Friday, October 17, 2008

Free Seattle: Volunteer Park Conservatory

My pal Chuck in San Francisco recently blogged about a free thing I should do with my free time here in Seattle: visit the Volunteer Park Conservatory. So I did.

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It was nice and warm in there. I should go back in December.

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Then walked around Volunteer Park on this beautiful fall day.

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 17, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    Beautiful photos!! You're right, it's wonderful to have a taste of the tropics during the winter by ducking into the conservatory, quickly peeling off the outer layers of winter wear, and soaking in the high humidity.

    On a seperate note, I daily ride the notoriously nasty #36 and if there isn't a semi blocking traffic (as in your photo) then there is a delivery van blocking the inside lane kitty corner in front of the Hing Hau (sp?) grocery where signage specifically prohibits parking at any time. Traffic will be backed up for blocks and it's been like this for years...just getting worse because more people are using 12th Ave.

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  2. trellisOctober 18, 2008 at 7:51 AM

    Gorgeous photos. I love the Conservatory, wish I went more often. There are a few hidden nooks where you can sit, breath in the woody-smelling, humid air, gaze into a pool.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 18, 2008 at 9:12 AM

    I've seen those delivery trucks parking illegally several times! And they also do it on Beacon at Columbian for Fou Lee and Seattle Supermarket - nice how they can get away with that.

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  4. chuck b.October 18, 2008 at 9:22 AM

    Did you happen to see a cute chiming/ringing kinetic sculpture at the Conservatory? I took a little movie of it, but forgot to upload it to my Flickr. I will have to do that.

    I totally remember that Rem Koolhaas post you made now.

    Delivery trucks parked in traffic. A miserable fact of life in San Francisco.

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  5. chuck b.October 18, 2008 at 9:23 AM

    Typically great pictures from you, btw.

    Even the traffic shot.

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  6. JvAOctober 18, 2008 at 9:38 AM

    Thanks, Chuck! At the end of my trip, I remembered the macro setting you taught me to use, so I went through it again and took some closeups.

    I should visit some gardens before it gets too cold. Maye I'll take the baby on a ferry ride over to Bloedel.

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  7. chuck b.October 18, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    Bloedel must be absolutely amazing in the fall.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 18, 2008 at 10:49 PM

    It's not so much the delivery trucks as the fork lifts darting in and out of traffic that make that section of 12th scary. I know they're not street legal, and that's not even counting the time I saw one go diagonally through a red-light intersection...

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  9. litlnemoOctober 19, 2008 at 1:08 PM

    Yeah, this has been an ongoing problem at that intersection for some time now. Very frustrating.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008 at 7:17 PM

    LOVE your photos...

    Thanks for taking the time and congratulations on your new baby.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    I almost crashed my bike into the forks of a forklift that were sticking out into traffic in this intersection once. The color of the metal forks blended in perfectly with the asphalt. It could have been very bad. Bikers beware...

    Beautiful picture as usual, BTW.

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  12. TrentalangeOctober 22, 2008 at 5:46 PM

    next time you are going to volunteer park let me know. I love the conservatory!

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