Moving Targets

GARDEN PARTY: We spent a few hours Friday afternoon helping a community garden get established, and working on a community-involved art project.

I was mostly at the art table, helping kids decorate and melt plastic cups into Chihuly-inspired art objects.

Meanwhile, CJ and Annabelle toiled in the garden. CJ worked hard shoveling buckets full of soil amendments.

Much mulch was moved and plants were planted. It was 80-degrees plus in full on sunshine. Everyone worked up a sweat, and I made two runs for Popsicles!

SATURDAY AT SAFECO:  Saturday night, we headed to the stadium district for some fun. We went early and shopped at the always interesting Uwajimaya. 

We made our way to the stadium in time to see Moose Man (Annabelle's Moose hat prompted him to seek us out).

We also spent some time along the bullpen wall, where Angels catcher Geovany Soto tossed Annabelle a batting practice ball.

 And we arrived in time to collect some Mariners' swag, including Kyle Seager bobblehead dolls. Sweet!

 We also had time to visit the kids' zone on the 300 level above home plate. 

 The kids played some virtual baseball, and got a sense for just how big Big Unit Randy Johnson is.

They also posed in some cutouts for photo opps, but they set up was kind of creepy. The scale is wrong. 

It gives the poser no neck and the faces are too big. :0 

WHO ARE YOU?: Sunday night, we had an amazing time at Key Arena, in the company of living rock legends, The Who.

More on this later, as the show deserves its own blog post!

MOMENTOUS CIRCUIT: Monday, May 16, marks the day the International Space Station has made its 100,000th orbit of the Earth. 

The space station has been in orbit for over 17 years (!), and during that time, over 1,922 research investigations have been performed. More than 1,200 scientific results publications have been produced as a result.