Winter Walk-Off 2016

For the fifth consecutive year, Les at A Tidewater Gardener is hosting his Winter Walk-Off.  Learn more about it here!  The rules are fairly simple.  Walk, ride, or drive to a location, set out on foot and photograph what you see.   Nothing from your own garden.

This year, on a sudden whim on my way home from work during a break between wind and rain storms and armed only with my cell phone, I decided to park downtown and walk around the museum of glass.  The museum itself was closed but there are lots of interesting things to see in the area around the museum.




The sideways cone contains the hot shop and an observation gallery.  The shape is an homage to the wood behive burners that once lined Tacoma's waterfront. You can learn more about the museum here.







The Chihuly Bridge of Glass, a sky bridge that passes over the highway and streets to link the museum to the city is always open. See more here.   The domed building in the background is Union Station, now used as a federal courthouse.















Next to Union Station, on the other side of the bridge, is the Newish Washington state History Museum.

Front entrance of Union Station which was also closed.  The interior is gorgeous and has amazing acoustics.  It's also filled with work by Tacoma native, Dale Chihuly.

This spot, tucked away in the middle of all these city buildings and behind a wrought iron fence seemed especially restful.

The Albers Mill building is, I think, the only old brick building left on the waterfront.  It's been repurposed as a gallery and condos or lofts.  There are a lot of condo buildings in this area.


Here we are again where we began.  Hope you enjoyed this quick walk around the museum and that you'll visit Les's blog and participate in the Winter Walk-Off yourself!  Thanks, Les, for hosting this fun party for another year!  Here's to many more!