A camellia in full bloom greeted me in Ravenna this afternoon. After a stop at the Grateful Bread to pick up bagels, I walked streets between 25th and 35th Avenues NE from 65th to 75th Street.  Once again, Nature trumped everything.


From the Wedgwood Rock (which is really in Ravenna) ...


... to some beautiful bonsai trees ...


... to the trees surviving being pruned ... to the hills ... to the glorious gardens ... and beautiful blue skies, Nature was on display in Seattle today.


Trees even acted as supports for play structures.

This area has already undergone a lot of older home replacement. For a while, faux Tudor or neo-Craftsman seemed to predominate. Then it was modern boxy homes with lots of glass. 

Now, it appears to be tall, white houses with black trim and vertical slats.

There were a number of dead-end streets but I discovered this footpath connecting two parts of 70th Street between 27th and 28th.
The Northeast Library now has a locker for hold pickup.

Eckstein Middle School resides on the top of hilly 75th Street.


Along my six mile walk, I spotted a painting hanging on a fence, ...

... street art, ...
... a decorated fire hydrant ...

... and a "No Golf Playing" sign.

The Northwest Montessori School is here and so are seven Little Free Libraries. They contained books on subjects from bathroom reading to financial management to civics to crosswords to backpacking to spreadsheet software to novels to religious tracts.




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