Maple leaves, transmission towers and mountains were visible on today's walk in the Maple Leaf neighborhood. (Beyond the Water Tower, I could see the Cascade Mountains.)

Not only was the old water tower decorated with maple leaves but so also was a traffic circle ...

... and the wall of a building.

Walking primarily from 89th to 96th Street NE between 5th and Roosevelt Avenues, I passed quite a few towers, like this Comcast one.


Lots of residential buildings are going up along Roosevelt which is already home to quite a few shops, restaurants, coffee shops, a veterinary clinic, a midwife center, a natural healing center, Ace Hardware, a 7-Eleven, carpentry and metal works shops, the Little Gym, Bead World, a cake decorations shop, Blue Kettle Books (a traveling bookstore) and Math 'n' Stuff. The Roosevelt Ale House has closed.


The Perkins School is also on Roosevelt with this addition around the corner.

Between 8th and 5th, Olympic View Elementary was advertising their annual plant sale. Across 5th, I could see Olympic View Community Church and I viewed the Olympic Mountains.

It's still possible to find well-kept, older homes with lovely gardens and some older homes have had auxiliary dwelling units for a long time ...

... but it's becoming more common to see new construction sites of three or more homes, especially close to Roosevelt.

During my 4 mile walk, I passed a Dog Oasis, ...

... garden art, ...
... a Little Free Art Gallery, ...
... sidewalk tiles (outside an apartment building that houses the Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Center) ...

... and an admonition to respect Mother Earth - Earth Day is less than a week away!

I also spotted seven Little Free Libraries. I could have taken novels, young adult or children's books, books on Italian cooking, knitting, outdoor projects, historical figures or business as well as a Stieg Larsson novel translated into French.



 

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