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photo by Ballard AvenueSadly, we have no pictures of educated fleas doing it....

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photo by Ballard AvenueLast spring a pair of osprey built a nest on the south tower of the Salmon Bay railroad bridge. They didn't seem to mind the noisy trains and appreciated the salmon run in the Ship Canal below. We watched to see if there would ...

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photo by Ballard AvenueAshton licked his chops over dinner....

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photo by Ballard AvenueAshton is a big boy and loves his dinner....

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photo by Ballard AvenueBack from the beach, Carkeek Park is the Land of the Bigleaf Maple. How big is that leaf? That's a size 6 shoe....

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photo by Ballard AvenueWe caught these fellows trying to catch a salmon or two the same day we saw the kayakers. Maybe we should add four more cold feet to the day's total....

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The barbershop quartet Premiere hung up their tight chords in 2006, but got back together in 2008 for a tribute to their mentor, Freddie King. They said goodbye with this very nice performance of Auld Lang Syne.Happy New Year to you all....

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photo by Ballard AvenueWe saw these kayakers off Carkeek Park in early December. Sea kayakers are pretty hardcore. These must be the fourteen coldest feet south of Nome....

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photo by Ballard AvenueRemember the house where the Fiats used to rust? The remodeling has come along nicely. At first, the small scale of the remodel was a little surprising. Over the past few years, similar remodels around here have been gargantuan...

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photo by Ballard AvenueClassicists that we are, we like a proper three-ball snowman with carrot nose. But, alas, his eyes didn't survive the warming temperatures....