Changes

This photo is in keeping with today's Mono Monday theme, "looking out."  It is what I saw as I was driving down to Ballard for a dental cleaning.  The changes in that once-quiet neighborhood of Scandinavians involved in fishing are striking and not, in my opinion, for the better. It's become a place of rows of six-story apartment buildings, expensive and trendy shops, and everything crowded together.  No longer a place to explore or visit casually.  Such a loss, and true of neighborhoods throughout Seattle..

There's a lot more I wanted to say here, but I feel that I'm starting to rant and I don't want to do that today.