NIGHTTIME....could be daytime.

 I took this black and white photo the other night downtown.  Given the weather nowadays here, it could very well have been in color....

SWEET SIN

 

If you have to sin, it might as well be a sweet one. Finally ate a doughnut from Seattle's Top Pot Doughnuts. They were out of my favorite Pink Boa (like this sugar doughnut but topped with a layer of pink icing and white coconut), so I had to make do.

A NEW PASSION?

 

In Seattle one often complains about the rain. The wetness has an up-side though: mushroom weather. I have become very interested in fungi and have ordered a good book. I do realize that it is difficult to distinguish the edible from the edible, but I will skip the taste tests and just be happy with finding out what kinds I see. A more enlightened friend has tild me that the white one is a meadow mushroom...and is delicious.

ROSIE THE RIVETER

 

I love the new Rosie the Riveter thermos my daughter (aka Santa) got me for Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Couldn't resist asking this Whole Foods grocery store employee if I could take his photo. He was all too pleased to oblige.

ALL TUCKERED OUT

 My little dog and my daughter's dog, who have become best friends this trip.

SERENDIPITY AGAIN

 Another pearl from the "take-one, leave-one" little lending libraries stands that pop up here and there on neighborhood streets around Seattle.

Golden Book Guides were a staple of my childhood. I had Rocks and Minerals, Trees, and Reptiles and Amphibians, among others. This is a vintage one and I had to Gorilla Glue the binding, but it is basically still up-to-date.

CREATIVE CHRISTMAS TREE

My friend went for a mammogram today and this is the office Christmas tree! Quite clever. Click to enlarge it and read the little sign toward the top of the tree.

Thanks for the photo, J.W.!

 

CHRISTMAS COOKIES 2023

 

Made these the other day with my Seattle granddaughter. They are pretty and indeed a far cry from the sand tarts and gingerbread men with just cinnamon sugar topping, walnuts, and raisins that my grandmother used to make!

YOGA SANTAS

 Couldn't resist snapping these yoga Santas.....and I bought two of them. 😊

SERENDIPITY

 It's not the first time I browse through yard sales and thift shops. Every now and then there is something that just 'speaks to me' like this dainty Chinese tea cup.