Archive for February 9th, 2014

Carl’s Snow Day

February 9, 2014

Yesterday’s snow probably continued into the wee hours this morning.
But it stopped. However, the temperatures have conspired to keep the snow around, except where shoveled, in bright sunshine, or where it was incorporated into a snowman (or two).

These are showing the change of the seasons.

The Great Event of the Recent Past

The Great Event of the Recent Past

The Great Event of the Near Future

The Great Event of the Near Future

(World Cup for those that can’t read the shirt)

The Long Grind

The Long Grind

 

Then we have the seasons of Carl

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Good Night

Snow for Rosie the Lego Woman

February 9, 2014

It was so nice and sunny early on, we decided we had to take a walk.
About 5 miles down to the Seattle Center.

The attraction?
A bunch of Lego.

This particular Lego exhibit is all about buildings. Big buildings.

Chrysler Building

Chrysler Building

They also had an area where you could build your own.

Build your own area

Build your own area

Russell Wilson is Everywhere

Russell Wilson is Everywhere

5 miles was all we planned for walking, so we mass transited home via the Monorail and bus.

Then, after a short rest (and dinner), we got in the car and drove back to the Seattle Center.
When we were downtown earlier, we had considered just hanging around and bumming a ride home later, but no.

And now, as we headed out again, our sunny day had turned to snow.
Not quite predicted snow. But we had a show to see – so onward.

After the show it was still snowing. Traffic crawled out of the Center area – a combination of several shows getting out, 3 lanes into one, closed roads and detours. Oh, and snow, although the snow was not part of the problem, until we got going faster. We saw a few people slide, a few people going slower than was really safe, but no major problems on our route. Other roads in the area were shut down.

Hats for Bats

Hats for Bats

Home, safe and sound, although happy that we did not have to traverse any of the steeper hills.