A trip to Dunn Lumber took my husband and me to Wallingford this morning. We left the store, crossed the Burke Gilman Trail and walked up the hill to N 40th Street. We noted all the multifamily dwellings (probably condos) with views of Lake Union. Walking west on 40th, we came to Sunnyside. By this time, we were further from the lake and we noticed more single family homes. We passed one with this Halloween display.

The same home had lovely tiles in its parking strip. Across the street, ...

... we spotted three fairy doors in a stone retaining wall. As we walked back towards the lake, we noted remodeled homes; some were tastefully done and seemed to meld into the old neighborhood. Some were modern boxes.

Some were the rows of connected skinny homes with another row behind them similar to what we have observed in other neighborhoods. Density without affordability, I'm afraid.

There are still some colorful houses, ...

... welcoming gardens, this one suggesting that we "grow laughter," and vegetables growing in parking strips.

At 38th and Eastern, we came across Sun Bear Park, a triangle of land on a dead end street overlooking Lake Union.

Back at Latona and Pacific, there is a big hole in the ground between Dunn Lumber and Ivar's Salmon House. A sign indicated that it would house Office, Lab and Retail Space.

Across Northlake Way, a shore viewing spot has been carved out.

It was really smoky today so we cut our walk short at 2 miles but not before seeing a "Celebrate Historic Wallingford" yard sign. This neighborhood still has a few of those older homes but it looked as if there would be many more north of 40th street.

Along our walk, we passed two Little Free Libraries. Both contained novels and children's books.