Don’t forget the Kirkland Highlands and NorKirk picnic tomorrow, Saturday, August 28th, at Crestwoods Park from 1-4 PM. This is the first time the two neighborhoods have joined together. It ought to be a great time with music, crafts and clowns.
Cotton Hill Park Restoration Event with EarthCorps and Green Kirkland
The weather should be just perfect!
Saturday, August 14
9 am to noon
Cotton Hill Park
110th Ave NE and NE 98th St.
Please help remove the morning glory (“bindweed”) that is smothering the native plants.
Please bring work gloves, and water bottle
Wear sturdy shoes or boots and dress for the weather
Tools and instruction provided
If you can bring a snack to share, that would be wonderful! (Our
neighborhood is hosting the event, and participants will appreciate a
snack.) EarthCorps will provide coffee, tea, and mini Clif Bars.
Kirkland-Highlands Cotton Hill Park
I couldn’t resist taking some photos of this mother duck and her ducklings who were on the shore of Lake Washington in Kirkland. Mom was doing a good job taking care of her young.
A Mother Duck Doing Her Thing on Kirkland's Lake Washington Waterfront
Watching the Young Ones
Walking my dog in the Kirkland Highlands yesterday gave me a great opportunity to see the beautiful flowers that were in bloom all over the neighborhood. The Seattle area is a great place to be in the spring. It’s just beautiful. Keep those sunny days with the blooming flowers in mind when it’s gray and rainy like today!
Blooming Rhodies in The Kirkland Highlands
Springtime in The Kirkland Highlands
Colorful Rhodies in Kirkland
Gorgeous Springtime Flowers in Kirkland
Since it’s gray rainy today, we need to thing about the sun in Seattle. Could you feel spring, and maybe even a hint of summer, this past weekend in Kirkland? Sunday was not as windy as Saturday, so it was definitely the better day. Some people were out in shorts and t-shirts.
But on Saturday, it was sunny, but still chilly and windy along the waterfront. Hardly anyone was sitting out at the waterfront parks because of the wind off the lake.
I ventured out on the lake for the first time this season and it was just gorgeous, but chilly.
Mt Rainier was out
Mt Rainier from Lake Washington, 4-10
and so was the Seattle skyline.
Seattle Skyline from Lake Washington
The Kirkland shoreline was looking good.
Kirkland WA's Marsh Park along Lake Washington's Shore
Kirkland WA's Houghton Beach Park along Lake Washington
Remember this is only the beginning. More sun and warmer temperatures are coming to Seattle and Kirkland.
There he was, the “resident” duck of the PCC shopping center (Puget Sound Consumer Co-op) in Kirkland’s Houghton neighborhood this morning. Apparently, Mr. Duck, who is a partner to Ms. Duck, is a local institution. He was completely comfortable standing by me while I took a picture. It’s clear he expects food. He has no fear of people.
Kirkland's Houghton Shopping Center's Duck
I first saw him without his partner. Apparently, she was on the other side of NE 68th St at Bank of America. Perhaps she was looking for some spare cash?
Soon she was safely across the street.
I’m sure they were discussing how disappointed they were that I wasn’t a good prospect for food.
Welcome Bluetooth. I hear the company has moved from Bellevue to Kirkland. According to Kirkland Views, Bluetooth’s move to Kirkland is because:
Reasons for choosing Kirkland include location, amenities promoting a healthy lifestyle within a new building, competitive market pricing, and a larger space that allows for future growth.
Their new office is located on Lake Washington Blvd NE, just down the road from my Windermere Real Estate office. We’re neighbors. The Windermere office overlooks the wetlands, which are beautiful, but the Bluetooth office looks out over Lake Washington, the Olympic Mountains, and sunsets.
Lake Washington and Mt. Olympus Views
This view is similar to the view from Bluetooth’s new office, but from a different point on the lakeshore.
Kirkland is a wonderful place to live because of its great parks, the lake, and the vibrant downtown. So living anywhere in Kirkland would make a Blutoother’s(sp?) commute just a matter of minutes.
I live in the Kirkland Highlands and can speak for what a great, active community it is. The Highlands is located close to downtown and has easy access to buses and the highway. We’re just 1/2 mile to Parkplace and a little over one mile to downtown.
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Our neighborhood is made up of a variety of homes. There are homes from traditional to contemporary, homes that are close to a century old and brand new. Homes range from condos/planned unit development homes in the $200,000 range to single family homes over one million dollars. There’s a home to fit every style and budget.
Kirkland Highlands Home
Almost a century old home
Kirkland Highlands Contemporary Home
(These photos are of actual homes in the Kirkland Highlands, although some of these homes have been changed by the current home owners.)
We have wonderful parks in our community and an active group of Kirklanders, who have taken on the stewardship of Cotton Hill Park, a park that has been reclaimed from invasive plants.
Working In Kirkland's Cotton Hill Park
Homes in the Kirkland Highlands are located blocks from Peter Kirk Elementary and Kirkland Junior High Schools, both part of the highly rated Lake Washington Schools.
There are many other reasons to live in Kirkland. Anyone want to share some of their favorite reasons to live in Kirkland?
Working in Kirkland's Cotton Hill Park
Martin Luther King Day of Service at Cotton Hill Park
Sponsored by United Way and the UW
Monday January 18 (no school)
10am-3pm (you do not have to stay the whole time)
Cotton Hill Park (110th Ave NE and NE 98th St)
Snacks, beverages, and some tools provided.
Things to bring if you have them:
gloves
clippers
shovel
stiff rake
WEAR BOOTS!!! It will be very wet and muddy!
Volunteers will be working with UW students and the Highlands Neighborhood to remove invasive plants from this year’s UW Restoration Ecology student project site. Under 14 must have parent supervision; age 14-17 must have signed parent permission or be accompanied by an adult.
Back Burner Band and The Kirkland Highlands' Karen Story
The Back Burner Band was singing and people were dining at the Kirkland Wednesday Market’s Harvest Dinner the other night.
Kirkland's 2nd Annual Harvest Dinner Before the Rain
Seconds later the skies let loose and the tables cleared out.
The only thing missing was Lucy at the Grape Stomp.
Purple carrots
Purple carrots, yellow carrots, did you know they exist? Yes, the ones on the right in the photo above are purple. I had no idea until I stopped by the Kirkland Farmers’ Market down in Marina Park last week. Full Circle Farms had these beautiful carrots.
Full Circle Farms
Full Circle Farms has organic produce and supports local community agriculture.
Check the Kirkland Farmers Market on Wednesdays for some great, fresh ingredients. There are an amazing number of local organic farmers presenting their fresh produce. I’m amazed that all the fresh fruit and veggies I bought last week are still good. Most of the time, the produce I buy in the supermarket never lasts that long!
The market is down at Marina Park and the setting, with the lake and Seattle as a backdrop, is just gorgeous.
Kirkland's Marina Park Waterfront
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