A respite from the heat

As predicted, we reached record high temperatures today, and I was very grateful for the motel room I had booked.  Nothing fancy, but with a working (and surprisingly quiet) air conditioner.  I decided that I would treat this as a mini-vacation, so I took myself out for dinner to a seafood restaurant on the waterfront in Edmonds, the town just north of Seattle where I lived for 17 years before moving south.  Dinner was lovely and relaxing (see extra photo for a view of the restaurant) and when I left I took some pictures of the flower plantings around the marina.  Just a few, because I could hardly wait to get back to my air-conditioned car.