Math nerds aficionados may like this question recently posed to The Stranger’s Questionland: If you had a lego tree (about 1.5 inches tall) for every actual tree in the world, would they all fill up Greenlake? You’ll have to read the answers to see the exciting calculations. Now that we’re on the subject of trees, the SeattleCAN August newsletter shared information about the Tree Fund: The City of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods is currently accepting applications for the Tree Fund, which provides trees to neighborhood groups to enhance the City’s urban forest. The City provides the trees, and neighbors share the…
August 2009
August 12, 2009 at 8:37PM
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You Can Still Take the Neighborhood Survey
Well whaddya know–we reloaded the neighborhood survey page to see if the final number of respondents had been reported and lo and behold, the deadline has been changed from today to next Friday. So you’ve still got time to share your opinion with the Seattle Planning Commission and Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee. By the way, the Green Lake tally is up from 8 to 101. Very impressive, people! We can’t wait to see that figure come the 21st.
August 12, 2009 at 3:45PM
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Pied-Billed Grebes Eggs Spotted on Green Lake
The pair of pied-billed grebes nesting in Green Lake have new eggs. I could see five. Given that there were none when I last looked in, on July 27, and pied-billed grebes have an incubation period of about 23 days, that means they won’t hatch until about August 19. [nature geek northwest] photo credit: wolfpix A small grebe with a thick, relatively short bill, the Pied-billed Grebe is grayish-brown with lighter underparts. Juveniles and adults have similar plumages, but during the breeding season adults have black at the throat and a whitish bill with a black band. Pied-billed Grebes are…
August 12, 2009 at 11:21AM
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Green Lake Resident Brings the Beer Home
Ooooooh, an excellent event next Monday at the Latona Pub! From the Fremont Brewing Company‘s blog: The big news is that although we’ve been on tap for about 3 weeks at (by now) over 25 watering holes, we’re finally doing a media event at the LATONA PUB next MONDAY, AUGUST 17 to celebrate our “opening.” Matt will be there to talk about Universale Pale and our experience launching a small, sustainable business during a severe economic downturn. Why there? Why now? Because Matt has lived in Green Lake off and on during most of his time in Seattle, including the…
August 11, 2009 at 2:26PM
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Lifeguard Class at Green Lake, 1936
[Seattle Municipal Archives] flickr: CC BY 2.0
