Sisters, Summer, and Seattle

 


Sometimes it's nice to run around downtown and pretend to be a tourist. My sister Remy and I went to Seattle the other night and had a really good time. (I totally wore the wrong shoes, but it was fine for the first couple hours.) We forget how pretty the area we live in is. It's so gorgeous! We actually went on Seattle's ferris wheel for the first time, and gosh. I had so much fun! I spent the first roundabout taking pictures, and the rest of the time marveling. I LOVE heights. My sister, not so much. But she and I both fell in love with the views of the Puget Sound. It looks so cool! 

It's easy to forget how much natural beauty is around us all the time. I'm used to seeing it on hikes, but it's all over Seattle, too. It was a nice day, not too scorching, not too cold, just right for a summer evening wandering Pike Place Market and the waterfront. 

By the time I got home, I actually felt refreshed. Tired, but in a good way. I really needed that walkabout. It was also fun to catch Remy up on my stories and the shenanigans of my characters, and hear about her and her favorite coworker. If you take anything away from today's blog, know this. Schedule time for play, schedule time for random walks with your people, and make sure you go on a few adventures this summer. It does amazing things for your brain. <3

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