Smitten and Spun - Blog » skateboard https://smittenandspun.com/blog Design, art, jewelry, photography, architecture, musings Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:37:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 This is NOT a Picture Opportunity https://smittenandspun.com/blog/2011/09/29/this-is-not-a-picture-opportunity/ https://smittenandspun.com/blog/2011/09/29/this-is-not-a-picture-opportunity/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:46:33 +0000 smitten http://smittenandspun.com/blog/?p=1091 20110929-083952.jpg

By now you probably know I like juxtapositions … and witty graffiti … well and Banksy because he does both. He’s tagged “This is not a photo opportunity” all over London and the other day when Spun and I enjoyed lunch from the yellow chairs below, we were startled to see someone pay tribute to that same line here in Seattle. Love it.

Today is going to be stunning. Spun was out running in Seward Park at the crack of dawn with a soft blanket of pine needles under her feet, a majestic gold and pink Mt Rainier off across the mirror-like water of Lake Washington. I skated down past the old 619 building where I saw an abandoned “artist’s smock” made out of hangers and doused in paint that rained down from the roofline, splashing across the parking lot, billboards, etc.

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Down to Pier 62 & 63 along the Puget Sound I zipped, weaving in and out of ferry commuters. Two bodies of water sharing absolutely gorgeous views with two bodies made mostly of water. Air was crisp, not a cloud in the sky. What a perfect way to round out our Indian summer and welcome in Fall.

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You have waited through 9 months of fall for a day like this one, so get out there for lunch peeps. Hang out with the burning thing in the sky. Gaze up and try and figure out who painted the “big room’s” ceiling blue overnight. Enjoy your little slice of Summer and please, my fellow Seattlites, please don’t complain about it being too warm. Fall will be upon us for another 6-9 months again before you know it.

Oh, and I saw a rhino in an alley today. Super rad. :-)

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Another gorgeous day in Seattle. Supposed to get almost up to 70° today and then tomorrow, oh man, 74°. Can’t even believe it myself. I’m hoping to ride in a lot more in the next few months. Even though the board is Never Summer, I’d like to think it’s Seldom Summer here in Seattle. But when it is… watch out. This is the most beautiful place in the world.

About the photos … I used my fishers lens from Photojojo’s iPhone lens pack. A couple angles of the alley, one at the entrance showing of this beautifully sunny Seattle day.

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