Magnolia
Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographers captured these glimpses of daily life around the community. Click on a thumbnail to see a page featuring a larger, more detailed version of the image.
Caroline Orr and her foster son read at the University Village Barnes & Nobles bookstore, where he likes to go after she gets off work.
At her artist table in their living room in Magnolia, Caroline Orr shows her foster son tools that belonged to his grandfather. Orr makes wood engravings, glass castings and Mezzotint prints.
Orr said that after losing both of her parents, she wanted a family of her own. "I'm a family person. I believe that children should have a family."
Orr, 56, has been caring for her 3-year-old foster son -- whom she calls Laughing Frog Boy -- since he was 4 months old. She is now in the process of adopting him.
After a hard day of day care at the Village Children's Center in the University Village, "Laughing Frog Boy" stretches for a bit of water.
Magnolia Public Library is an architectural work of art and is easily missed when driving by. It was designed in 1964 by architects Paul Hayden Kirk and Richard Haag.
Denton Rossell's statuary import business in Magnolia sells reproductions of classic artwork in a striking gallery setting.
The classic look of the old officers' homes at Discovery Park presents visitors with a nice contrast to the park's wooded trails and Sound views.
Names of famous musicians are jokingly stenciled on the parking spaces at Sue Reynolds' Magnolia music store Now Hear This!
The neighborhood's famous Madrona trees stand before Mount Rainier in this view from Magnolia Bluff.
Julie Szmania plays with her 3-year-old son, Lucas, in Szmania's, the restaurant she and her husband, Ludger, run. The restaurant enjoys a reputation for serving fine regional foods as well as seasonal fare.
A small parade of children troops to Magnolia Playfield from Magnolia Whizzkids, a preschool and daycare.
Seattle firefighter Bonnie Beers cuts away some old boards during a remodeling of her home.
A group plays bridge at the Magnolia Community Center, one of many activities offered for all ages.
Mackenzie Bruce, right, sits with her nanny, Jennifer Peterson, under a shady tree while watching the activity at the Magnolia Playfield.
Bob Kildall, president of Friends of Discovery Park, enjoys the view from the bluff overlooking Puget Sound.
Manfred Wolfenstine stands before the grave marker of an Italian prisoner of war who was lynched by U.S. soldiers at Fort Lawton.
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