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Free summer meals for kids and teens: Here’s where to find them in West Seattle

Today marks the start of the summer-meals program, and food is available for kids and teens at multiple locations. In our area, the locations open to everyone 18 and under – no registration or ID required – include:

Highland Park Playground
South Park Plaza
High Point Community Center
Dick Thurnau Park – KC Parks (White Center)
White Center Community Center at Steve Cox Memorial Park – KC Parks

The sites offer breakfast, lunch, and/or snacks. The hours and days vary – that information is on the full site list, linked from this page on the city website.

WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE: Lincoln Park ‘weasel’ sightings

Glenn emailed with this question:

I wondered if you all had heard of or know of a population of weasels at Lincoln Park or if perhaps someone may have let a pet go. I’ve lived near and run in the park for 23 years now and have never seen one before, but the other day on the beach path one ran across in front of me from the water back towards the wood. It was quite small, short legged, and black in color which is why I believe it to be a weasel species and not a fisher or ferret but I’m no biologist.

And that reminded us of photos DeAnna had sent last month that we hadn’t published. She thought it was a Stoat:

(DeAnna wrote) It was a tiny thing, body not more than about 6” long ( or counting the tail) and was whipping around the logs and rocks near the pool. There was something kind of swim camp going on and the beach was full of kids absolutely oblivious to the menace among them. This is my first sighting of such a critter in my 35 years here.

We checked the archives but have never had a report on this critter in our 17+ years of wildlife coverage, either. Hoping at least one reader will have further enlightenment for us!

WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Mountain Fest 2025 at Camp Long

(WSB photos unless otherwise credited)

12:48 PM: With the chilly weather, it’s even more of a mountain-ish experience today at Camp Long‘s Mountain Fest! The free festival is on until 5 pm with activities including a lot more than climbing – head to the meadow when you get here and visit the booths to find out what you can try and where (and other activities like a scavenger hunt).

At the naturalists’ tent, Emily and Beth will lead you through the Animal Olympics and talk with you about park wildlife, including a Cooper’s Hawk nest with fledglings nestlings!

The Falconer is here too, in one of the shelters – we caught a demonstration with Mr. Peabody the vulture:

The climbing wall is open too, of course!

(Photo by Kevin Freitas)

The park is at 5200 35th SW.

5:29 PM P.S. If you’re wondering about the fire-gutted lodge, closed now for seven months, it’s still boarded up and fenced off:

Park management says the emphasis right now is on stabilizing the lodge.

PREVIEW: Camp Long Mountain Fest returns this Saturday!

Despite the devastating lodge fire last November, Seattle Parks is going ahead with one of Camp Long‘s biggest events of the year – Mountain Fest, set for this Saturday! They asked us to share the poster with you:

The daylong festival is meant as a celebration of the park’s famous climbing rock and rope course, among other things. As for the lodge fire, permits for repairs and renovation continue proceeding through the city system..

WEST SEATTLE SCENE: 4 lanes, no waiting

If you’ve ever wanted Colman Pool all to yourself, the first session of the first day of this year’s 7-day-a-week season certainly offered something close to that – this was the scene about an hour ago; we stopped for a photo while walking on the Lincoln Park waterside path. Today through September 1, the outdoor heated salt-water pool is open daily, with this schedule:

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm…. Lap Swim (daily) and weekend Recreation Swim (Fri-Sun only)
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm…. Lap Swim and Recreation Swim
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm…. Lap Swim and Recreation Swim
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm…. Lap Swim and Recreation Swim

Note that it’ll be closed to the public five days this month and next for swim meets: June 26-28 and July 18-19. After Labor Day, two post-season weekends are planned, September 6-7 and 13-14. Fees are listed here. There’s a free aquatic opportunity in Lincoln Park too (for kids, anyway) – this Saturday (June 21) will be the first day of the 7-day-a-week season for the park’s wading pool, also open daily (weather permitting) through Labor Day.

FOURTH OF JULY: Lights to stay on longer to try to deter fireworks use at some Seattle Parks fields

(From WSB files, reader photo of fireworks debris collected post-Fourth at Walt Hundley Playfield)

Though the Fourth of July is still three weeks away, Seattle Parks has gone public with this year’s plan for keeping lights on at some fields to try to deter fireworks use. This year’s plan includes lights for July 3 and 4 at the same four West Seattle fields as last year, but this time the lights at the three synthetic-turf fields on the list will stay on an extra four hours. Here’s the announcement – we’ve excised the non-West Seattle locations:

Two of West Seattle’s artificial-turf fields, Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex and Madison Middle School, are owned by Seattle Public Schools, which has not announced its plans (we’re checking). NCSWAC had last year’s most significant fireworks-related damage.

‘Brush fire’ response at Westcrest Park

Worth noting as dry weather continues, with hotter temperatures on the way – Seattle Fire dispatched four units to Westcrest Park for a brush fire that’s just been extinguished. They identified 8th/Cloverdale and a field with a weight limit, so sounds like it might have been on the reservoir lid. How it started is under investigation.

FOLLOWUP: Wood chips or gravel? And other next steps toward West Seattle’s second official dog park

We went to the site of West Seattle’s future second official dog park (aka off-leash area) toward the end of Thursday’s lightly attended “open house” to get a quick in-person update on what’s next for the project, currently planned for construction next year. (If you’ve missed previous reports, this is in an area south of the West Seattle Stadium parking lot at 4432 35th SW, for which it’s currently used as overflow parking.)

The project team told us this is the last public meeting before construction next summer/fall. The main purpose was to show the “schematic design” they’ve settled on (on the easel shown above, plus page 8 in this slide deck), from the three possibilities they had shown previously. The main changes include an added pathway plus “more developed drainage.” And they still have a few things to decide, such as gravel vs. wood chips; both have their upsides and downsides, fans and detractors.

They also want potential future users to know that an area in the northwest section of the site is still planned for a small lot where city EVs can recharge. No public access, they said. (At one point, you might recall, the entire site was under consideration for a city EV lot INSTEAD of the dog park.)

For one last round of feedback, they now have an online survey you can answer here, and the project webpage features an explanatory video walking you through the current plan. The survey’s open until June 23.

REMINDER: Thursday’s your next chance to see plans for West Seattle’s second dog park

June 4, 2025 8:17 pm
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If you’re interested in plans for West Seattle’s second official off-leash area – aka dog park – tomorrow’s your next chance for a look. As we first told you three weeks ago, Seattle Parks will have an “open house” on the site just south of West Seattle Stadium (4432 35th SW), now used as overflow parking.

SPR’s project team and design consultant will be available to answer questions, present the preferred schematic designs, and gather valuable community feedback. Additionally, officers from the Seattle Animal Shelter will be present (to) offer community resources. … (The park) will include fencing, seating for pet owners, and an environmentally friendly stormwater bioretention area with thoughtful plantings. An online presentation and a survey will be available on the website following the meeting.

The drop-in event is scheduled for 4-6 pm tomorrow (Thursday, June 5).

FYI: Some Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities closed Thursday

June 4, 2025 3:37 pm
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FYI from Seattle Parks:

Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities and programs will be closed Thursday, June 5, 2025, due to a Recreation Division staff training day.

These facilities and services are CLOSED:

All recreation programs
Community centers and teen life centers
Environmental learning centers
Indoor swimming pools
Amy Yee Tennis Center
Green Lake Small Craft Center
Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center
Mounger and Colman Outdoor Pools

These facilities are OPEN on regular schedules:

Parks
Volunteer Park Conservatory
Boat ramps
Golf courses and ranges
Lifeguarded Beaches (Madrona Beach and West Green Lake Beach)
Sprayparks

FOLLOWUP: Salmon release for all concludes record season on Fauntleroy Creek

Story by Judy Pickens
Photos by Tom Trulin
Special to West Seattle Blog

On Sunday afternoon (6/1), 118 community residents capped another salmon-release season on Fauntleroy Creek by putting the last coho fry in the water.

Among them, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a West Seattle resident (seen below with volunteer Dennis Hinton, after releasing a fry she named “Justice“):

Between April 28 and May 31, volunteers with the Fauntleroy Watershed Council hosted 778 students and 301 adults for 22 school releases. Those, plus the community release, introduced 2,281 coho fry to the freshwater habitat that will be their home until next spring.

Fifteen West Seattle schools received eyed eggs in January through the Salmon in the Schools Program. The students who cared for them until release day ranged from preschool through post high school.

Fry released during the community event were the last of the “back-up” fry reared by volunteer Jack Lawless to ensure that, even if a school lost a lot of its fish, every student would have one to put in the water. His fry also enabled children from five area preschools to have a release experience in Fauntleroy Park.

A record number of volunteers (23) staffed all the releases and hosted many of the students for lunch and Q&A on the lower creek.

Fry released at the big bridge in the park will linger there for a few weeks, so veteran volunteer Dennis Hinton encouraged park visitors to look for them.

“Between release fish and home hatch from spawning, the entire creek has salmon in it year round,” he said. “Visitors can help protect them by keeping their dogs out of the water and leaving fell limbs in the channel as they create essential habitat for these juveniles.”

Next up for the general public: the annual drumming in October to call in spawners and, if it’s successful, a weekend “open creek” in November. Last year, a record 347 spawning coho came in.

TRAFFIC ALERT UPDATE: Harbor Avenue reopened after police shutdown while clearing stunt drivers from Don Armeni Boat Ramp (updated Sunday night)

8:36 PM: If you’re seeing/hearing the police response at Don Armeni Boat Ramp, police called for backup to break up a reported crowd of at least 100 stunt drivers. They’re ordering them to disperse, and declaring the park now closed to the public. They’re also blocking Harbor Avenue in the Don Armeni vicinity to facilitate the “clearing out,” officers are telling dispatch.

9 PM: Police say only a few are left, so they’re reopening Harbor Avenue.

ADDED 10:12 PM SUNDAY: We requested SPD narrative on the only incident # we could find on the data map clearly related to this; it tells just part of the story, though, mostly about the woman a commenter mentioned seeing taken into custody. Here’s the narrative, with XXXXX redactions by police – it starts with “remarks” regarding what they were told by dispatch:

REMARKS: REVVING ENGINES, POSS DRAG RACING, NO VISUAL, NO MENTION OF WEAPNS, ON WITH ANOTHER PERSON REPORTING THIS, SAID THERE ARE 500+ PEOPLE

At approximately 2015 hours, I was on a call at 1228 HARBOR AV SW (BOAT RAMP)

As I was pulling into the boat ramp for directed patrol, I observed a Maroon GMC Sierra WA-XXXXXXXX doing burnouts and racing doughnuts while I was patrolling the boat ramp.

I initiated a traffic stop on the same vehicle located at 1228 Harbor Av Sw. I contacted the driver who identified herself as XXXX XXXXX XXXX DOB XX/XX/1998. As I requested the driver for her license and proof of insurance, she provided me with her license and stated that she did not have insurance due to the vehicle being new. Records check revealed that XXXX was clear and current with a current license.

I advised XXXX the reason why I conducted a traffic stop, and she stated that she knew and that she would never do it again.

As I waited for my backing officers to arrive due to the large gathering of people, I observed two toddlers in the back seat of the pickup truck. The vehicle was doing burnouts while the toddlers were seated in the back seat of the vehicle.

As My backing officers arrived, I requested XXXX to step out of the vehicle for further investigation. I advised XXXX that what she did was dangerous especially with two toddlers in the back seat.

I advised XXXX that she was going to be placed into custody. I placed XXXX into custody, and I read her Miranda rights. I requested for a female officer to search XXXX, but due to the large group of people and vehicles we needed to clear the scene for officers safety, so I searched XXXX incident to arrest.

Officer XXXX advised me that one of the witnesses stated that they witnessed the whole thing. The unknown witness stated that while the vehicle was doing burnouts, he stated that he saw a male subject drive the vehicle. Then when the officer pulled over the vehicle XXXX and the unknown male subject switched seats before the officer approached the vehicle.

I asked XXXX if she was the one driving the vehicle and XXXX stated that she did even before I initiated a traffic stop.

Sgt. XXXX arrived on scene and screened the incident at the scene.

I transported XXXX to SW Precinct for further processing. Due to XXXX’s cooperation, she was released from the SW Precinct without further incident.

READER REPORT: Me-Kwa-Mooks North Loop Trail gets neighborly TLC. Maybe you can pitch in too

The report, photo, and suggestion were sent by Dukes:

After months of seeing the north-side trail at Me-Kwa-Mooks not being maintained by the city, my father-in-law and I went down on Sunday to work on allowing it to be walkable/runnable once again.

We got most of the big weeds and overhanging trees off the forest floor.

However, if anyone would be willing to assess and clean a bit more, it would make even more of a difference.

SUMMER: Spraypark/wading-pool season is about to begin

May 22, 2025 5:46 pm
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That’s the wading pool at Lincoln Park, awaiting the start of a new season. The city opens its sprayparks before wading pools, and West Seattle’s only one, Highland Park Spraypark (1100 SW Cloverdale), will open this Saturday (May 24), with 7-day-a-week operation, 11 am-8 pm, until Labor Day. West Seattle’s wading pools all open in June – with schedules similar to last year – starting with Lincoln Park (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW), opening June 21 and operating daily, noon-7 pm, through Labor Day; E.C. Hughes (2805 SW Holden) opens June 23 and will be open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Sundays, noon-7 pm, through August 17; Delridge Community Center (4501 Delridge Way SW) wading pool is open June 25-August 15 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, noon-5:30 pm; and Hiawatha (2700 California SW) wading pool will be open June 26 through August 16, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, also noon-5:30 pm. If it’s cloudy and cool, the city won’t open the pools, so keep watch on the weather. More info on the city’s wading pools and sprayparks, including the rules, can be found here.

FOLLOWUP: 48th/Charlestown park on the front burner again. Local mom hopes you’ll help keep it there

By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor

More than a year has passed since Seattle Parks announced that planning had resumed for one of its three long-“landbanked” West Seattle park sites, the one at 48th/Charlestown [map]. At the time, Parks said it expected the park to be finished by mid-2025.

That’s a few months away, and the project hasn’t even gone out to bid yet. But it’s not far from that stage, a Parks manager said during an informal meeting at the site with a neighborhood resident who wants to ensure the park is built to plan by donating money and time – and hopes other neighbors will want to do the same.

First, here’s what we learned about where the project stands: You might recall the site is one of three in West Seattle that the city bought and “landbanked” as future parks more than a decade ago. As Parks’ Rhys Harrington said during the informal meeting, this project “stalled out” before the pandemic. It already had a design, resulting from community collaboration – a fairly simple “neighborhood green” with an oval of lawn, some seating, a play area for kids, a mini-stage in a raised area toward the site’s southwest corner.

It also had a larger budget. Now, Harrington said, the construction budget is $730,000, so some features – like the mini-stage – might have to be dropped. He explained that they’ll send it out to bid with some features as “additives” to the basic plan (lighting, for example). The design is being “revisited” right now so that it’ll have full documents and cost estimates within about two months.

News of that shortfall is what got neighborhood mom Jordan Colvin involved. She’s hoping community contributions and involvement can ensure the park is built to the original plan, or close to it, in part via a Neighborhood Matching Fund grant that could be available if enough money and time is donated.

She explained to WSB that her family learned about the landbanked project after moving a block from the site and “saw an opportunity to contribute to both the community and raise awareness of childhood cancer.” Working with a West Seattle artist, the Colvins plan to financially back some of the park’s components and to donate a public art piece in honor of their son, Parker, one of 16,000 children who are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States.

During the informal park meeting, Jordan also explained that after they had chosen Parker’s name, they learned it meant “guardian of parks.” So remembering him via involvement in building this park – where his 4-year-old brother will play – seemed perfect.

Exactly what and where the artwork will be in the park, that has yet to be worked out. But Jordan is hopeful that area neighbors will join her quest to ensure the park is “as great as it can be”; to ensure flexibility, Harrington said, they’ll go out to bed with some features characterized as “additives,” so they reduce the chances of base bids so high they’ll have to do a second round of bidding.

Assuming nothing like that gets in the way, Harrington said the park project could break ground this September. He explained that it’s vaulted ahead of the other two landbanked West Seattle park projects because it’s the closest to being “shovel-ready,” even though design updates are required – much of the construction is simple “concrete and earth work.”

If you are interested – or even potentially interested – in involvement with the park project, including Colvin’s quest to corral a Neighborhood Matching Fund grant for the park, you can use this form to connect with her.

PARK ALERT: Tree still down on Lincoln Park beach path

Thanks to Kelly for the photo. They and others have pointed out that the tree down across Lincoln Park‘s north beach path, first mentioned to us Monday evening and shown in our morning weather/traffic roundup today, still hasn’t been cleared. If on foot, you can step over it, but bicycles, strollers, wheelchairs, etc., can’t navigate it as easily. We asked Seattle Parks this morning about the plan for clearing it; no reply yet, though they did acknowledge our inquiry.

SUMMER! Morgan Community Festival reveals 2025 entertainment lineup

(WSB photo, Bubbleman at Morgan Community Festival 2024)

The Bubbleman will be back at this year’s Morgan Junction Community Festival, two and a half weeks away. Here’s an update from the Morgan Community Association with this year’s entertainment lineup:

The pieces are coming together for an amazing 18th annual Morgan Junction Community Festival. Produced by the Morgan Community Association (MoCA), the family friendly event is on Saturday, June 14th, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in and around Morgan Junction Park, 6311 California Avenue SW.

Entertainment: Here’s the Entertainment Lineup for Morgan Junction Park:

§ The Bubbleman: Returning Festival favorite featuring good clean fun

§ Mikey the Rad Scientist: What will Mikey do?

§ The Potholes: Still slinging funky-fusion!!

§ Crush on Her X: The local dance band playing feel-good originals & covers

§ Gary Benson: Local folk-rock favorite

Get all the details at the MoCA website: morganjunction.org/festival

Like so many other major local events, this one is powered in large part by volunteers and community co-sponsors (WSB is among the latter again this year). More info as the festival gets closer!

UPDATE: About the film crew at Fauntleroy Park

(Added: WSB photos)

11:15 AM: Several questions so far this morning about a film crew set up on the SW Barton side of Fauntleroy Park. We asked the Fauntleroy Watershed Council if they had any notification, since this is salmon-release season and they routinely have volunteers in the park as well as dozens of visiting students. They hadn’t been notified in advance but did some investigating for us and volunteer John learned, “They’re shooting stills for Kia car company that will be used in a variety of marketing material. They will be there all day.”

12:29 PM: Added photos. As volunteer John added in a followup email, “They’re taking shots of a new Kia vehicle nestled under a cedar.”

NEW DOG PARK: City sets June 5 ‘open house’ at West Seattle’s future off-leash-area site

According to that postcard received by a reader, Seattle Parks plans an “open house” about West Seattle’s new off-leash area – aka “dog park” – Thursday, June 5. That’ll be the first public Q&A opportunity since the department tabled about it at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market in February. The off-leash area is planned for what’s currently a parking-overflow area south of the West Seattle Stadium parking lot, and that’s where the open-house event on June 5 will be, 4-6 pm. The postcard promises they’ll have new schematic designs to show at the event. The new off-leash area is expected to be built next year.

City’s Unified Care Team returning to Rotary Viewpoint Park encampment site

What had been one of West Seattle’s most visible tent encampments, Rotary Viewpoint Park at 35th/Alaska, was “resolved” last week, as the city’s Unified Care Team puts it. But some campers returned – though none were in streetfront evidence when we passed by this morning – so the city says UCT reps “will return this week to offer available shelter and restore public access to the site.”

That last phrase is key to what’s happening at that site. We got a tip last week about the “resolution,” from someone voicing a concern that it had been done twice recently without notices having been posted. First UCT spokesperson Kate Jacobs told WSB that in the case of last week’s operation, it had been posted the day before. We followed up, wondering about the city’s current rules for advance warning. Jacobs replied:

The City’s approach balances compassion and urgency in helping keep public spaces open and accessible to all. UCT continues to follow the Multi Departmental Administrative Rules and FAS Encampment Rule 17-01 (collectively called MDARs), which are the rules and legal parameters that govern UCT’s work.

The Rotary Viewpoint Park encampment qualified under these rules for immediate removal since it obstructed access to a public right-of-way. City policy is to provide offers of shelter whenever possible when removing obstructions and immediate hazards despite not being a requirement under encampment rules. UCT was able to provide the necessary time and resources for that outreach in this case and, on May 9, UCT made 5 offers of shelter and one was accepted ….
While people ultimately decide for themselves when they are ready to come indoors, UCT remains focused on consistent outreach, long-term engagement, and improving conditions for both our housed and unhoused neighbors.

If you are concerned about an encampment, city reps continue to advise reporting it via Find It, Fix It.

CONTINUING SUNDAY: Opening weekend at Colman Pool

May 10, 2025 10:42 pm
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(WSB photos by Oliver Hamlin)

Hours after the aforementioned water-polo match, Colman Pool opened to the public for the first time this year. Noon today marked the start of this year’s first preseason weekend. Photojournalist Oliver Hamlin, who showed us a behind-the-scenes look at the outdoor saltwater pool’s final preparations, went back today. Above is Ed W., who’s been swimming at Colman Pool since he was 10, using the fastest lane today. Below, lifeguard Jude M. watches over the pool during this afternoon’s brief drizzle:

Jimmy, who was first to tip us when this year’s opening day was revealed, shared this observation: “Despite the chilly temperatures, there was a solid turnout — I counted around 32 lap swimmers in the water. No one was there for recreational swimming (understandably, given the cooler weather), but the lifeguards responded quickly to the lap lane demand and added a fifth lane, which was great to see.”

During the preseason, Colman Pool will be open to the public for four hour-and-a-half sessions between noon and 7 each Saturday and Sunday, until it starts 7-day-a-week operations in mid-June. If you’ve never been, it’s on the shore at Lincoln Park, and getting there requires walking, running, or rolling.

POOL PARTY: See what’s new at Colman Pool as a final work party gets it ready for the season

Photos by Oliver Hamlin for WSB

On Saturday, Colman Pool on the Lincoln Park shore officially opens for the year, and one last work party today got it ready. Photojournalist Oliver Hamlin was there for WSB. Above, lifeguards Rommel D (left) and Patrick K dismantle an old lane line before discarding it in a dumpster outside the pool. This year Colman Pool has new lane lines and reels thanks to a donation from the Greater Seattle Swimming Association. You can see them in the next photo, behind Aquatic Technical Supervisor Robert Danielson preparing the diving board:

Lifeguard Patrick K tested out the diving board after installation:

Another kind of board was also addressed today – the protective wooden boards were removed from the Plexiglas around the pool (we showed you a reader photo of the work in progress earlier).

Other work was done inside. Below, Aquatic Center Coordinator Wendy Van De Sompele points toward the filtration system in the Colman Pool pump room. The pump room contains a mix of newer and original pipes from the 1940s.

These are the wells that bring Puget Sound water into Colman Pool, visible during low tide today. The pool can only be filled during high tide, meaning sometimes work must get done in the middle of the night.

Colman Pool celebrated its milestone 75th anniversary nine years ago. This year, as we first reported last month, it’ll be open for “preseason weekends” through mid-June, then seven days a week (except for swim-meet closures June 26-28 and July 18-19) through September 1, and two “postseason weekends” after that. For those who have asked about the slide, it’s only open during private events; they’re keeping it out of service the rest of the time, Van De Sompele told us, because it gets in the way of lap swimming and creates staffing challenges, and the diving board is considered a more accessible feature to keep open.

See the pool schedule here; plus, you can get a sneak peek at the pool during Friday night’s West Seattle Water Polo matches starting at 6:20 pm.

Three reader reports from Lincoln Park

Thanks to the three readers who sent photos and info about three Lincoln Park sightings, starting with tree trouble:

Huge fallen oak tree limb on the north stairs at Lincoln Park, the ones that were recently closed for the stair maintenance

From another reader, this sighting of what appears to be a poisonous weed:

Sharing a safety alert: there is a lot of poison hemlock growing in Lincoln Park between the south playfield and south restroom. The one by the restroom (NW corner) would be especially easy for a small child or a dog to snag a piece of and eat. The bigger patch (south of field, north of the concrete) is also very exposed. I’ve alerted Parks and King County noxious weeds department but unsure how quickly these will be addressed so thought you may want to post a warning.

Here’s a closer look at, and more information about, this plant.

Finally, from Dawn, who spotted this on the shore:

Panels coming down at Colman.

As we reported a month ago, Saturday is the first preseason-weekend day for the only city-owned outdoor salt-water swimming facility, Colman Pool, but you’ll see activity there tomorrow too (Friday, May 9, 6:20 pm) as the West Seattle Water Polo team hosts a home game!