San Francisco isn’t the only town with beautifully painted old houses. This painted lady lives in the University District of Seattle, on “The Avenue.”

Candy colors and creativity decorate this old house in Seattle

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I am back from visiting my sister who lives in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, my first trip to San Miguel and only my second trip to Mexico altogether. The first one was so very long ago.

Of course it was photo heaven for me. I’ll be posting more than one photo for awhile, I think, since there were so very many wonderful images. Here are the first two.

View of San Miguel from my sister’s balcony

This is a chair on the highest level of the house, in a shaded area called the palapa

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The sunset in Port Townsend on Friday was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen anywhere. This was the place we were staying in, built in the 1890s.

Sunset reflected in an old cottage window in Port Townsend, WA

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Went into a neat bookstore and bakery, Ada’s, on 15th Ave. in Capitol Hill in Seattle. A very different kind of place, just right for science nerds of all kinds. I loved the Calder-esque mobile hanging up there, and the pages of text make it a “bookmobile” of a different sort.

Hanging sculpture in a bookstore in Seattle

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In South Florida at the Bonnet House in Ft. Lauderdale, a supremely yellow house.

At the Bonnet House and Gardens, a yellow house with bright yellow trim and a staircase outside.

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The other day it was sunny and the local Starbucks’ outdoor furniture looked like music to me, somehow.

Outdoor furniture makes crisp shadows on a sunny winter day in Seattle

And here it is in black and white. Which do you prefer? I’m undecided here.

Outdoor furniture in black and white

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