Every year, when the Blue Angels perform over Seafair in Seattle, I watch from a rooftop aerie high above Lake Washington. This year was no exception, and I tried to capture both the planes and the reactions of the folks who had gathered to watch them.
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Awesome old bear on a bike
The scene at Gasworks Park in Seattle on Sunday
I was setting up my first Teddy Bear Picnic in Seattle when along came a tandem bicycle with a teddy bear sitting on the rear seat. That’s definitely not something you see every day, even in a crazy place like Gasworks Park.
It was my friend Bret, whom I worked with in a previous life at Expeditors. He’d ridden his brand-new tandem across Seattle with Pandy, a 68-year-old teddy bear, taking the spot where his wife usually rides. “She didn’t help much,” he said of the bear. “She’s pretty old.”
Given that Bret and his bear are probably close in age, I suspect that’s not the real reason. Nor was it laziness, because teddy bears are never lazy. The real reason Pandy wasn’t pedaling? The seat was not adjusted properly for her short legs!
Here are a few photos of the Teddy Bear Picnic, which featured homemade cookies and lots of sunshine. Frank Lloyd Bear and I can’t wait to do it again…how about in a park near you?
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- Diane, Mark, and Bret with three joyful bears
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- 68-year-old Pandy balances on the rear seat of Bret’s new tandem in Gasworks Park
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- Left to right: Mark, Pandy, Bret, Tina with Frankie and Precious, Will, and Diane
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- “Let’s go for a ride!” Frankie, Pandy, and Precious on the back of the tandem bicycle
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- Three joyful bears are ready for a bicycle ride
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- “If you want me to pedal, you’ll have to lower the seat.”