We went to the Seattle Center last night for a picnic dinner and some water fun.
These pictures are dark. I didn’t realize until the end that my camera was on a different setting than I normally use. Anyway, in the Seattle Center, at the base of the Space Needle seen above, there is a huge, international fountain. It is sunk into the ground, surrounded by a large, concrete bowl that you can walk down into, and the fountain itself is a 10 foot tall, silver dome. Water spouts out randomly, and shoots many feet into the air, all the while playing international music. It is very much cool.
So after we ate, the girls headed down to the water.
I don’t know why I bothered telling them not to get soaked. My girls are total cowards.
When we go to the Seattle Center, I like to buy a little fudge from the Center House. As usual, I got sick. It doesn’t take a lot of fudge to get a girl sick. Bleh.
So, a good time was had by all.
Today, Stephanie is coming to town. She’ll be pretty close to me at 3 this afternoon, and then she’ll be in Seattle itself this evening. I’m not completely sure when I’ll see her, but I’m looking forward to it. I’ve been reading her blog since it was a couple months old. Back in the days when she had under 10 comments. In fact, I remember when she got over 10, I think it was 14 or something and she actually said, “DANG, that’s a lot of comments!” Haha. If she only knew. So, we’ll be seeing Steph today. Can’t wait.
And finally, (and this is the most exciting for me), I’m going to look at a spinning wheel tomorrow morning! It’s a Clemes & Clemes, which aren’t being made anymore. I’ve never seen one in person, but Katie received an email through her fiber guild that someone had a wheel to sell, and the price is doable. So I’m going to check it out. I SO hope it is in good shape, and that I like how it spins. It comes with a lot of stuff, so it would be a great deal.
Oh! Oh! And I almost forgot! Katie has finished her alpaca, (let it sink in, the whole thing is bulky alpaca. Mmmmmm), LAURALUND!!! Congrats! It looks lovely! The pictures are really little on her site, but if you click them, they get bigger.
August 4th, 2005 at 4:05 am
Everyday I get more and more jealous of friends who moved to Seattle and those considering it.
The fountain looks awesome!
August 4th, 2005 at 5:42 am
sophie is exactly the opposite of your girls — i can’t recall a visit to the fountain, regardless of the time of year or what she was wearing, where she didn’t end up wet. and very happy about it. it’s going to be so hot today and tomorrow, it sounds like a good idea to head down there. have fun seeing stephanie — i’ll be stuck at work, so i expect a great report full of pictures.
August 4th, 2005 at 8:21 am
I Love the fountain! Haven’t been in ages but your pictures sure bring back memories! Thanks
August 4th, 2005 at 8:30 am
Ooh that really makes me want to drive out there – it’s a bit far now from my new place, but it looks like so much fun! Thanks for the shout-out… how lucky, you get to meet the Yarn Harlot! That’s so cool that these internet blogs are linking people up all over the place… Hope that spinning wheel works out for you. Are you going to be out here? Call me!
August 4th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
Looks like fun!!
Yay for a spinning wheel…maybe! 🙂
August 4th, 2005 at 6:54 pm
Your girls are adorable!