Seattle Tours

I really only make a posting when i get out with my camera. This is mostly a photo-blog. I’m not try to narrate my life or create a text that elucidates my world view. Just some photos, really.

The last week or so i have been house sitting at my friends’ (Jonah and Sarah) house boat, which is moored just east of the Ballard Bridge at the edge of Salmon Bay. The “house” boat is shown in the lower left of the photo, set against a threatening/promising sky to the west.
















Went back to the Perkins Lane landslide area; you will see plenty of photos from there in the coming weeks. It’s a very photogenic place. Here are some of the plants I saw flowering today at this site:

(left) Scot's Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
(right) Common gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Both of these are native to Europe, introduced here. Both are leguminaceous shrubs.

(left) Himalayan blackberry (Rubus discolor, Rosaceae): Present bane, future bounty
(right) Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora, Saxifragaceae): Started flowering in last 10 days. Present throughout Seattle in slide and seep areas.

(left) Thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia, Scrophulariaceae) : This flower is so tiny, only about two millimeters across, that i couldnt get a good picture with my camera. But it was flowering today in the landslide area, so here 'tis -- i've borrowed a pic off the web.

(right) Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans, Labiatae): I keyed this one out -- it's not native, but not a problem weed either. It has the look of Prunella, and apparently its healing properties are similar as well.