The Montlake Bridge deals with a large volume of traffic on -- and under -- it's deck.

When the azaleas are blooming, painter Nathan Arnold has plenty to smile about. Arnold rides his bike to the Japanese Gardens three times a week to paint.

Nicole Scott, 5, and her father, Terrance Scott, discuss Nicole's progress on the Montlake Community Center's tennis courts. The Scotts have been spending an hour or so three times a week on what they refer to as their "home court."

A Montlake Elementary School students shows off some of his class's stained glass art hanging in the window of The Daily Grind. The coffee and baked goods shop was one of the hosts for this year's Montlake Art Walk, in which art produced by students at the school is exhibited around the neighborhood.

Leah Toledano, 6, and Maria Rosen, 5, jump rope during recess at Seattle Hebrew Academy.

Nancy Nickels is the new owner of the Montlake coffee and muffin institution The Daily Grind.

Avishai Baral, 7, calls a teammate "Safe!" during a game of kickball at the Seattle Hebrew Academy.

Mary-Ellen Buchanan, an educator at Montlake's Boyer Children's Clinic for 15 years, paints with Carina Saengchan, 3, while Maribel Rodriguez, 19 months, has her hands cleaned. The school is a non-profit therapy and early childhood education facility for children who have neuromuscular disorders or

The Montlake Bridge makes way for a sailboat on the Lake Washington Ship Canal.