WildOats

I don’t know, maybe it’s an east coast-west coast thing. I’ve lived my whole life on the east coast, so that’s pretty much all I understand. Being out here in the west, sometimes makes me stop and go ……HUH?

A perfect example is a park. To me, a park is usually a big area. Some place where people come to enjoy beautiful scenery. Maybe play sports of some type. Walk in grassy areas. Maybe there’s a lake, or a petting type zoo in there. Something along those lines.

Here in Seattle I just have to laugh when I see something called a park. I have to stop and re-read the sign a few times and make sure I’m looking at the right thing. Usually what I’m looking at, I’d NEVER call a park.

So I know you’re thinking….ok….give me some examples. Well I’m glad you asked for some. Get ready cause here they come. Would you call any of these places a park?

The first one I can see out my window here. They call it a park, but it’s just a pier. Long and wide, with nothing on it. You can walk out over the water, but that’s it. Nothing but a flat piece of wood sticking out into the water. A pier ….yes…..a park….no.

The next example, you have to just laugh at. Image a highway, and the highway is elevated. So under the highway is just more concrete. Yup, the area under the elevated highway they call a park. It’s not a big area, just as wide as the highway above you and not too long either. Oh, and nothing but cement. A park…..lol.

The next example is similar, but a bit different. We came across this one while on a walk. We were walking, and went under an overpass. Yup the area under the overpass…..a park. But get this…..it had these cement ‘blobs’. They weren’t of any specific shape, just these blobs of cement. But wait….there’s more. The whole thing was behind chain link fence. So you couldn’t, even if you wanted to, go and enjoy this ‘park’.

Then we saw another one. We were out walking, and noticed a building. I think it was the court house or something like that. Well in front of the building was a bit of lawn. There they go, big sign with park on it. The area was about as big as an average person’s front yard. Big deal!!!

So now this have become a running joke for me. Every time I see anything about a ‘park’ I have to stop and check it out. Just to see what they are calling a park.

Anyway, I heard about this sculpture park. Yea I know another park. So I decided to check it out. I get there, and it’s not really what I’d call a park, but at least it wasn’t under some bridge. It actually had grass, and it did have art there as well. I didn’t care for the art much. A bunch of crap really. But I did manage to get a shot of some orange metal thing. What I liked about it, was the contrast of the orange-red color of it, against the sky. I also saw the moon way out in the distance, and I liked the white of it. So I tried to align it all together for the shot. Here’s what I came up with. What do ya think?

The weather here in Seattle changes very quickly. It could be all nice and sunny out one sec, and then all foggy and hazy the next. Just odd. The other day, I was looking out the window, and you could actually see the fog roll in on the water in the distance. Sure enough….. a little while later, it looked like I was in a cloud.

Then yesterday the opposite happened. I woke up, and it was all gloomy out. I went about my business. Then later on in the day I noticed that it was clearing up. Within a few mins, the haze was gone, and it was sunny. It was then that I spotted a sail boat sailing past my window.

So I got my camera and snapped a picture of it. I like how the boat is the only thing in the frame. Nothing else but water. I like the subject isolation.

I think spring might finally be coming to Seattle. Since the time I got here about 3 weeks ago or so, it’s been non stop cold and rain. But the past few days it’s actually, believe it or not been improving. The temperature has been in the 60’s and it’s been sunny. Woo Hoo!!!!!! Still crap compared to what I’m used to, but much better than 38 and rainy.

Hopefully the weather will be improving from now on. If it does I might be able to get outside finally, and get to see the city. I’d also like to be able to get some pictures. Today while I was looking out the window I noticed it was sunny again. So I took a better look around. It wasn’t as hazy or foggy as it usually is. I saw that I had a clearer view of the mountains in the distance. So I took the opportunity to take a picture of it. I stepped out onto the balcony and snapped a picture. Here’s the result of my efforts.