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green
lake park |
7201 East Green Lake Dr N.
Seattle,
WA |
An
Afternoon at Greenlake
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| 8/19/2006
- It was a perfect
Saturday afternoon, too perfect to stay home. We decided to go to Green
Lake. We stopped at Spud Fish and Chips across E. Green
Lake
Way for
lunch
and then
set out to find parking. |
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On
the grass by Green Lake |
Getting
a Parking Space
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I
didn't bother trying to find parking in the lot next
to the playing field even though it's close to the
restaurant. Instead I went south and park in the
lots around the
bottom
of
the
lake. I almost always do.
Once
again
this turned out to be the right strategy. We had
a choice of several shady spots right by the stadium. |
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Duck
on Green Lake |
| What
to do if you aren't walking around the lake |
| This
was a short outing to take the cameras out and enjoy
the park. We had no real intentions of walking the
2.8 miles around the lake. Instead we were observers both
with eyes and cameras. |
| So
we watched and
laughed at the cute dogs of all shapes and sizes. Then
we went by the bleachers down to the water. The water
was green and sparkling. There were boat docks jetting
into the water from both the right and left. We watched
people walk along them to get farther out on the water. |
| We
took photos of the flock of ducks swimming around
the docks. They weren’t
of any one breed, but some seemed reminiscent of Mallard
or Wood Duck. Others I couldn’t begin to identify.
They made great subjects and we didn't even have to get
them to sign a model release. |
| The
day stayed soft and warm as the shadows grew long.
We moved to keep up with the disappearing light. That
is how we found the dappled light under the trees.
Under the fir trees, we had our own photo shoot. The
lovely light yielded images
with a subtle golden glow. |
| Green
Lake is a place I go again and again for the way it
makes me feel to be there. This trip was just as lovely
as I expected. |
| by Dianne Bengtson |
| photography by Steve Robertson |
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Be
Aware:
Dog owners
should know that the lake has periodic blooms of algae. At those times it
is unsafe for dogs to drink from the lake. |
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