Friday, May 23, 2003

We spent the morning and afternoon at the Seattle Folklife Festival. Both of us got a nice dose of sun. If it weren't for sunscreen this first massive dose of sunlight would be painful.  We talked to most of the people who were displaying this years theme. Seafaring-- Several people from the East coast including Conneticut and Massachusettes. One exhibition was particularily interesting, http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/ the Wampanoag Tribe had three young people showing many items from thier museum. We talked with them for an hour or so. Next, was a duck woodcarver from  Conneticut with a display of different projects in creation and a few finished samples, very nice. The most amazing were a group of women form the Saint Lawerence Islands. Their home is 100 miles north of Nome, Alaska. They were native ladies and performed a comedy routine, all were in 60's and more. I have pictures of everything. We walked home for lunch and a rest. We then returned to the Festival at 4PM and stayed until 9PM. We walked around, stopping to take more pictures, listening to various musical groups including the Raging Grannies. We were tired. Home in 15 minutes. In time to watch the last 2 innings of the Mariners. 9:44:13 PM

Just a note on the CBS mini-series "The Rise of Evil". History Repeats Itself. 8:20:21 AM

I have taken the day off to make this a 4 day weekend. Lynnette and I will be spending a lot of time at the Northwest Folklife Festival. We just walk up the hill three blocks and are at the Seattle Center. I'll write a few lines about the Festival as we see it. Two, older, overweight, hippy gnomes enjoying the world.   7:39:15 AM

Interstate 90 just west of Issaquah Yesterday at work I spent some time with one of our engineers who was reviewing a set of plans that will "daylight" Tibbets Creek. This project will remove the 4 large metal culverts that channel Tibbets Creek under I-90 and a bridge will be built over the creek. The order of work was not available as yet but one can be certain that this construction will cause some traffic situations. The work is proposed for this winter when the fish migration window is open. Meaning when the fish aren't around we can work in the creek. I will present more information on this project as is approaches the Ad Date. 7:32:20 AM