Meghan’s Gallery

We’ve had a week of beautiful, warm sunny weather in Seattle. And I have been stuck at work, or running errands that leave no time for photo ops.  I managed to sneak in a few photos Monday night, but since then, nothing.

However, today I am scheduled to leave work early (”scheduled” is not the same as “will” unfortunately) and I’m hoping to get back to Kubota Gardens to grab some shots that I wasn’t able to get on my last visit, now that I have my 10-22mm lens.

There’s a whole area in Tukwila, WA that is commonly referred to as “Southcenter.” This area includes the newly-expanded Westfield Southcenter, Target, Costco, 6 or 8 outdoor shopping centers, and lots and lots of restaurants.

In the middle of it all, there is a pond. And amazingly, considering that you have to park behind the Target building, it really feels like a nice, relaxing middle-of-nowhere pond.

Except for that Sleep Country USA building peeking through:

You woke up, saw a Peacock in your backyard, and thought “Where’s my camera, I need to take a picture!. . . . . . . . . . wait, why is there a Peacock in my backyard?”

That was not the way I expected to start my day today. After some discussion with the neighbors, it was decided that this was a young, male Peacock who had escaped from someone. He was rather tame, and based on his determined path over fences and through various yards, he had a destination in mind.

We called the sheriff (seriously, who do you call to report a random Peacock?) and they called animal control. Eventually, the Peacock disappeared into a yard on another street before there was any sign of animal control.