We thought this was as a good a time as any to find gratitude and Thanksgiving for all we have here in Ballard. Here's a batch:

Golden Gardens Park and beach

Rail trails and Burke-Gilman Trail

Ale houses, microbreweries

Tall Grass Bakery

Independent bookstores

Tractor Tavern

Urban Villages

Dog parks

Eagles, Bald

Transit bus Metro service

Hip artists

All-year farmers' market

New library

KBCS, KEXP, KSER FM radio reception

Sustainable Ballard

Great Blue Herons

Involved citizens

View of water and mountains

Inside locks fish ladder viewing

Northwest Market Street merchants

Gjetost

Eric and Alice Smith

Sunset Hill