Yes, that's right, there's a bicycle in this tree--and it's actually become 'part' of the tree now with one arm of the tree enveloping the bike! Recently my friend Elizabeth, her friend Michael and I ventured away from the city to Vashon Island. The local people say that years ago someone parked a child's bike on top of a seedling. No one moved the bike, so it actually grew to be part of the tree!The amazing thing about our trip to the island was, we only drove about 20 minutes away from my apt., boarded a ferry with my car (I'm borrowing a car from a very generous and trusting fellow graduate student while she's in Lithuania doing research for 9 months!) and it felt like we were hours from city life in Seattle.
Michael knew the island well, so he took us on a mini hike thru the woods and onto the beach (a beach full of small rocks/pebbles, not sandy like Florida beaches!) In fact, the whole atmosphere on this island in Puget Sound, off the Pacific Ocean, felt a lot like I'd imagine Prince Edward Island to look. LIke in the Anne of Green Gables books. It definitely did feel like a northwestern or Canadian environment.
Below are some locals at the tea/coffee shop on Main Street. These women meet every Saturday morning here to chat. Don't they look like they live on an island in the northwest with their sweaters and scarves?And of course, local color with the dogs in the truck!
I'm glad you were able to put down the books for a while and get out to Vashon Island for a while! The island looks really cool, which makes me wonder why these women aren't out enjoying the beauty but choosing to sit in some coffee shop instead. Also, I love the picture of the dogs because that one looks like he's laughing at some passer-by while the one in the back is looking at him with concern, as if he's saying to knock it off.
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