Seattle has more weather than England in spring! A storm came rolling through early evening yesterday with lightning bolts and thunderclaps overhead, but by lunchtime the skies were clear blue again. This evening the weather was so fine that I couldn't resist taking a stroll after work down to Elliott Bay, the closest part of Puget Sound, through Olympic Sculpture Park which has its own version of an Easter Island sculpture, and the pocket park at Myrtle Edwards Beach. Everyone was out walking their dogs - Seattle seems a very dog friendly place.
I am settling in at work and finding my way around the technology, the buildings and the people. I've had a couple of very pleasant chance encounters in the kitchenette, yesterday with Cristina who moved here from San Diego two months before I did, and told me about her challenges in buying a property downtown where demand and prices are rocketing. Today I bumped into Su who was the first 'PPL' to be hired a year ago when the position was created. I am the fourth PPL to be hired. It turns out we have a shared love of birdwatching and our husbands both collect classic cars.
I have already picked up some unique Seattle souvenirs - I needed a tea towel to dry my dishes and found a very nice hand sewn one with a printed local design and rainbow dyed ric-rac braid trim. The local Walgreens also had some garden gnomes on sale with strong Seattle ties - they play left hand guitar as did Jimi Hendrix, have a hat badge with a picture of the Space Needle and are decked in the blue and green of the Seattle Seahawks. A great way to learn some local lore.
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