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yourfriendlara.bsky.social
your friend lara
@yourfriendlara.bsky.social
510 followers 840 following 930 posts
trying to find my place in the revolution 🌻
she/her 🧠 AuDHD & anxious af 🌲 PNW
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yourfriendlara.bsky.social
I literally cannot go to a beach and not come back with something I found on the ground,

usually pockets full of rocks
a collection of mostly black and white beach rocks a collection of a rainbow gradient of beach rocks
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
a map of public toilets at the beach in Málaga, Spain.
imagine!!!!!
a sign at the beach listing 20 public toilets at the beach with information about accessibility and number of gendered stalls
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
last Marbella sunset
sunset on the beach
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
Marbella’s shade-providing-flowering-vines game is on point 🌺👌
green flowy vines with pink-purple flowers dangle from the top of a 3-story white building with small balconies lined with ornate black metal railings
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
a collection of window cats 🐱
orange cat on a windowsill behind black bars and some potted plants dark cat curled up on a deep windowsill behind black bars and wire mesh dark cat sitting on a deep windowsill behind black bars and wire mesh with decorative tiles below striped cat sits in an open window behind small potted plants behind black bars and wire mesh
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
there’s a library in this park!

interesting to see kind of a lot of separated bike paths but very very few bikes. more scooters. but mostly pedestrians!
elevated view of a park full of trees, pedestrian spaces, a red two-way cycletrack, some parked cars, in front of a mountain and blue sky. Marbella, Spain
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
familiar and unfamiliar things in Spain
hand holding a can of Monster Energy in front of a narrow, curbless shared street in a cozy canyon of 2-3 story mixed use row buildings, greenery, seating, and blue sky above
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
yourfriendlara.bsky.social
Marbella, Spain
chisel-tipped black marker street art says “live slow, rest well.” in an angular blackletter font style
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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