My daughters, niece and I visited the University of Washington campus this week and strolled into the beautiful Suzzallo Library.
The reading room is amazing!
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The “Girls” headed out to the University District for some shopping and fun today. We went to Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington and walked around the campus and “The Ave”. On our way home we first stopped at the Bellevue Goodwill and the girls had fun trying on some funny merchandise and then headed for Kirkland for dinner. Josh and Dan met us for dinner in Carillon Point and then we all came home to crash.
This ole gal is tired!
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My window views this week are all from the Seattle area. Mary the Professor is the hostess of this weekly meme and anyone can join in so visit the Window Views blog to see more windows or to add your link.
My first two windows are from the University of Washington.
My last one is from the Ste Michelle Winery in Woodinville, Wa.
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Purdue capped its first nine-win season with a hard-fought 14-13 victory over USC. A pair of touchdowns by fullback Perry Williams and a last-second interception of an attempted two-point conversion by defensive back George Catavolos secured the victory for the Boilermakers. Purdue finished the season 9-2 and tied for 1st place in the Big Ten.
The last Rose Bowl game I attended was in 1992. Dear was finishing up his mid-life career change in Pharmacy School at the University of Washington so we scored some student tickets to the Washington ~ Michigan game. Those were wonderful football years for the Huskies and it was fun to be able to attend several of the games. It was a little odd for us older folks to be sitting in the middle of the student section, though. We’d always ask the kids behind us if they could hold their liquor. We didn’t want them losing their alcohol on our heads :0)! They would always look at us and with slurred speech say “Oh don’t worry ma’am, we can hold our liquor”
What a dismal year in sports good ole Washington has endured this year. We are looking ahead to better years. I’m so excited that Seattle now has their very own MLS team, The Seattle Sounders. Here’s hoping they’ll pull us out of the humdrums…
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The Fountain
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Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing
From morn till night!
Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow,
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow
Into the starlight
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight
Happy by day!
Ever in motion,
Blithesome and cheery
Still climbing heavenward,
Never aweary;
Glad of all weathers,
Still seeming best,
Upward and downward
Motion thy rest;
Full of a nature
Nothing can tame,
Changed every moment,
Ever the same;
Ceaseless aspiring,
Ceaseless content,
Darkness or sunshine
Thy element;
Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh, changeful, constant,
Upward like thee!
Photos from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington and from the Historical Olivas Adobe in Ventura, California.
Hope your hearts are content and looking up today! Happy Friday to all!
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Since I had absolutely nothing for ABC Wednesday, the letter Z, I decided to cheat a bit and use my Suzzallo Library Post for Z. Look! There are two z’s in Suzzallo! My daughter and I were here last Thursday.
This is Suzzallo Library on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. Ground was broken for this library in 1923. The building is an example of the Collegiate Gothic style adopted by the University as part of the 1915 campus plan, developed by architects Carl F. Gould and Charles H. Bebb.
Three heroic figures of cast stone depicting “Mastery”, “Inspiration”, and “Thought” sculpted by Allan Clark stand over the portals of the main entrance.
We walked up the beautiful staircase to get to the second floor reading room.
One of the entrances to the reading room. This room has inspired comparisons with the great library reading rooms of the world. After being in it I can understand why.
Oak bookcases are topped with a hand-carved frieze representing native plants of Washington State, including salal, Douglas fir, scrub oak, grape, dogwood, mountain ash, rhododendron, pear, trillium, salmon berry, wild rose, apple, marigold, canteloupe, tulip and cherry.
The room measures 65 feet high, 52 feet wide, and 250 feet long.
At each end of the room, a paneled alcove features a hand-painted world globe hanging from the ceiling, which bears the names of different explorers.
Tall, traceried windows incorporate leaded glass which is intended to break the direct rays of light.
The room features a vaulted ceiling elaborately decorated with rich colored and gilded stenciling.
A 1927 article in The Pacific Builder and Engineer stated that “This room has been pronounced the most beautiful on the continent and is ranked among the most beautiful in the world. It is comparable only to the nave of a cathedral.”
Some more views of the outside of the building.
If you live in the Greater Puget Sound Area and have never visited Suzzallo or if you happen to travel to Seattle, I highly recommend you put it on your list of places to visit.
ht: Most of the information I’ve shared comes from a Library Guide that is free at the entrance to the Library.
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While Katie and I were canoeing around Lake Washington we saw many Herons, Ducks, and Lily pads. We also saw some turtles, a woodpecker, and a raccoon in the water.
We’re headed back to the Canoe barn. We have to canoe all the way back to Husky Stadium. Can you see it in the distance. Now we’re getting closer. When we reach these lily pads and colorful boats we only have a short distance to go. I did put my camera down now and again to help Katie paddle back. Going across this part of Lake Washington was the roughest part of our canoeing but still very doable for us gals…
If you missed it my first post on our canoeing trip is here.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing
Half so much worth doing
As simply messing about in boats
~From The Wind in the Willows
Katie and I continue on our quest to re-visit places we love in the Greater Puget Sound Area on her days off. On Thursday we headed over to the University of Washington Water Front Activities Center to use her Student card to rent a canoe and paddle about Lake Washington. Once we were in the water, her doing most of the paddling, me taking the photos, we looked at each other and said “why have we waited so long to do this?” It’s been about 17 years!
We headed over to the 520 (Evergreen Floating Bridge) to go under it and on to quieter and more peaceful waterways.
See that little wooden foot bridge? We’ll duck and go under it. “Keep paddling Katie, I’m getting some great photos!”
So quiet and peaceful. The water is so calm and is a mirror reflecting the trees and sky. It was just about here that we started singing
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen”
I have so many beautiful photos to share from our canoeing adventure, the herons, ducks, lily pads and our journey back to Husky stadium. I’ll be sharing more later along with our trip to the Husky campus to take in the beautiful Suzzalo Library reading room. Blessings!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
