2009 November

Thomas Street Mini Park

November 3, 2009
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 306 Bellevue Ave. E.
Acreage: 0.25

Thomas Street Mini Park is a cute park with a cute name. Not much more than a hill of grass on first glance, if you take the little path into the middle of the park you’ll […]

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Solstice Park

November 2, 2009
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Location: West Seattle
Address: 7400 Fauntleroy Way S.W.
Acreage: 7.17

I climbed up the hill across the street from Lincoln Park in West Seattle today to investigate a big grassy mound and discovered Solstice Park.

Completed in 2002, this park is a wonderful place to take […]

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Japanese Garden

November 2, 2009
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Location: Central Seattle/Madison Park
Address: 1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E.
Acreage: 3.5

Located inside Washington Arboretum Park, the Japanese Garden is one of the few places on city property where you have to pay a fee to enter. But it’s worth the $5 to see […]

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Washington Park Arboretum

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 2300 Arboretum Drive E.
Acreage: 193.9

It’s picture day at the Arboretum. And there are two breeds of photographers to observe.

In one camp are the serious, slightly cranky, amateur nature photographers. This is prime season for this group as they strategically […]

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