A attractive Mount Baker stroll with parks, pets, art and record, drawn by Seattle Stroll Report

One Foot in Front of the Other

This week’s One particular Foot in Front of the Other stroll attributes special guest Susanna Ryan, creator of Seattle Wander Report and writer of “Secret Seattle,” who created this exceptional 3-mile loop around Mount Baker.

Stringing alongside one another a number of parks with stellar Lake Washington and Mount Rainier sights, and with bits of living Seattle historical past scattered throughout the route, this walk is truly worth an afternoon. Check it out for a style of the Central District and South Seattle as the seasons alter.

South Seattle loop

(Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times)


Spherical-excursion length: 3.3 miles

Our wander commences at Sam Smith Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. Look for the paved route accented by a sequence of rock sculptures paired with philosophical musings from Lao Tze, Plato and some others. “Crooked is the route of eternity,” writes the constantly-cheery Nietzsche,

Bouquets aplenty: Attractive Gardens Tour returns to Plymouth Sunday, July 18 | Plymouth/Drugs Lake

The Mates the Plymouth Library are thrilled to announce the return of the well-liked Lovely Gardens Tour 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 18.

This is the seventh self-guided gardens tour that the Close friends have sponsored after possessing to terminate last year’s tour thanks to the pandemic.

The annual garden tour is an chance for the team to increase resources to help library programming. The party also introduces people to stunning gardens the place they can find out from other gardeners, described Cathy Fischer, president of the Buddies of the Plymouth Library.

It will aspect five gardens – 4 in Plymouth and one in neighboring New Hope.

“It’s just such a great thing to do on a Sunday afternoon,” Fischer mentioned.

1 backyard web page is described by its operator, Mary Cotton, as “Painting With Bouquets.”

Her painted backyard is separated by four massive gardens, every with a