Friday

FLOWER POWER: Everything's blooming, it seems. Not sure what these pretties are. Any ideas anyone?

PARK PRESSER: One of the parks that makes a lot of appearances on this blog is Smith Cove Park, near the the Port of Seattle's Terminal 91.

We go down there all the time to check out the rocky beach, check out the marina, sea life, and cruise ships in the summertime.

We went there today because last night I read there would be a press conference in the park at 1:30 on Friday to announce big improvements there for the future, including the acquisition of 5 acres of additional land adjacent to the strip of grass along Elliott Bay.  

We arrived a couple minutes early and made our way to the park. Usually we're the only ones there when we visit, but today, it was full of a bunch of people in suits and skirts. We were just three of a handful of people there who didn't represent some government agency or a news bureau.

I pointed out a few of the politicos to the kids, including Mayor Mike McGinn, King County Executive Dow Constantine, and King County Council member Larry Phillips.

Phillips led off the speeches, and we learned a little bit about the history of the park, and that the land acquisition had been 20 years in the making. That's a long time.

The kids were hoping all of the improvements would be made today, but it's going to take years. We didn't stay for all of the speeches, but it was it fun to be there on the day of the big announcement, and we look forward to watching the park change and grow.

The fireboat Leschi was even on had for today's whoop-ti-do.

BRONY: CJ was rockin' the pony look today in a big way thanks to his new My Little Pony Rainbow Dash socks.