Thanks to Erik Walum for that photo – his spouse Katy Walum is organizer of the first-ever Admiral Neighborhood Association Summer Concerts at Hiawatha series (with WSB among the co-sponsors), and the banner sign just went up at the park as a reminder that the series is about to kick off: This Thursday night, 6:30 pm, east lawn at Hiawatha, Alma Villegas serenades you for free! Just bring your own blanket and/or chair. It’s the first of six consecutive Thursday nights with these free concerts – the lineup ranges all over the musical map, from jazz to Cajun to folk to rock and even Big Band; see the list of performers here.

SECOND NOTE: Hiawatha’s wading pool opened Monday as promised by the city, according to Holly. That means West Seattle now has three wading pools open, including Lincoln Park and Delridge; E.C. Hughes is scheduled to open next Monday, and Highland Park is not scheduled to be open this year at all because of federally mandated drain-safety upgrades the city needs to install (because of that work, it’s opening 14 wading pools citywide this summer instead of the usual 25).