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A Nice Day for Pictures
Apr. 10th, 2021 11:09 pmToday was rather of a long adventure.
I woke around six-ish to find Gary had paid a visit to the Hill overnight and hadn't yet arrived home. I took the opportunity for a few naughty and semi-naughty selfies in bed. When Gary rolled in almost on the dot of seven, I decided to go back to sleep and wait for him to come up to bed. I woke a second time around 8:30 and went about starting my day, with morning meds and a finger stick before coming down for breakfast around nine. Gary was half asleep in the recliner and told me of the cute cub he'd encountered last night before dropping off to sleep again. I had a quiet breakfast and went upstairs to the office to upload pictures and play Sudoku. Gary arrived about noon and clearly needed to go to bed. I showered as he got under the covers and was sound asleep by the time I was done and dressed.
The first order of business was grocery shopping. I stopped by Hans and Franz for a loaf of bread, then Safeway for margarine, cream cheese, and lemonade mix.
The plan was to then stop at various parks in Everett, starting with Lions Park in our own neighborhood (basically right behind the Safeway). I made a circuit of the park, stopping every so often to take pictures. There were quite a few kids and their parents using the playground.
Next I drove to Forest Park on Mukilteo Boulevard to get in a hike. I went to use the restroom and noticed more kids and parents at the playground here as well. Both of the public restrooms I used today had the high-velocity hand dryers that make juvenile fart noises if you hold your hands together just so. I checked the trail map and decided to return home to drop off the groceries and retrieve my hoodie since I was a bit chilled in only a T-shirt. As I returned to the car, I met an older couple walking a dog each. The dogs were small, perhaps Shihtzus or Maltese, with thick black fur. I let one of the dogs sniff my leg before they moved on and I got back in the car.
I intended to pick up lunch at a drive-through on the way home, but no less than three places - Mikie's burgers, Popeye's chicken, and Wendy's - had queues of cars spilling onto Evergreen Way. So I settled on Arby's, which at least has more space even though the line was little shorter. I brought lunch home, brought in the mail and groceries, and ate. I checked on Gary before leaving again and he was still asleep.
Next stop was back at Forest Park. I made the short loop from the picnic shelter down to Mukilteo Boulevard across from historic Fire Station 4, then back via a long staircase with a bench at the top and a low brick structure across the park road (which, according to our friend Jacob, used to be the bear enclosure for the Forest Park Zoo years ago). I took a break on the bench before returning to the park proper. Again I encountered a dog walker on the way back to the car, this time a tall dude with a Westie. I mentioned we used to have a Cairn Terrier which is a close relative.
I drove on to Howarth Park a bit further down Mukilteo Boulevard. I crossed paths a few times with a couple of dudes walking another small dog. We didn't speak to one another, but smiled and nodded.
The last stop of the day was Lighthouse Park by the site of the old Mukilteo ferry terminal, which was recently demolished after its replacement was completed a few hundred yards east. I got some good pictures of the lighthouse itself and the gaping hole where the old terminal had been before venturing out on the pier between Ivar's and the Silver Cloud Hotel to see the new terminal. On the tip of the pier a young dude and lady were fishing from folding chairs; I asked if they had caught any and the dude replied, "Not yet." When I returned to Lighthouse Park, I sat for a while on a bench by the shore before stopping by the restroom and returning to the car.
I chose the quicker path home via Mukilteo Speedway and the Boeing Freeway. A big biker on a Harley, wearing an embossed leather vest with the Harley logo over a long-sleeved black shirt, chaps, boots, and a reflective silver helmet with a line of spikes over the midline like a Mohawk, rode in the lane to my left from the Boeing Freeway all the way to Madison Street on Evergreen Way. I gave him a thumbs up at a stop light and he nodded.
Gary was awake and watching a movie when I arrived. I sat for a few minutes and made some Facebook posts while half watching the film, then got up and did the mise-en-place for dinner of butter chicken and Basmati rice. After all the walking, I was rather hungry and this hit the spot.
I woke around six-ish to find Gary had paid a visit to the Hill overnight and hadn't yet arrived home. I took the opportunity for a few naughty and semi-naughty selfies in bed. When Gary rolled in almost on the dot of seven, I decided to go back to sleep and wait for him to come up to bed. I woke a second time around 8:30 and went about starting my day, with morning meds and a finger stick before coming down for breakfast around nine. Gary was half asleep in the recliner and told me of the cute cub he'd encountered last night before dropping off to sleep again. I had a quiet breakfast and went upstairs to the office to upload pictures and play Sudoku. Gary arrived about noon and clearly needed to go to bed. I showered as he got under the covers and was sound asleep by the time I was done and dressed.
The first order of business was grocery shopping. I stopped by Hans and Franz for a loaf of bread, then Safeway for margarine, cream cheese, and lemonade mix.
The plan was to then stop at various parks in Everett, starting with Lions Park in our own neighborhood (basically right behind the Safeway). I made a circuit of the park, stopping every so often to take pictures. There were quite a few kids and their parents using the playground.
Next I drove to Forest Park on Mukilteo Boulevard to get in a hike. I went to use the restroom and noticed more kids and parents at the playground here as well. Both of the public restrooms I used today had the high-velocity hand dryers that make juvenile fart noises if you hold your hands together just so. I checked the trail map and decided to return home to drop off the groceries and retrieve my hoodie since I was a bit chilled in only a T-shirt. As I returned to the car, I met an older couple walking a dog each. The dogs were small, perhaps Shihtzus or Maltese, with thick black fur. I let one of the dogs sniff my leg before they moved on and I got back in the car.
I intended to pick up lunch at a drive-through on the way home, but no less than three places - Mikie's burgers, Popeye's chicken, and Wendy's - had queues of cars spilling onto Evergreen Way. So I settled on Arby's, which at least has more space even though the line was little shorter. I brought lunch home, brought in the mail and groceries, and ate. I checked on Gary before leaving again and he was still asleep.
Next stop was back at Forest Park. I made the short loop from the picnic shelter down to Mukilteo Boulevard across from historic Fire Station 4, then back via a long staircase with a bench at the top and a low brick structure across the park road (which, according to our friend Jacob, used to be the bear enclosure for the Forest Park Zoo years ago). I took a break on the bench before returning to the park proper. Again I encountered a dog walker on the way back to the car, this time a tall dude with a Westie. I mentioned we used to have a Cairn Terrier which is a close relative.
I drove on to Howarth Park a bit further down Mukilteo Boulevard. I crossed paths a few times with a couple of dudes walking another small dog. We didn't speak to one another, but smiled and nodded.
The last stop of the day was Lighthouse Park by the site of the old Mukilteo ferry terminal, which was recently demolished after its replacement was completed a few hundred yards east. I got some good pictures of the lighthouse itself and the gaping hole where the old terminal had been before venturing out on the pier between Ivar's and the Silver Cloud Hotel to see the new terminal. On the tip of the pier a young dude and lady were fishing from folding chairs; I asked if they had caught any and the dude replied, "Not yet." When I returned to Lighthouse Park, I sat for a while on a bench by the shore before stopping by the restroom and returning to the car.
I chose the quicker path home via Mukilteo Speedway and the Boeing Freeway. A big biker on a Harley, wearing an embossed leather vest with the Harley logo over a long-sleeved black shirt, chaps, boots, and a reflective silver helmet with a line of spikes over the midline like a Mohawk, rode in the lane to my left from the Boeing Freeway all the way to Madison Street on Evergreen Way. I gave him a thumbs up at a stop light and he nodded.
Gary was awake and watching a movie when I arrived. I sat for a few minutes and made some Facebook posts while half watching the film, then got up and did the mise-en-place for dinner of butter chicken and Basmati rice. After all the walking, I was rather hungry and this hit the spot.