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Milo features female painters
May 3 – June 3 Women Painters of Washington “A Brush with Color” Scott Milo Gallery welcomes back the Women Painters of Washington group with their show “A Brush with Color.” This is a juried show by Anacortes artist Jennifer Bowman. Our show will include about 50 pieces in all different styles featuring a […]
And then there were none
I spotted this hawk in a tree at Marine Heights, pulled over for a photo. After a shot or two the hawk started to squawk, but not at me. As seen in this sequence of photos, the hawk on the limb was “strafed” several times by another hawk, who never quite found a landing spot. […]
Closing career in style
Island Hospital Surgical Services RN Ronnie Metcalfe closed out a 51-year career in style Friday afternoon, suiting up for a “hot load” helicopter adventure after her last day of work. “Hot load” means rotors spinning. Contributing to Metcalfe’s bucket list dream was Dane Armstrong of Friday Harbor Helicopters. The event featured an enthusiastic audience, red […]
Doing the Bloom…
Scenes from 2019 “Do the Bloom Color Run” in Anacortes Saturday, April 12. This event is sponsored by the Anacortes Arts Festival in conjunction with the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Runners encounter “color tossers” who convert them to “living art.”
Spring evening Cap Sante
The sunsets are beautiful from Cap Sante, to be sure, be there are many others sources of enjoyment in this Anacortes “neighborhood” surrounded by water.
Tulip artists at Scott Milo Gallery
Scott Milo Gallery in downtown Anacortes welcomes many new artists in April, in addition to the 3rd Annual Tulip Festival Artists, Past and Present, featuring bright, whimsical paintings by 2019 Tulip Festival Poster artist, Ben Mann of Bellingham. Also showing past festival artists: Randy Dana-Color Photographs (2000 & 2003), Jennifer Bowman-Acrylics (2004), Bart Rulon-Acrylics and […]
Tulip Festival 1987
Scenes from the 1987 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, then in its infancy. Today the Festival lasts the entire month of April, drawing countless thousands to our area.
Arts Festival Color Run April 13
“Do the Bloom” Color Run on Saturday, April 13 starting at 10 a.m. at the Depot Art Center. In its 5th year, this 5k run is loads of fun. Runners become living canvases as our volunteers liberally douse them with colored powder at stations throughout the course. It’s suitable for all ages – and includes […]
1st Tulip Festival scenes: 1984
It was 1984, the year the Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce decided to build a festival around the already popular tulip industry in the Skagit Valley. I scanned these transparencies from my photo archives. Mount Vernon folks will find at least a couple of familiar faces in the pancake breakfast photo!
Tulip Festival retro
It was Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 1985, when hot air balloons filled the sky near the Skagit River and downtown Mount Vernon. Meanwhile, Roozengaarde began to attract crowds — crowds that have never stopped growing. Today the Festival is celebrated during the entire month of April.
Midweek sail
Sailors from the Anacortes Yacht Club spent an evening winding around buoys, tankers and tugs in Fidalgo and Padilla bays.
‘3 Sails’ greets guests from the west
It was a public art project “years in the making.” But with the flash of gold scissors in the Tuesday afternoon sun, “Three Sails” was officially dedicated. On hand was Sultan sculptor Kevin Pettelle, who said he leaves a bit of himself behind when he wheels back home. Presiding over the evcnt was Jack Darnton, […]
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