Winter Wasn’t Done With Us Yet

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I’m currently on vacation, so was slow in getting this post put together. Slow in transferring the photos from my camera SD card, slow in writing the post, slow in prepping it for posting. But vacations are for taking things slow, so I don’t apologize.

I arrived at my mom’s house in La Conner (about an hour north of Seattle) on Sunday, March 3rd. She and my stepdad are currently gallivanting around on a two month vacation. I’m borrowing their home for a vacation getaway for myself, while also making sure the house plants are watered and the neighborhood birdies and squirrels continue to be fed.

Last Wednesday, Mother Nature decided to demonstrate she was not yet ready to release her winter grip on us. I was talking on the phone with my mom at around 11 AM when I glanced out the den window and was shocked to see a furious flurry of fluffy flakes falling. I interrupted my mom by blurting into the phone, “It’s snowing!”

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Olmstead Parks Survey

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Seattle Parks has completed a study for restoration projects at 10 of the Olmstead Parks in the city. You can find the page here. In the middle of the page is a link to a survey for park users. The survey is very quick to fill out, though I encourage people to take a couple minutes and use the comment section to detail any concerns or priorities you have for any of the parks on the list. I used the section to discuss the needs of the mobility impaired who are ambulatory.