Fall Texture

Haunted Picnic

Pics from my MeetUp group's cook-out at River Legacy Park in Arlington, TX.
Pretty sunset effect caused by the light refracting at different wave lengths of of the dense atmosphere composed entirely of blood-sucking mosquitoes.

Would be yummy if it wasn't made from cute animals.

After dinner everyone went for a haunted hike (as if hanging out with these guys wasn't scary enough as it is).

Volunteer Park

This is Volunteer Park, crafted by the Olmsted Brothers of Central Park fame. It has trees, flowers, and art. This is a good thing.
At the center of the park sit the statue Black Sun by Isamu Noguchi. It is weightless and beautiful, and on it's pediment at the top of a hill between a (no I am not kidding) waste water treatment plant and the SAM it floats in the clouds. You can see the space needle and Elliott Bay in the distance.

Discovery Park

We went to Discovery Park in Seattle north of downtown in a neighborhood called Magnolia. It is a big park with lots of paths and a lighthouse. It's so big it I kept telling Thomas that it would be a good place to hide the body.
"This would be a good place to hide the body," I'd say.
Thomas: shifty eyes.
It's so big they caught a cougar there a few days after we visited.
No, really.
Did you know that in Seattle blackberries grow in the wild? And you can eat them?
And that people in Seattle are actually kind of annoyed by this?
It's like living in a magical wonderland full of magically delicious non-native invasive goodness! Look at all that freakin' blackberry!
Beautiful wild sweet pea.