Have had a relaxing several days in Seattle walking and enjoying the beautiful gardens of Queen Anne Hill where my brother lives, Magnusen Park’s Fin Project : From Swords to Plowshares, and the Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) wonderful collection. SAM has a terrific temporary exhibit of etchings — including pieces by Rembrandt and Picasso.

My brother Bill’s and Mary Lou’s urban garden…

Overlook on Queen Anne Hill looking toward the space needle.

The hydrangeas are spectacular!

A small, very efficient vegetable garden between the sidewalk and  street!

Keith at the Fin Project- a sculpture park created using the actual diving-plane fins from decommissioned US Navy subs built in the 1960s. The fins are arranged to simulate the dorsal fins of a large Orca whale pod. Keith, the naval historian, surely liked this park and was glad to be reunited with the USS Whale which he had been on some years back.

Bill and Nancy swimming with the Orcas!

Australian Aboriginal art at SAM.

SAM has an amazing section of Pacific Northwest Native American art!