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The gilded tile inlay cross of Seattle's First Pres on First Hill seen against the reflective glass of a downtown high rise catching the cloudscape, on a gray Lenten evening. Rain predicted all week; won't the school children love that for their spring break! Well, at least Friday was warm, clear, and glorious. . .a true spring day!
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Good Friday observances for Christians go on all over Seattle today, with many sanctuaries open for prayer and observances from daybreak until the the candle lit wee small hours. There are also concerts of sacred music, like Schuetz' "The Passion According to St. John" being performed at this church in the evening. These red doors of Trinity Episcopal Parish on First Hill near Seattle's downtown district could serve as a symbol or meditation of the day's significance for Christian practitioners. This Seattle Episcopal community formed in 1865. All the doors on it's campus are bright red.
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It was some sort of non-fashion statement. . .about 20 nude mannequins and their shadows strutted their stuff in the New York Fashion Academy windows along Ballard Avenue. We all get like this at times, that Emperor's New Clothes realization that we are wearing only illusions about ourselves and are as naked as these mannequins in a storefront window. Artists can hold up that mirror for us, even very young ones wearing pink and green hair, Amelie bangs, a thrift store shift, striped leggings and Doc Martins, carrying bolts of pastel moire and some mid-century-modern birch bark cloth print down Ballard Avenue in the dark. SeattleSeattle+Daily+Photo New+York+Fashion+Academy Ballard Ballard+Avenue manikins clothingnude naked shopfront storefront window+display design fashion illusionEmperor's+New+Clothes
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There was no one in sight when I came upon this. Someone had placed this very small statue on the corner of the ledge at Kerry Park, and then forgotten it or left it purposefully. It had not been there a couple days before. It was raining. She was covered in mud and grass bits. Perhaps someone had cleared the grass on the hillside below, found this and just set it on the ledge. . .?
Since this is Holy Week in the Christian tradition, I thought I would share this simple found statue of a small figure in prayer during a somber Lenten rainfall. SeattleSeattle+Daily+Photo Space+Needle Seattle+skyline Kerry+Park view statue prayerHoly+Week Lent rain urban park
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Students leaving Monday afternoon classes on the UW campus and walk through the Quad (Liberal Arts Quadrangle), famous for its 30 mature Yoshino cherry trees in full bloom. These trees were transplanted from the Seattle Arboretum 40 years ago this year, when a freeway project threatened them. When the breeze stirs, a shower of delicate pink petals rains down, creating absolute magic. Click here for the full story of these beloved trees and a Cherry Blossom Web Cam set up to help visitors know when the blooms are at their peak. See my Flickr page for more photos. There were tons of photographers there today! How strange and sad that on this lovely campus just six hours earlier a murder-suicide had occurred in the school of architecture building. April does seem to be the cruelest month, when such beauty and horror coexist. Seattle Seattle+Daily+Photo University+of+Washington quad cherry+treescherry+blossoms UW people students building architecture Seattle+Universities+&+CollegesLiberal+Arts+Quadrangle arboritum
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Hanging out in the morning light on the back deck. Mr. Blacky knows where his energy source is and stores up the sunlight to power his day. There are hundreds of houseboats and live-aboards on Seattle's Lake Union. It is a lifestyle brought to the attention of many non-Seattlite's through the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan/Nora Ephron romantic comedy of a number of years ago, Sleepless in Seattle. If you come to Seattle, a fun way to see these floating home communities along the edges of Lake Union without intruding on their residents is to take a little cruise on one of the small, fun inexpensive boats and ferries. The Sunday Ice Cream Cruise out of Fremont can give you a great introduction. Seattle Seattle+Daily+Photo houseboats floating+home housboat+communities Lake+Union cat boat live+aboard Fremont Sunday+Ice+Cream+Cruise Sleepless+In+Seattle deck
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The lobby of Seattle's 1914 Smith Tower is full of wonderful period details, including this fully functional ornate brass US Mail Box. The two shoots at the top go all the way up the building and allow people on the 35 office floors above to drop letters to go to the post office into the box on the first floor. As you can see, there is also a Starbuck's adjacent to the lobby.
Today over 66 Daily City Photo Blog sites around the globe want to show you what mial boxes look like in their cities. Start your trip around the world here, noting time zone differences may affect if a photo is posted yet or not. Do leave a comment wherever you visit.
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