Rubbing the satin

This little hand belongs to my good friend's grandson. I had a blanket just like this when I was little and can remember rubbing the satin while I went to sleep.

Did you have a favorite something to sleep with?

ABC WEDNESDAY "V" is for "vicinage"

"Vicinage" means 'neighborhood" and in Seattle you have buildings and streets and in the 'vicinage' of the mountains, you've got skiing and Bigfoot! I've been meaning to take a photo of this mural on NE 90th Street in Seattle for quite some time, but there had always been cars parked in front of it. Finally did! It's located in a very congested 'vicinage'.

See other V's at ABC WEDNESDAY.

Hmm...I'm confused...

Hmm.... I must admit I peeked through the window to see if this cafe was open or closed. Closed!

"No more pencils, no more books....

.....no more teachers' dirty looks!" I remember saying that when I was a kid the moment school was out, which it is this week, in most places. Here's to the grads and to those who 'simply' made it through one more year. These little antennae decorations are happy!

Sunday Bridges--Marmot Bridge, Oregon

Hard-pressed for a bridge photo again and despite the title, I am not in Oregon, but rather in Lake Chelan, in Eastern Washington, where I spotted this marmot outside the local Wal*Mart with a few members of his family.

A Google search revealed to me that there's great white-water rafting at Marmot Bridge, Oregon, so that's how this post qualifies for today's meme, or sort of.

See some real bridges at Louis la Vache's Sunday Bridges.

Blood, sweat, or tears?

None of the above in the title. Rain....but it does look like red tears, I think.

See other reflections on JAMES' REFLECTIONS WEEKEND.

SKYWATCH--setting sun at Elliott Bay Park

Just a pretty shot, nothing more, of a man silhouetted at Elliott Bay Park.

See more skies at SKYWATCH FRIDAY.

Ram-rod straight

This Bassett Hound was sitting up sooo straight for his treat at the Queen Anne pet shop All the Best,
where not long ago Kim of Seattle Daily Photo took this photo. Even better, I ran into Kim herself there!

I bought Bibi a braided buffalo jerky treat....

ABC WEDNESDAY- "U" is for "Unconventional"

Here I am again, photographing behind the wheel. I could not resist this....

A Barbie hearse? What a way to go, I thought...

It's a way to go, all right, but not on your last ride. The Barbie Dream Hearse , though indeed a hearse in body, is now used as a limo for the fashionable girl's night on the town.

Weird. Or just 'unconventional'.

See other U's at ABC WEDNESDAY.

Watch out for the little guys.

'twas twilight when I snapped this. I imagine the little white man is to remind ships like the Katie Ann to watch out for smaller watercraft.

They grow 'em bigger here...

I have never seen such big poppies as I have here in Seattle. I don't know if gardeners pump them with Miracle Gro or not, but these red ones on a front lawn in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle were as wide as a salad plate.