Difficulties about the moon ...

All I wanted was a picture of the lovely, almost-full moon rising over the lake. The result is not so spectacular as the original (the eye reads the moon as MUCH larger than it appears here) but it's a record, of sorts.

Our warm late summer continues. This afternoon a couple of my neighbors ushered at a sparsely-attended production of a new, somewhat impenetrable, play. They agreed it was much more interesting to talk about afterwards, over wine on the deck. On evenings like this, no one wants to go in, because soon enough there will be little incentive to sit outside.

Weather is perfect for the boat show this weekend, and for all the activities at the Center for Wooden Boats.


The center is adjacent to the new park at the foot of Lake Union, which incorporates a former Navy facility (including the armory.)


There is plenty of dock space for boats of all sizes - including my favorite, the Virginia V. She's a steamship, last of the so-called "Mosquito Fleet" that used to carry passengers all over Puget Sound, now restored and available for charter. The distinctive blast of her whistle punctuates summer weekends.