Something in the Strait of Georgia is producing severed human feet at alarming intervals. In the past six months, three different human feet have washed ashore right in the backyard of our beloved San Juans. All right feet, all wearing tennis shoes, and all springing forth from the frigid currents of the Strait of Georgia which separates Bellingham from the unrivaled scenery of the island chains. The sequence of discoveries and geographical proximity of......

"coming and going" by Todd Bates This lovely composition looks right out of the 1950s --except for the schleps on the left who forgot to dress the part. Regardless, they make this photo. Wire your own wonderfully anachronistic photographs to the Seattlest Flickr Pool. Thanks for sharing, Todd.......

Last night while having dinner at Friend A's house, the wife got a call from Friend B with whom she and A had gone snowshoeing on Friday. Friend B was calling because she had read the newspaper and discovered a story about an avalanche that happened on the trail they took.A group of youths aged 12 to 16 and an adult were hiking near Lake 22, a popular trail off the Mountain Loop Highway east......

coming and going in the ol' seattlest flickr pool by Todd Bates. Thank you!......

Now showing: Todd Bates' on garde, which depicts the "first meeting of the Cardboard Tube Fighting League in Seattle." Awesome--just like the Seattlest Flickr Pool.......

"Cloud" from Todd Bates, drop your own unique perspective into the Seattlest Flickr Pool, won't you?......

Today's pull from the Seattlest Flickr Pool: over her shoulder from contributor Todd Bates. Thanks for sharing.......

--The baby on the Nevermind album cover is old enough to have acne. Left unanswered: Is he on his high school's swim team? --David Postman's Spokane cabby sez: "The one good mayor we had died of cancer or something." Yes...or something. --Breaking down http://sportslogopundit.blogspot.com/2007/06/everett-hawks.html">the Everett Hawks' logo. --"'Every School a Great School' is a wonderful goal, but I think we should start with 'Every School an Adequate School' and work up from there." --State......

(not)spacesuit, by Todd Bates. Fresh from the Seattlest Flickr pool. Dive on in!......

Snowday by Todd Bates. From the Seattlest Flickr group. Thanks for sharing!......

Wire service stories are the postcards that we never would have sent. Instead of picking out something mundane or kitschy, the AP and UPI sent our college roommate in Wisconsin, aunt in Boston, and childhood friend in Georgia an inane little note in their local papers yesterday. It says that the place we live in--and keep asking them to visit--is full of uptight people with too much time on their hands: Dog Store Sign Angers......