Angel Waiting

BLUE WATCH:  We finished chores early today in order to head up to the roofdeck and watch for the the Blue Angels, the United States Navy's premier flying team to scream into the skies over Seattle. They come nearly every year about this time, to help the city celebrate Seafair.

A little after 1:30, they appeared in the skies to the east, beyond Queen Anne Hill, pictured below.

 Though we didn't exactly have front row 'seats,' we still enjoyed the show.

 It's not every day you see planes shooting straight up in the air ... and then plummeting seemingly straight downward.

 We especially enjoyed their patterns producing contrails we could follow.

 A couple of times they flew close enough for us to see the planes' distinctive blue and yellow paint job. 

 This formation where they fanned out as they shot down from the sky was super cool!

SPECIAL GUEST: A couple of days this week, we had a four legged visitor on campus. 

The sweet young guy is about 10 weeks old, a Doberman puppy.

He has enjoyed playing 'pecking order' with our two dogs. For the first could of days, Kirby was definitely ruling the roost, while poor little Laika's lot in life is the bottom dweller. Today, the young Dobie seemed to realize he'd already grown a couple of inches since the first time he met them and he took full advantage. Pretzel is now vying for the Top Dog spot. 

Little do Kirby and Laika realize, this 'little' guy is going to be about eight times bigger than them!