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Today’s photo shows a Seattle challenge. Boats and Plans on in the same body of water. You have to keep track of all the other water craft moving near you as well as any float planes which are landing or taking off.

There are officially floatplane landing zones in Seattle. However; I can attest, from personal experience, you need to keep your eyes on the sky as well as the water.

I’m showing my ignorance in that I had no idea there was a store named Free People. Today’s photo is of the Free People store in the UVillage Mall in Seattle. A little research finds that Free People is based on a 1970’s store called The Free People’s Store. As the business grew the name changed to Urban Outfitters which I was aware of. But in 1984 the name changed again to Free people.

I understand the name reflects the sprit of the you customers it serves. People looking for freedom and individuality in how they dress.

www.freepeople.com/help/our-story/?utm_source=copilot.com has a great photo of the original store front is West Philadelphia.

This vintage Fiatti sits at the entrance to an Italian restaurant we frequency in the University Village mall (most often called UVillage). The name of the restaurant is Piatti which I understand translates to Plate in English. But when we review or restaurant options we always think of this one as the restaurant with the little red car.

While looking for something to do with our grandkids we found Pitch and Putt which is a Par 3 gold course meet to Green Lake in Seattle.

The photo and the location allows us to continue the color theme for one more day.

Today’s photo continues to play on the theme of color. Specifically orange and yellow.

An internet search indicates this painting was most likely created by Annie Howell-Adams, a well-known Friday Harbor based artist.

This photo was taken during a recent day trip to Friday Harbor. Several other post shared details about the trip, the boats, the B&B we staycityed at, and the food.

It was just a short drive and ferry from Seattle.

Following is the wall of art from which the above painting was cropped.

Today is theme day, in the City Daily Photo community. The theme is purple and our contribution is this photo of a quilt with purple in the pattern.

Note that the quilt was created by my sister who, in the past, also made City Daily Photo post from Sequim Washington.

Here is the link to participate in our Purple theme: City Daily Photo

We were thrilled to watch the Blue Angels at Seattle’s Seafair Festival. This photo shows synchronized flight over Lake Washington with the Seattle skyline in the background.

The photo was taken from a conference room in the Microsoft Innovation Lab in Bellvue .

The event, was organized by our daughter and was held for the Seattle Rainier Club.

Today’s photo shows the 326 gallon marker on the Troll Avenue Bioretention System found is the Fremont area of Seattle. The goal, of the bioretention filter toxic storemwater runoff before it reaches Lake Union.

Toll Avenue is very step and when it rains a lot of water flows down the street. I was impressed that the bioretention system filters up to 641 gallons of water at a time.

The bioretention shown is part of a larger watershed project which filters hundreds of thousands of gallons of highway runoff annually.

The following photo shows a diagram the Troll Avenue Bioretention System.

In Seattle bike lanes are common and heavily use. This photo was taken on North
Cannel Street in the Fremont are of Seattle. It was taken near offices for Adobe and Google.

Cycling is every where but I see it most often on the Burke-Gilman Trail which stretches 12+ miles from Ballard, to Fremont, past Lake Union, though the university district, and up the west side of Lake Washington.

Plus there are numerous connections to other trails including the Interurban Trail which stretches 31 miles.

This photo was posted at www.CityDailyPhoto.org

Flowers and traffic, what a pleasant surprise. This photo was taken in the Seattle Troll Knoll community art and nature project. In addition forested trails, art displays, and sculptures. They also found a space to plan flowers next to the traffic on Aurora Avenue.

Researching, in preparation for this post, I found that Seattle allows Gardening in the Planting Strip . . . (i.e. Gardening in the unpaved area between the sidewalk and street) . . . Note that you do have to apply for a permit.

I plan to search out and share additional examples.