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A Week in Photos: 2025, Part 34

September 3, 2025

Monday, August 18: On my way to the airport to head home from my trip, I had enough time to stop by a favorite shoe store in Detroit. Driving there, I noticed the Mammoth (The Saving Place) building was being torn down. It had been closed long before I started going to the shoe store up the street but it looked interesting and seeing it being demolished made me a little sad. I hope whatever goes in there next is an asset to the community.
I made it to the airport in plenty of time, only to have a delay on my flight out which consumed most of my almost two-hour layover in Minneapolis. I arrived in Spokane around midnight. Heard, then saw, an owl near where I’d parked my car, and a moose along the mountain road when I finally approached home after two hours of driving.

Collage of three horizontal pictures of a tan concrete block building with yellow and brown sign painted on the side saying 'Mammoth The Saving Place'. In top panel, one of four boarded up windows has a mural reading Detroit painted in bright colors on black. In the middle panel, a billboard sized painting of Obama in red white and blue is in the lower left corner of the wall. In the bottom panel, part of the building has been ripped down along the right side.

Tuesday, August 19: Slept in after my very late arrival the night before, then hung around the house and relaxed some more.

View across a blacktop street to hazy/smoky mountain valley.

Wednesday, August 20: Managed to run out of my two mouthwashes (one is for night, one for day) at around the same time. It’s the little things.

Two mouthwash bottles sitting on a bathroom counter. Listerine Total Care Zero Alcohol on the left; TheraBreath Healthy Gums on the right.

Thursday, August 21: Had dinner with a friend. They agreed to go to the one place I know of locally that does a Detroit style pizza. I’d had the real thing twice during my recent visit to Michigan. This is a decent rendition crust and sauce-wise, but the aspect ratio isn’t right (the rectangle is too long and skinny).

Closeup of skinny rectangular pizza with baked cheese around the outside of the crust.

Friday, August 22: Rode the lift up with Mr. Karen, the view somewhat shrouded in haze/smoke. We picked a few huckleberries up there for immediate consumption. Since our freezer is full, no point in picking more than that.

View from chair lift heading down. Buildings of a ski village and condos are scattered around the base. Lake at the bottom of the valley and mountains on the other side are hard to see through the haze.

Saturday, August 23: Sat outside on the stairs at the side of the house on a beautiful summer afternoon.

Leafed out deciduous trees against a bright blue sky with a few puffy clouds in it.

Sunday, August 24: Had unpacked enough so all the dirty clothes were out of my suitcase, so caught up on laundry mostly. Took a walk with Mr. Karen after dark; we discovered several traffic cones in the street, protecting freshly painted utility access covers.

Orange and white traffic cone, tipped to the side a bit to reveal a small green painted utility cover.

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On this date in 2009 through 2024: No journal entries

2008: Dishcloths (I never made either of the cardigans I made dishcloth swatches for. Maybe I still will; my prime cardigan years are probably still ahead of me, though how many more knitting years I have is uncertain, especially if I’m going to do DK weight cotton.)

2003 through 2007: No entries

2002: Holiday Weekend (ah, the footnote reminded me that Diarist awards were a thing back in the day)

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