Longfellow Creek Path

Today's walk was a pleasant stroll on the Longfellow Creek Trail, from Roxhill Park near Westwood Village to the Dragonfly Pavilion.

Proud To Wear A Mask

Salmon Bone Bridge

 https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM50A4_Salmon_Bone_Bridge

Easy Path Along Quiet Creek

Waymarker

Special Gold Bug

 Some of the path goes through neighborhood streets. Julie explained the special and rare nature of this paint job

Dragonfly Pavilion floor

Dragonfly Pavilion

 I had off work for the Independence Day Holiday (Observed), instead of having it off for Weather And Safety Leave (COVID19). It felt much the same except for the masks. There were still too many booms from people who like to make loud noises with fireworks.
Later that day I got in a few more steps taking weeds to the ducks on 8th, and checking out their Little Free Food Pantry.

Walking to Lincoln Park

Today we took a longer walk down to the shore of Lincoln Park, and took the bus back. This is how I learned about social distancing on the bus. I think I will avoid the bus.

Call It What You Will

Driftwood Art

Lincoln Park Shore

Madrona

Bee At Work or Mee At Work?

Bee At Work!

Apart from my daily walk, which I enjoy very much, I am working on getting ready for retirement by learning how to be productive in a day whose structure is completely up to me.
I also puzzle over when to retire. Pre-COVID, I had resolved to depart Friday July 31, the end of the month when I turned 65. However, COVID changes the calculation: are a couple more weeks of pay worth the risk?
I'm still thinking about it. It's a complex calculation; I have enough money, but anticipate lower income in retirement which means gradually drying up my savings; however I should be confident that I can just make a little money on the side to offset the difference. In that case: why go back at all?
Seen on walk:

Electrical Box Art

Little Free Library On The Corner

Little White Flowers

Art Post (1)

Art Post (2)

What Is Going On With This Tree?

Alley Walk and Zoom Meeting

Alley Walk Photos

We had a zoom meeting for practicing the Timebank discussion groups. It seems like a lot of work for what will be a little result but I'm willing to put in my time because who knows?

Chalk Box

On my walk today, I saw this chalk box - such a neighborly thing!
We borrowed the chalk, drew a little on the side walk, returned the chalk, and were on our way.

Helping out FEEST is coming to an end, as the people and the program roll into summer programming. I guess the students will now be doing some sort of summer school or summer camp, that the food may be being distributed that way. I'm still on the list in case they need more volunteers, perhaps in the fall. I will long remember those I shopped with, Leigh, CeeCee, Jaimie and many others - although I doubt I'd recognize them without masks! I also remember the happiness in the families when I dropped off groceries. It is regrettable that this program is necessary but I am very happy to have helped.

Sunday Home Tinkering

Since I have been notified that my place of business will be reopening mid-July, I updated ORCA for the first time in month. It seemed logical to add to the epurse instead of ordering a month pass, but we'll see if that works. I have concerns about returning to work, what with the virus, but we'll see.
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To the WSBA Low Bono Section Listserve:

Friends: if you missed the Low Bono Roundtable this week, you missed an engaging discussion of pandemic time virtual trial practice : 

* One caller said he'd done both a telephonic hearing and a zoom hearing. The telephonic hearing was slow and annoying because it's not clear who's talking when. The zoom hearing was better, but there were still problems because zoom is not optimized for trial practice, e.g. how the heck do you talk privately with your client? 

* One caller was concerned about trial rules in (?Thurston?) County.
** The rule about sending each witness a complete copy of all documents to be introduced was a non-starter - a witness whose only job is to authenticate document "A" should not have a copy of unrelated medical report "B". The caller got the judge to waive that but why was the rule even there?
** The trial is open, which on the internet means to everyone on the planet - not just people who will take the time to travel to the courtroom. (Remember when you couldn't videorecord a trial? wasn't that .... February?) To be fair, Zoom observers have to promise not to record it, which is enforceable not at all. Might that impact a DV witness?

There was a lot more (need free CLE? See http://4freeCLE.blogspot.com )  but to get the full flavor, join in the next one. We need your thoughts!