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yourfriendlara.bsky.social
your friend lara
@yourfriendlara.bsky.social
500 followers 830 following 890 posts
trying to find my place in the revolution 🌻
she/her 🧠 AuDHD & anxious af 🌲 PNW
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yourfriendlara.bsky.social
from last weekend ❤️🧡💛
a sidewalk-adjacent blue-grey succulent patch poking through a blanket of fallen red and orange mini maple leafs
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
SODO: a place to get wet
SODO station - only small amounts of rain canopies with empty supports where they feel they should be
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
EVERY DIRECTION I LOOK THERE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW

I AM SO HAPPY 🥰

@thewaroncars.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social
Town Hall is packed full of Seattle urbanists Town Hall is packed full of Seattle urbanists
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
paid our respects to some icons today 💞
mosaic pigeon in Cal Anderson Park close up of small mosaic rat in Cal Anderson Park - they are adorable made primarily with swirled blue, purple, grey glass mosaic trans flag made from diamond-shaped pieces in Cal Anderson Park closeup of crying Hot Rat Mother mosaic in Cal Anderson Park
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
it got cold and I was worried about the journey back home but we warmed up with dinner in Ballard and a stop at Push/Pull and the bike back was soooo pleasant. I love pier 58 at night! saw a lot of new bike infrastructure today! 🥰

I fucking love living here !
nighttime view of Frankie Feetsplinter wooden troll sculpture, backlit by the Nordic Museum in Ballard. a silhouette climbing on the Pier 58 jellyfish playground at night, backlit by the great wheel Pier 58 jellyfish playground at night, with the aquarium and lit buildings behind - you can even see the space noodle! Marginal Way bike lane and bike counter at night - 488 today, 3114 this year!
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
biked to the Ballard locks yesterday for the first time!
what a lovely day for a city bike frolic 🥰
view of ferry dock, beach, Smith Tower from the Water Taxi approaching downtown Seattle Boeing fuselages loaded on freight trains along the bike route through Interbay cut metal sign on the floor of Ballard locks pedestrian crossing walkway says PINCH POINT!! Grechen C the adorable tugboat is approaching the large lock on a blue sky fall day
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
there he is! !
hammock full of plushies
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
watched some kind of water puppy being a little weirdo for so long in the middle of a Lime ride that we got hit with an improper parking fine lmao

beautiful day on Alki today 🥰
Seattle skyline across the water with blue sky and white clouds. there are multiple fins sticking up out of the water - some kind of seal is floating around thermoregulating
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
rainbow in the sky at Alaska Junction pedestrian scramble on California Ave
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
SODO
smashed window with sharpie that says "....ooooops"
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I've been seeing these around the neighborhood! so cute bloomin right now!
a bunch of purpley flowers bloomin!
September 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I just cannot have this app on my phone I can’t not scroll it’s a compulsion

here’s another I’M FLEEING photo batch from recently:
traction added to a big metal grate on the sidewalk - they look like yellow legos snapped into grate the openings an orange cat dangles his head and arm while laying on a shelf directly above my head sidewalk chalk in front of a yellow bollard next to a blue water tower says POOP (an overflowing dog poop bag collection bin in the background - related??) black and white pom pom in-progress with a “meh” face on it
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
cities are good
intersection with trolleybus wires in front of wispy clouds in a pre-sunset sky and Smith Tower
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
my adhd ass is finally figuring out how to not run for the bus and the new strat is to not pay any attention to when it is coming and just go when I’m ready
partial human shadow on the sidewalk, caffeine source in hand
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
lately
a poster on a lightpole drawn by a child. it has a big chompy mouth and says "show at WSMA at 1:00. SILINCE yout phone!!! the band is ? " hand holding Eastside Urbanism bingo cards in front of Eastside Urbanism tablecloth in front of green grass some pumpkins grow among a Claudia Balducci sign silver hearts on a pink, blue, and white plaid shirt
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
before I flee, injecting some positive vibes into the feed.

lately
Super Saunter's Eastside Escapade - about 80 people walking on the boardwalk through Kirkland's Totem Lake Park wetland view of downtown Seattle skyline at golden hour from the Water Taxi - there are 3 ferries in view Marymoor Village Station before sunset the sun is setting at Pier 58 and the observation wheel
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
#CriticalMass is huge !
bikes by international fountain and space needle and bumbershoot stage critical mass at international fountain
August 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
what is this supposed to mean to me???
a sign next to the elevator in the light rail station says “AREA OF SAFETY” with a wheelchair icon and braille
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
Bike Disco is my favorite and riding the Brompton was a good choice 🥰
cute graffiti on the escalator handrail - silver marker says “ILU” with a cat face lots of people on bikes near UW LED faux neon sign near two cans of cider big bike and little bike are waiting for the light rail in Shoreline
August 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I live near amazing people and I want to know every one of them
organic planter structure with black and white and mirror mosaic covering it with succulents and vines growing mirror shard mosaic seahorse sculpture among other organic mosaic structures and greenery old bus station glass panels in rusty steel frame with tree behind painted sign says “DEAR FUTURE,” in pink on grey
August 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
lake friends
blue dragonfly on my finger in front of a boardwalk surrounded by green trees and brush black salamander with yellow to blue stripes on a log green frog (name, not color) and bunny in a swampy area lightning bug on my hand in front of sidewalk
August 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
this is the only part of flying that I like
Seward Park and nearby from an airplane Mercer Island from an airplane
July 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I fucking love living here
long shadows ahead of three people walking along the shoreline at golden hour in Lincoln Park with a ferry at the dock in the distance thin crescent moon in the sky that has a little bit of light left in it with dark silhouettes of trees, powerlines, and houses
July 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I love the vibes at Second Use
a huge precision ground granite slab with stickers on it that say: “THIS WEIGHS 400LB” “WARNING: HEAVIER THAN GOD” “WARNING: HEAVIER THAN THE M87 BLACK HOLE”
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
also at Second Use - heavy carts that “carried rolls of paper on tails at the Seattle Times”
6 carts that look kinda like thick heavy rusty skateboards with signage explaining what they are heavy rolly carts with a sticker that says “I’m a heavy beast”
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM