Marymoor, Pike Place and delicious sushi

Over 80 degrees today?! I know a couple of black dogs who are gonna get wet! 💦
Hi blerg! It’s Monday, I just started my period, my in-laws just left us after a 3-day stay and I have a couple of snoozing dogs at my feet. Let’s travel back in time to last Thursday, when I met up with one of my old bosses for brunch and then a nice loooooong stroll around Marymoor with the pets.

Another gorgeous afternoon at Marymoor!
It was an unseasonable 80 degrees, and it was fabulous. I wore a tank top, my rainbow hat and a nice thick layer of spf 30. My boss is pregnant with girl child #2, so we talked a lot about babies and child-rearing strategies (I learned about RIE parenting) and then after an hour or so my friend Christy, who lives nearby, met up with us and we all walked around the park for another hour or so.

Oh hello little Bernese Mountain puppy, can I take you home? 😍
Look at this little Bernese Mountain puppy awwwrrrrrrrr! I WANT ONE.

TGIF 💦
The girls and I came back home and pretty much did nothing for the rest of the day…hours of walking and sunshine can be exhausting! But so gooood!

#TBT to this fabbuu green jeweled chandelier sighhhh 😍
Er, well, “throwback Thursday” to this fabbuu chandelier I spotted at “Home Inspirations”. Mmmm hmmmmm. 

Started our morning out right with some dog park/forest walkies. 🌲
Friday was similarly gorgeous weather, although not quite as hot, so in the morning I took the girls on a long forest-y walk (after all the frantic last-minute housecleaning for my in-laws).

Little forest flowers 💕
They had planned on visiting us sometime this month for Josh’s birthday (on the 21st), but bumped up their visit a little to help out Brenna, who has been having a lot of physical ailments and needed to rest her body before her family’s trip to Hawaii this week. We were all concerned but per Jerry yesterday after they arrived in Hawaii, she was feeling much better. Thank goodness. 

Little flowering tree in the backyard. 🌸
I was grateful for their early visit because the latter part of this month is going to be busy for me with ultrasounds, blood tests and FINALLY my FET. FINALLY FINALLY WOOOO!!!

I am feeeeeling you, pink blossoms! 🌸
Saturday morning Josh was off to Mount Rainier to go skiing with his uncle, and my in-laws went to visit Fleeta’s parents and take them to IKEA to brainstorm kitchen ideas. They tried to get me to go with them, but I’ve avoided IKEA this long for a reason, and had no interest. Sorry, in-laws.

Crowdsourcing: what color should the white part of the poster frame be? Should it stay white?
Instead I completed my 4.5 mile training run, took the girls for a walk and then sat in the basement icing my feet and attempting to finish up this cat painting for Corinne. I crowd-sourced on Instagram ideas for the frame around the poster in the painting, which is white. I think I’ve settled on green. Maybe. Maybe.

No complaints, currently. 🌈
And then I just spent an hour or so on my back patio, wearing my cheap-o sunhat from Walgreens and trying my damndest to blast through the library books I’ve had for the last, oh, month or so.

My in-laws at Harborview Park yesterday.
Bob and Fleeta returned from their IKEA trip and I convinced them to drive me over to a park I had driven by many times and was curious about.

Overlooking Possession Sound. Such a gorgeous day today.
Curiosity satisfied! Then we had Mexican food. Mmmmmmm.

With my mother-in-law at Pike Place. 💐
Yesterday the four of us went to Pike Place Market, one of my favorite things to do in Seattle. It’s always fun to gawk at the gorgeous flowers, visit the various booths and talk to local artists.

Tulip Heaven. 💐🌷
And what would a trip to Pike Place Market be without a stop at Milagros? Would you believe I didn’t buy a cross this time??! There wasn’t one that “spoke” to me, and at a minimum of 48 bucks they need to SPEAK to me. I would have bought a little pair of star earrings but didn’t have 5 dollars cash on me. Heigh ho.

Spotted at the Market.
No matter. I had the most incredible pear gelato I’ve ever tasted and we each bought a beautiful bouquet of flowers to bring home for only 10 clams. So worth it!

These "parrot" tulips were very eye-catching.
Love these “parrot” tulips. I also learned that the beautiful chartreuse-colored plant growing in our backyard is called “Euphorbia”. Learn something new each day!

Olympic Sculpture Park.
After the Market, we wandered over to the Olympic Sculpture Park, which Joshy and I had not been to before. More photos to come.

The Neukom Vivarium: no filter required. 💚💚💚
This amazing bright green greenhouse caught my eye as we were leaving the Sculpture Park, and we wandered in. It’s called the “Neukom Vivarium”, and it is, per Wiki:

Neukom Vivarium is a 2006 mixed media installation by American artist Mark Dion, located at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington, United States. The work features a 60-foot (18 m) Western hemlock that fell outside of Seattle in 1996, acting as a nurse log within an 80-foot (24 m) greenhouse. According to the Seattle Art Museum, which operates the park, the tree “inhabits an art system” consisting of bacteria, fungi, insects, lichen and plants. The installation supplies magnifying glasses to visitors wanting a closer inspection; they are provided field guides in the form of tiles.

Cool! So greeeeeen and peaceful. 

Celebrating @djmagicelf's birthday early with sushi at Chiso. Mmmmmmm.
Finally, to celebrate my old man’s birthday we went to Chiso in Fremont, the best best best sushi in Seattle, as far as we’re concerned. It never disappoints!

UGH alright. Goals for today include gobbling lots of Pamprin, laying under my heated throw and…HOPEFULLY finishing Corinne’s cat painting #1, because I’m ready to move on to #2. Of course! Catch yer later.

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