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The Beauty I See At Work

Posted on by Gertie

Good Evening, World!!! Today was a good day overall. It was especially good because one of the people who was a part of the team I work on graduated from the program. It is always a good thing when people are focused on their recovery and graduate from a program, they worked hard in.

On that note, I want to share two pictures I took while at work. The first one is that of the Puget Sound and took on my lunch break. The second one is that of Mount Rainier when I was leaving work and about to go home. (There will be a caption on each picture for my sight impaired readers.)

Picture of the Puget Sound while on my lunch break from the property of where I work.
Mount Rainier from the sidewalk where I exit when I left work today.

I hope you enjoy the two pictures I shared with you while at work or leaving work. I really love the I am able to see in the middle of a major city such as Seattle. I love that I can enjoy it from work. I am just happy that I am home from work and able to enjoy some cuddle time with my beloved cat, Billie. Now it’s time to read and cuddle with my cat, Billie.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Photo 1; Day 5: Connect

Posted on by Gertie

Hello, World!!! When the topic of connect came up I thought to myself “well this is up for interpretation” and that’s what the assignment stated as well. I’ll be talking about how waterways are connected. Specifically, I will be talking about the Ballard Locks. Let me give you a brief history of the Locks.

Operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the locks were formally opened on July 4, 1917, although the first ship passed on August 3, 1916. They were named after US Army Major Hiram M. Chittenden, the Seattle District Engineer for the Corps of Engineers from April 1906 to September 1908. Its fondly known to Seattleites as the Ballard Locks or Locks.

20170529_151416The Big Lock full of boats waiting to continue on their journey from the Puget Sound to Lake Union on Memorial Day of 2017. The water is filling up to lake level as it was low tide in the Puget Sound.  Shot is Looking toward the lake.

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An empty big lock or at least empty of boats. No boats were needing to go to the Puget Sound so they shut it off to lower the water level to the low tide Puget Sound so the boats going back to Lake Union could get to their destination. This looking toward the Puget Sound.

Thank you for reading. As realize I love water. This is one of the many places that gives me peace. Have a great day. Peace Out, World