A Day In The Life

So, at the excellent suggestion of (back in the beginning of April) Miss Rain over at The Adventures of the Gingerbread Lady, several of us from Ravelry's The Blog Hub have decided to take some photos of a "typical" day in our lives and share them with all of you.

I decided to share with you a photo montage of some of my weekend, since summer (finally!) arrived in the Pacific Northwest. While I've captioned each of the photos, I want to be fairly short on copy. This is a typical way to spend the weekend around these parts:

1. My "day" started in the late afternoon - from my balcony,
it doesn't get much better than this in June in the Pacific Northwest.
Notice the boats. There were a lot more of them earlier in the afternoon.



2. From this ginormous rhodie bush ...





3. I cut some fresh blooms for my
dining table.





















4. Of course, you know I got some
crafting time in there. This is the current
state of my living room coffee table.
So much for coffee.



5. Every morning, I go through
the same ritual with George
Bailey. Notice the prior
 evening's kibble adventure.
























6. Then George Bailey sits there,
looking at the bowls ...



7. ... then looking at me ...

8. ... until I finally put down the fresh
food. He doesn't even settle into
a comfortable position while he
inhales the small portion of wet
food I give him.

9. Then, before my morning coffee,
I usually have some warm water
and lemon. It not only helps with my
spotty water intake, but it's a good
system cleanser. :)

10. I do a lot of walking in my area.
This is one of my favorite streets to walk.
This is on a main, heavily traveled street.

11. The benefits (and beauty) of living in
the middle of a previous rainforest system.
It ran, at one point, from Alaska to
Northern California.

12. We have a Solstice Parade
every year. These are some of the
floats under construction.

13. Urban signs of the street
(just past the float building).

14.This is one of several working bridges along a ship canal that links
two inner lakes to the bay.

15. And here's the actual canal. There's a well-used bike and
pedestrian path running alongside it.

16. All boats, big and small, as
well as a few feathered friends hit
the canal for some weekend r&r.

17. At the end of the canal, before the bay, there's
lots of ship docking and repair activity.

18. There's a street fair along a
portion of the ship canal every
Sunday. Everyone needs to
take care of pets and bikes.

19. Street fair wares. Anyone for
a funky furry hat?

20. Urban signs of life along the bike path.

21. One of several farmers' markets
held year-round, although the street
closes only in the summer months.
This was today's produce destination.

22. A sample of some of the farmers' goodies.

23. Ok, I couldn't pass up these mini-doughnuts, still hot
and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

24. And for everyone's musical pleasure,
your garden variety accordian/brass instrument
street musician.

25. It's definitely dog nation
at the Sunday markets. Aren't
these too adorable?

26. My bounty from the farmers' market: cherries,
apples, pears, asparagus, rhubarb (which I've never
before bought fresh), and some salad greens. Note
random dog on the left. Pooch was not getting
any of my fresh produce. No sirree.

27. I then headed over to one of the
nearby local library branches to pick up
some books and print out a shawl pattern.
No, I couldn't have planned this shot any
better if I had tried.

That's my (small) slice of life here in the Pacific Northwest. I'd love to hear your take on it, so definitely leave a comment and let me know. And thanks again to Miss Rain for getting this idea off the ground.