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Isbelo Ordonez shows off two rainbow perch he caught off a Golden Gardens dock last week. Ordonez is a regular, showing up to fish most days of the week. He uses shrimp for bait and caught nine perch, one short of the limit. "The last one's…MORE

Gardener Sylvia Li has created and maintained a circular sanctuary surrounded by a bustling Ballard intersection.

"This was once a big tangled mess filled with bottles and cigarette butts," said Li, referring to the roundabout she takes…MORE

Green Lake is one of the city's busiest parks. Walkers, runners, roller bladders and bicyclists find the 2.8 loop around the water attractive on a nice day. It can often be very busy. Walkers can do the route in about 50 minutes if they go fast…MORE

Valerie Jandl, a seventh grade student at St. Alphonsus School, rings the morning bell just outside the entrance to alert the other students that it's time to begin their school day.

A crow finds the Ballard High School tennis team's cream cheese too tempting as he repeatedly dips his beak into it. The cream cheese was disposed after the uninvited guest had his meal. The team plays home matches at Lower Woodland Park.

Ballard twins, James and William Endter, 2, were easy to spot along Market Street on Halloween.

There are no worries in the world for this duck at Golden Gardens except for approaching winter.

A handmade Halloween lawn prop depicting an Easter Island "moai" statue guards the Henggeler residence on 39th Avenue SW. Chris Henggeler hides inside the monolith and moves its lips while its computer-generated voice startles trick-or-treaters.…MORE

This metal sculpture sits in front of a Ballard home. Many area houses have various forms of art decorating yards, fences and porches.

Rick Bragg, a man who helped start some of area's most popular annual community events, died unexpectedly on Oct. 24 just weeks after being diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer.

Bragg, a regular volunteer in the community, played an…MORE