They’re firing up the griddles, mixing the batter and readying the spatulas over at the Senior Center this Sunday for another Pancake Breakfast!

From 9 AM to 12 PM, it’s a mere $5 for adults and $2.50 for children.  Head down to the basement of the Good Shepherd Center at 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.  French Toast will also be available for those non-pancake aficionados.

Sigh.  Remember the good old days when these happened every month?…

Put out for free, or just a good place to hang out?

Big bald eagle guards big pile of boxes.

A teeny garden gnome rock band!

This is usually a spectacular view.

Crossing Pacific St. to the Burke-Gilman Trail is frightening and nearly impossible.

Pity the poor tourists who booked to Ride the Ducks on a day like today.

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Headlights left on.  A very common problem in this weather.

Those snap-together collars never stay on well.

A dry place to sleep in the deluge.  Is this the one who’s given the collar the slip?

So sweet.  The sign says:  “Daddy’s Garden.  No birds allowed.”

Free firewood.  Must have chainsaw.

At 4oth Street and Bagley Ave., as I stand waving my bright orange crossing flag, 4 cars zoom past me.  The 5th one, thankfully, slows down to let me cross.

On the other side of 40th, across from Irwin’s, …

I like the juxtaposition of the minivan and the one-person electric vehicle.

This tree has the presence of a mythical being.

I’m sure there’s a story behind this.

September means spiders, spiders everywhere.

(Disclaimer: final 2 spiders were taken on different days, and not on Sunnyside Ave. N.).

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A sighting of the rare, endangered domestic Garden Gnome.

Wee, wee apple tree bowed down with fruit.

The lushest, greenest, most perfect lawn in the whole neighborhood.  My own comes to mind with sadness.

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But sometimes, they’re so darn cute!

Witness these darling Nissan Cubes cropping up around the neighborhood.  A trend?

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