Michael Ostrogorsky Ph.D. 📸

Alki Beach Daffodils:

Washington State Ferry Kaleetan sailing across Puget Sound off Alki Beach bound for Seattle:

Mountain Storm:

Birds of Paradise Pike Place Flowers Pike Place Market:

Pike Place Market's Post Alley, Seattle's own little Rue Mouffetard:

Good day to hide out at the Pike Place Market Arcade!

Give it two days, and it'll show up on eBay. 😀

Calm between Storms Puget Sound off Alki Beach:

When winter reminds us she's not done with us yet, always a pleasure to hang out at Pike Place Market!

Bouquet of Spring at Pike Place Market:

Colors of Spring at Pike Place Market, even if it might not feel like spring this week here in Seattle!

Port of Seattle at sunset last week:

Seattle is Made up of Doers, Don'ters, Doubters, and Deadheads. Pioneer Square utility cover: 😁

Magnificent 1892 Victorian/Romanesque Revival Pioneer Building at Pioneer Place. The Pioneer Building’s exterior walls are constructed of Bellingham Bay gray sandstone at the basement and first floor levels, with red brick on the upper five floors:

Excerpt from Pioneer Square History Walk, Coming this Spring from Blue Parrot Books From Stop Number 1 Pioneer Place Dzidzilalich (Little Crossing-Over Place)

Excerpt from Pioneer Square History Walk, Coming this Spring from Blue Parrot Books. From Stop Number 1 Pioneer Place Dzidzilalich (Little Crossing-Over Place):

Gathering Storm Over Puget Sound off Alki Beach:

Replica Tlingit house post carved by Tlingit carvers Nathan and Stephen Jackson to replace Cape Fox, Alaska original that had been stolen by railroad magnate Edward Harriman's Expedition to Alaska in 1899, University of Washington's Burke Museum:

Tsimshian totem pole carved by David A. Boxley in 1998, University of Washington's Burke Museum:

Circa 1930 Makah Welcome Figure, University of Washington's Burke Museum, carved by Charlie Williams on Vancouver Island. When the Burke acquired the figure in 1952 the head was missing, so the museum commissioned carver Steve Brown to create a replica head based on an early photograph:

While not northwestern, beautiful traditional tatala boat and finials of the Tao people of Taiwan's Lanyu Island, University of Washington's Burke Museum. The Tao are Taiwan's only indigenous people with a maritime culture:

Spectacular carving of an Eagle clutching a salmon on the bow of this late nineteenth century Kwakwakaʼwakw canoe from Vancouver Island, acquired by the University of Washington's Burke Museum in 1963:

A Columbian Mammoth being chased by a saber-tooth tiger at the University of Washington's Burke Museum. One of the largest of the mammoths, the Columbian stood 14 feet tall and weighed more than 12 tons. The Columbian Mammoth roamed Western Washington until going extinct about 12,000 years ago:

Last night's Full Worm Moonrise over Seattle, viewed from Seacrest fishing dock in West Seattle:

Tonight's Full Worm Moonrise over Lumen Field:

A Glorious Finish to a Gorgeous Day in Paradise!

Just Another Glorious Iced Almond Mocha Kinda Spring Day at Alki Beach! 😎🧋⛱️

When the Big Coffee Cup Up In the Sky is sending you a message Lula Coffee West Seattle:

I noticed this sign is still up in Pioneer Square. Wonder how many people still go looking for the waterfront streetcar? It's been nearly twenty years since waterfront streetcar stopped running: 😠

Magnificent Romanesque Revival Interurban Building, Yesler Way and Occidental Avenue, Pioneer Square, constructed 1890-1891 as the Seattle National Bank Building. Renamed Interurban Building after its renovation in 1977 for its role as terminus of the Seattle to Tacoma interurban railway, 1904-1928:

Sasquatch Atop Smith Tower Merchant's Cafe Pioneer Square: