That's My World - Pikes Market

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I've written a lot about one of my favorite places in Seattle -- Pikes Market, but I thought today I'd devote a "My World" post just to it. I've included some information about it here, but there is even more fascinating history to be found on Wikipedia and it's worth taking a look at.



Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike Street to Virginia Street, and remains one of Seattle's most popular tourist destinations.

There's free entertainment throughout the market!



The Market is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower levels located below the main level. Each features a variety of unique shops. Antique dealers, comic book sellers, small family-owned restaurants, while the area contains one of the few remaining head shops left in Seattle. The upper street level contains fishmongers, fresh produce stands and craft stalls operating in the covered arcades. Local farmers and craftspeople sell year-round in the arcades from tables they rent from the Market on a daily basis, in accordance with the Market's mission and founding goal: allowing consumers to "Meet the Producer."



Pike Place Market is home to nearly 500 low income residents who live in 8 different buildings throughout the Market. The Market is run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). The Pike Place Market sees 10 million visitors annually.



Except for the first shot of the market at night, all the photos are mine that I've taken on my visits. You can't take a bad photo with all the beautifully displayed food, flowers etc.





From flowers ....



To fresh fish ...



Beautiful, colorful displays ...



Again, I urge you check out the fascinating history about Pike's Market on Wikipedia.

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ~Moshe Dayan



We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them. ~Author Unknown



Judgement prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. ~Wayne W. Dyer



There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ~Charles Kingsley



Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. ~Countess of Blessington



No one is free when others are oppressed. ~Author Unknown

Motherhood Around the World

On the Riverbank ....



In Africa ....





In India ....



In the Artic ...



United States -- somewhere near Walmart ....



Think maybe we need to take lessons from the animal world?????

Pet Pride!

Time to go rough it up with Bozo over at his place in Mumbai! He's wanting us to all wish Sasha a great, Happy Birthday! So, get your two-legged live-in friend to click on the icon and sign up so we can all do just that!

Mojo and I had so much fun last week when all the neighborhood guys came over to play that we wanted Mom and Mojo's Dad to invite them back again.

Come on, Mom, let's get the guys over to play!



Pleeeeeeeaze, Dad!



Come on, I'll go with you! It's supposed to rain all next week and this is our last chance for a while!



Now this is the way to stay warm!!



Boy, our favorite tree sure looks different when it gets cold!!



Still a fun place to play!

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward



As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy



Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~William James



You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran



If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. ~Mother Teresa



If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabian Proverb



Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~G.B. Stern

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Time for Shadow Shot Sunday hosted by Tracy at Hey Harriet! Click on the icon, sign up and become addicted like the rest of us shadow hunters!!

We had sun this week, but it was also in the low 20s! The first two I spotted when I went out on our deck to break the ice on the dogs water bowl and I found this frosted shadow on the glass top of a table. It was so different and so lovely and I couldn't wait to get a shot, not knowing if it would photograph well or not. I think it did! Click on them to embiggen and see the patterns even better.





And, of course, a touch of color!



And ever alert Sam Schnauzer! And Mojo's feet, no shadow this time!



And who is that in the stairwell???

Evening, Wisdom, Beauty and Celebration!

First of all this evening I want to wish all my Jewish friends a very Happy Hanukkah!




Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? ~Dennis and Wendy Mannering



If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want. ~Oscar Wilde



It's so hard when I have to, and so easy when I want to. ~Annie Gottlier



A smile confuses an approaching frown. ~Author Unknown



The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ~C.P. Snow



Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck