhibition hall...

and there were kids playing in it. Both times.

While waiting for the monorail to go back downtown, I snapped this picture...

and was so happy that I got the golden elevator in there.

By the time I got back downtown, I had to briskly walk back to the waterfront...

where I caught the ferry and headed home.

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Rainy Day Pottery

Last Friday Laurie came down to visit for the afternoon. Tim got to have lunch with us prior to work, but the afternoon was ours to fill. Anything that would take place outside, was out of the question (if you can't tell from the title of the post). I suggested pottery painting and it just so happened that Laurie had been wanting to do that for a while!

Laurie chose to decorate a pasta bowl...

Her finished product...

After the fact, Laurie realized that when the bowl is full, it goes from saying "Eat." to "Fat." We figure it will be the best diet supplement ever. :-)

And I worked on an oversize mug for Tim's daily tea...

If you can't tell, I was trying to do an argyle pattern.  It started out so well.  And then it just went downhill...

My blue diamonds turned into random blue lines. If you know Tim, you know how precise everything has to be with him, so it went from being Tim's tea mug to a family mug. 

Here's the inside...

I'll pick up the finished products sometime this week!

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