Seattle Halloween Jellies

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I came across the most inventive costumes of all that we saw tonight in our wanderings around Seattle (and there were some DOOOSIES!). These five women had designed and engineered their original gossamer jellyfish costumes, fashioned from bamboo rods, paper, translucent fabrics, bike helmets and plastic food containers, and ribbons. Everything was illuminated by blue hue LED lights which they had strung along the canopies and clipped to the streaming parts. They seemed to be floating down the street toward a costume party when we spotted them in Fremont. Check this out if you want to see some details of how these fab five friends created their graceful floaty jellies.

Masquerade

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A child-sized masked mannequin on display in Molbak's sported a black cat Halloween party hat. A small girl of three or four years wearing a Snow White costume (who declined to be photographed) was eying it carefully, not quite sure why it had no arms or if it might speak to her at any moment. You know what's REALLY scary? Just a few feet away from this pleasant fellow were about a dozen separately themed areas of thousands of Christmas ornaments! AHHHHHHaaahhhh! It's all coming at us too fast! ;^)

Autumn's Bizarre

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These caffeine assisted patrons at a nearby farm market were carefully selecting colorful gourds, probably for table display in their homes. I think you might enjoy seeing these in a different light as one of my readers in Stillwater, Oklahoma does. She has created a small gallery showcasing nature's amazing gourd art here. It gave me a whole new perspective on their forms and unique beauty.

Harbor Island

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The lights of busy Harbor Island across Elliott Bay are glowing golden in the incandescent blue light of the evening, illuminating this view of the West Seattle hills from 8th Avenue West. Completed in 1909 and expanded in 1967, it was once the largest artificial island in the world. It is still busy night and day and is the sight of many industrial, scientific, and shipping companies. You can just see the red-orange container cranes that line the mouth of the Duwamish Waterway to the left.

Festive Taqueria

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The building on the corner is jackolantern orange all year, but right now at the Roxbury Ave. Taqueria Guaymas all the windows and doors are looking spooky and festive too, festooned with spider webs and ghosts. All the colors coming together at this White Center neighborhood intersection grabbed my eye and yelled "urban autumn."

Can a Wasp Make a "Beeline"?

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We went out to a pumpkin patch in Woodinville yesterday. Most of the sunflowers nearby were brown and dried and bowed low to the ground, but there were a few hold outs. This one attracted a wasp. I'm afraid all the red winged black birds had eaten most of the dried sunflowers' seeds. For the first time since our fam started its tradition of pumpkin patch visits, we didn't end up getting a pumpkin. For years the rule was you could only choose a pumpkin you could carry from the field by yourself (which helped little people with bigger eyes than our budget in check). We stopped at Minea Farms Cider Mill and bought fresh pressed cider, spiced cider, Fuji apple butter that had just been made and was still warm, and blackberry honey in a bear shaped glass jar. What treats! Hope you are enjoying your fall Sunday! (Or your spring Sunday down there in the SoHem ;^) .)

Saw This When Leaving the Bridge

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I had finished taking photos up on the Ballard Bridge and was walking back to my car parked near the Maritime Pacific Brewery when I passed this new offering that appears to be by Spacecraft. You may remember these I photographed in the same location last summer. Well, those old Obama posters on the pillars under the north end of the Ballard Bridge have been painted over in gray and this new giant sticker just went up (it is probably almost as tall as me). I think I'll call on Slightly North to curate this exhibit (I've already had a question about the familiar logo of the snow vehicle on the front of the costume).