Let me begin by saying that I did NOT take that first picture, of the Blue Angels flying past the Space Needle. It was taken by a KOMO 4 newsman – but I love it.

This past weekend was Seafair in Seattle. A big, citywide celebration of the water. They have bands, parades, performances, hydro boat races, and the capper is the U.S. Marines Blue Angels performing Saturday and Sunday above Lake Washington. We are lucky that our house is so close to the lake, that they fly right by when they turn around.

Sennet and I watched the performance from our back kitchen deck on Saturday. He loved the speed and the noise of the planes. Then on Sunday we walked down the hill to Madrona Beach right on Lake Washington to get a little different perspective of the festivities. There were hundreds of boats of all sizes out on the water. We parked ourselves on the grass under the shade of the trees (as it was over 90° both days this weekend!) and enjoyed the show.

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