Photos to share before the night’s out: The owl in a Lincoln Park tree is courtesy of Patrick McCaffrey – thanks! Patrick says he’s been “getting to know a growing group of photographers, young and old, at Lincoln Park who greatly enjoy (the park’s) birds.”

Next, thanks to Bob A, who captured the USS John C. Stennis this morning from his Admiral backyard, as the carrier passed West Point, headed northward, out of Puget Sound:

That’s NOT the same carrier that came home to Everett this morning; that was the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Stennis left Bremerton for pilot-qualifying; here’s a story from the Kitsap Sun.

And Luckie shared photos from tonight’s Lafayette Elementary Science Fair – here we have a “pneumatic kid elevator”:

“Brought to you by the folks behind Skeleton Theatre,” she adds. Click ahead for three more!

Overall, Luckie reports, “The Lafayette science fair was packed with young scientists and their parents. Every classroom featured displays and demonstrations. Some sample projects:” Static electricity …

At left in this next one, electricity from citric acid; at right, bridges (how appropriate for WS):

And a baking soda and vinegar volcano – “without which, a science fair cannot be had,” she observes:

Luckie adds, “Also, parents were encouraged to vote for their favorite playground design. These ballots will be added to the student ballots that were cast today, and will be counted tomorrow morning by members of the playground committee.”