I love living in Seattle.

[F4lconF16]

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All from my lunch breaks.

Then this one from a free afternoon:


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A hike yesterday:








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Dinner with the girlfriend downtown:





Sorry for the panorama shots; they look good on my monitor so I like taking them, but they're not the best for internet forums.

[handmade34]

1. it is a spectacular city!

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Nice shots.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Just fabulous, my dear F4lconF16!

Seattle is very beautiful, esp. when the sun comes out!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. Shhhhhhhhh!

Everyone will want to move here (I'm in Everett)

[pnwmom]

5. Did you grow up here or are you an appreciative transplant?

I've been here for a few decades, and I think I appreciate it more every day.

Thanks for reminding me why.

[F4lconF16]

7. I came up in fall 2013 for school.

Moved up permanently this summer. I absolutely love up here. I'd be willing to live in almost any area around here. The views are gorgeous, and the vibe is great.

[pnwmom]

9. My husband fell in love with the area when he was a very young boy

and attended the World's Fair.

He decided that when he grew up this is where he wanted to be. It wasn't a hard sell when he first took me here for job interviews.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. My two favorite parks (30 years ago) were Greenlake and Carkeek.

... and the arboretum.

One of the best things about Seattle is the parks.

[F4lconF16]

8. I ride around greenlake on a regular basis.

I love being nearby to Ravenna as well. Not to mention 15 minutes on the Burke Gilman gets me to 4 or 5 other parks nearby. It's my favorite part about being here.

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. We used to jog around Greenlake at lunch.

Working in North Seattle was great.

[NCarolinawoman]

10. I love #6 with the giant "Christmas" trees.

[brer cat]

12. Beautiful shots, F4lconF16.

DU has so many talented photographers. Thanks for sharing.

[mercuryblues]

13. Seattle and the surrounding areas

are awesome. Thanks for reminding me, I have to pack.

My favorite is the EMP museum.

http://empmuseum.org/

[F4lconF16]

15. I am a member

And can't wait to head to their new exhibits

[tclambert]

14. Seattle? But the sky is blue. Who are you trying to fool?

[appalachiablue]

16. K & R. Beautiful city and area. Visited friends there several times.

[Canoe52]

17. You don't want to live here...

Terrible place to live, rainy, cloudy, wet and damp ALL the time. I'm talking 99.99999999%. And the salmon fishing and crabbing, just terrible, really. And the mountains, eh, they're so-so, just kinda average. So move to Florida or Arizona or California. You wouldn't really like it here, really. And you wouldn't want to live next to me (it's for sale) just an average view of the cascades, puget sound, and on a good day, mount Rainier. So really, don't move here, it's a terrible place, I'm trying to tell ya!!! Really!

[chknltl]

20. You forgot to mention the volcanoes! We got lotsa volcanoes!

And they blow up every now and then.... very messy!


btw There are only 15 five acre plots on my little rural road near McKenna, 2 of them are going up for sale. Of the 15, there are only 2 of us who call ourselves democrats....we need more sane folks out this way, Seattle is doing just fine.

[HeiressofBickworth]

21. And the EARTHQUAKES!!!

Reminds me of a local reporter, Emmett Watson, who formed Lesser Seattle (the opposite of Greater Seattle, of course) who's motto was Keep the Bastards Out. The idea was to dissuade migration in order to keep the style and ambience of the area. This was back in the days when we bemoaned the Californication of Seattle.

Getting great pictures like these is an art -- have to be in the right place at the right time when the sun is shining, clouds are still forming off-shore, summer haze is gone, temperature inversion hasn't hidden "The Mountain" or made the air thick enough to chew. But then we usually have a glorious Summer. I think it was on a Wednesday last year.

[chknltl]

22. I blame our earthquakes on imigrating Californians

I think there is a name for it, isostatic rebound or somesuch. Take all that weight from one area of the planet and remove it, the land rises, rising land might produce earthquakes. If so then the reverse could happen as well. I may need to check with Bill Nye The Science Guy on this, he started his career in Seattle so he should know a thing or two about these things.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Not to mention all the sasquatches

Big hairy creatures that smell bad.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. I would love to once again live

in a place that is green. K&R

[SunSeeker]

19. With those cloudless skies, looks a lot like California.

[McKim]

23. Seattle is Great Until You Get in a Car

Seattle is great if you live close to downtown and don't drive a car. The traffic is a nightmare and makes going anywhere a chore.

[pnwmom]

25. Are there any major cities that don't have bad traffic? n/t

[nikto]

24. Gorgeous! Weird to think...

That someday, a magnitude quake of "9", similar to Japan's will hit somewhere off the northern coast,
sending at least a 50'-high tsunami into the Seattle area.
After the main shock, people will have maybe 30-minutes or so(?) to head for the hills.

Last one was in the year 1700, in January.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake

Doesn't keep Seattle from being wonderful, though.
Everyone should still move there.

[nolabear]

26. Hello from slap in the middle of Seattle, Ray of Sunshine.

Did you enjoy that?

[PNW_Dem]

27. I hear you brother!

Holding down the fort in Cascadia

[CanSocDem]

28. And, on top of that...

...you can buy pot at the corner store. You might be in Heaven.....



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[classof56]

29. Ah, yes--Seattle, my old home town.

Thanks for the gorgeous photos, and most of all, the memories!

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Seattle (or Anchorage South as I like to call it)

is a beautiful city. Usually we just see the airport, but we have visited down there a couple of times and really liked it. These are really pretty shots.