PHOTO: Monday Morning Sunrise Over Lake Burien

From BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke comes this gorgeous shot of Monday morning’s sunrise over Lake Burien – a great image to help you focus yourself for the start of another... [Read more]

PHOTOS & SOUNDS: A Zen-Like Autumn Photo Slideshow

Fall has definitely fallen unto our area, and to celebrate the refreshing, crisp air and colorful leaves, we present to you a very zen-like Photo/Audio Slideshow created at Seahurst Park by Photographer... [Read more]

PHOTO: Gorgeous, Greenish Sunset Over Burien Wednesday Night

We usually only post sunset pics when they’re spectacular, and Wednesday night’s (Oct. 7th) was no exception – lots of purple, orange, blue, red and…GREEN??? How often do you... [Read more]

What Should The City Of Burien Do With These Dam BEAVERS? Take Our Poll…

We’ve covered this before, but since then our friend Dennis Clark sent us these photos so we just had to do an update – Burien has its own, functioning, dam (building) beaver family living... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Bald Eagle Goes Fishing In Lake Burien

From BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke comes these amazing photos taken Friday afternoon (Aug. 14th) of one of your Burien neighbors – a Bald Eagle – fishing in Lake Burien (click... [Read more]

VIDEOS: Rare Footage Of Eagle Fledglings At Eagle Landing Park

Story and Videos by Jim Branson This year, the nesting pair at Eagle Landing Park has successfully raised two eagles to the fledgling stage. For the three previous years, they did not produce offspring... [Read more]

PHOTOS: A Sunday Night Rainbow Off Three Tree Point

Sunday night (May 3rd) around 7:30pm, BTB Sales Diva Janet Grella happened to capture these images of a vivid rainbow over the water off Three Tree Point:

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Janet says:

“Diva,” our Olympic swimmer wanna-be, dived into the sound and swam two miles to the end of the rainbow in Normandy Park Cove only to find a leprechaun being choked by a neighbor.

She tried mouth to mouth on the little guy only to find the swine flu of her rainbow.

City Offering Three Free Natural Yard Design Workshops

Three free natural yard design workshops will be offered by the City of Burien and King County starting Thursday May 7th and continuing for two additional Thursdays through May 21st.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Three free natural yard design workshops…

Parkside Garden Club Plant Sale Is Sat. May 2nd

The Parkside Garden Club will be holding its annual plant sale to benefit local charities as well as scholarships at both the UW and WSU on Saturday, May 2nd from 9am to 4pm in the Albertson’s parking lot at First Avenue South and South 160th Street (map below).

A large variety of plants will be available, all reasonably priced.

Come early for best selection or late for best prices…

Highline Botanical Garden Plant Sale Is Sat. May 2nd

Spring has sprung, plants are blooming and that can mean only two things: spiky, irritating pollens are attaching themselves to suffering humans everywhere; and the Highline SeaTac Botanical Gardens will... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Scenes From Today's Minus Tide At Seahurst

Monday April 27th saw one of the lowest tides so far this year, a -2.7 at 1:11pm, and Photographer Michael Brunk was on the scene at Burien’s Seahurst Park, where lots of normally-unseen Burien residents were exposed:

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If you’re interested in meeting more of your normally-unseen neighbors during another minus tide, mark your calendars for:

• A -2.7 tomorrow (Tuesday, April 28th) at 1:58pm
• A -3.65 on Sunday, May 26th at 12:53pm
• The lowest tide of the year will be a -3.91 on Tuesday, June 23rd at 11:52am

PHOTOS: Friday's Earth Day Fair At Saltwater State Park

On Friday (4/24), the King County Housing Authority and Federal Way Public Schools Americorps teams, in conjunction with Washington State Parks, hosted an Earth Day Fair at Saltwater State Park in Des Moines, and here’s a photo slideshow, shot by Photographer Michael Brunk:

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Spring Classes Starting Up At Environmental Science Center

by Mark Neuman It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful spot to “go to school” than Seahurst Park, showcasing the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound right here in Burien. Our friends at... [Read more]

PHOTO: Spidery, Wet & Webby Sign Of The Season

Found this nicely-moistened and unusually-placed spider web on the rear view mirror of the B-Town Blogmobile the other morning and took this pic: (don’t worry, the spider who made this masterpiece... [Read more]

PHOTO:Plant Growing Through Traffic Cone In W.C.

Driving through our soon-to-be-annexed neighbor to the north this morning, we found this fascinating scene of nature vs man: a blackberry weed-like bush growing through a traffic cone on the corner of... [Read more]

Photo: Spectacular Late Summer Sunset

From B-Town Blog Advertiser Susan Plecko comes this spectacular sunset photo, taken Tues. night Sept. 16th:  Read More →

Full Moon Flying Over Lake Burien

Courtesy BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke comes another great photo taken Sunday night at Lake Burien of the full moon rising as a jet takes off from SeaTac Airport:    Read More →

PHOTO: Gorgeous Full Moon Over Lake Burien

Courtesy BTB Contributing Photographer Gregory Rehmke comes this great photo taken last night at Lake Burien of the full moon rising as a jet takes off from SeaTac Airport: Tonight’s moonrise will... [Read more]

B-Town Pet Owners – Be Aware Of Raccoons!

Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > south king > pets: R A C C O O N S kill your beloved animals–watch out!!! (Burien) Our cat escaped late Thursday night as we closed the sliding... [Read more]