My friend Yuli drove all the way from Eugene to Seattle with her mom for a quick weekend trip. At Volunteer Park, I made Yuli, who’s always a good sport, crawl through Noguchi’s Black Sun. Oof!

Love the expression on these kids’ faces. They’re wondering when we’ll leave so they can play.

Volunteer Park’sgot some great big trees, and Yuli’s mom enjoyed seeing the varieties. As we walked around the park, she pointed out unusual bark, leaves, height, branch formations. We take these things for granted in the Emerald City, but back home in Taipei, nature is practically non-existent.

The Chinese camels guarding the front of the Asian Art Museum are replicas, perfectly okay for climbing. The marble originals, from late 14th-mid 17th century, are housed inside the Seattle Art Museum downtown.

I’d never met Yuli’s mom before, and I was struck by how much she looked like my mother. It wasn’t just her eyes, nose, mouth, or her hair and the shape of her face. It was her mannerisms too, and what she wore and how she walked. The resemblance was so strong it was kind of freaky. Maybe in 25 years, Yuli and I will look alike too!

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