A Break In the Weather
A drizzly night and morning gave way to a window of muted sunshine this afternoon, and Mrs. Perils and our son and I scurried out for a pre-turkey walk around town. We headed up to Woodland Park, where the gentleman above, in a stylish Spongebob pullover, was straining to waylay exiting zoo visitors to watch him perform magic tricks.
I was determined to plow on by him, but my wife engaged him, and we stayed to see him do several tricks with neckties, cards, handkerchieves, little fuzzy balls, and salt. He was actually very good. When my wife drew several bills out of her wallet, held them before him and asked, “How many dollar bills am I holding?”, he said, “Almost enough!”.
We continued from Woodland Park down the hill to Fremont, on to Gasworks Park, and back up the hill to our house and the aroma of the roasting turkey. The sun broke beneath the sheath of clouds just as it was setting, producing a dazzling reflection off of windows of west-facing houses on Capitol Hill. My camera battery died as I tried to take some sunset pictures at Gasworks, so you’ll have to close your eyes and imagine it, or click here for a facsimile.
