Mari and Andrew's West Seattle Garden in July

Chuck visited Saturday, and we took him to Mari and Andrew's garden.

























Not my child. Someone else's.































Later that evening we went to Elemental for dinner and had...

Watermelon with garbonzo beans.



Crab, roe.



Roasted red pepper with smoked salmon cream cheese.



Beet hazelnut salald.



(Did I mention the wine pairings with each course and then some?)



Escargot and bone marrow crostini.



Salmon with cherries, grapes, and roasted corn.



Game hen with ratatouille risotto.



Lamb taco with pickled cabbage.



Cheese.





Panna cotta.



Apricot tart with ice cream.



Chocolate crepes.



Then we walked to Gas Works Park.

San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge.



To the lighthouse. Point Bonita Lighthouse.











Back in town on Telegraph Hill.







Hanging out in North Beach.



What's in there?





In Vesuvio.

















Thanks for alerting me to this photo op, Chuck.



No longer in North Beach. Rectangles.



More rectangles.



Circles.



And more.



And a tribute to the folks who brought us the parking garage.

Elandan Gardens, Note About This Blog

I'm considering reviving this blog now that I've fallen into the routine of raising a baby and working full-time. I miss it.

To those of you who have been submitting comments, I'm sorry I don't get around to approving them right away. I have it set up so comments on posts less than a month old are automatically posted. But I was getting so much spam on older posts that I instutited moderation on those.

Anyway, here's an off-topic post. I've been showing Chuck B. around Seattle for a few days. Friday we went to Elandan Gardens in Gorst. He took photos of the bonsai, and for some reason I felt like focusing in on the moss and lichen. I forgot to bring my good camera, so these don't really capture the place. Next time.







Elandan is located on an old garbage dump near the Bremerton Naval Base. It's pretty much the perfect destination if you're into bonsai and battleships.

Tonoho Chul Park

I've been admiring cactuses in the Sonoran Desert. These photos were taken at Tonoho Chul Park in Tucson.