> I don’t have a date for this photo, which features the commercial fishing fleet docked at what is now Cap Sante Boat Haven. That’s Commercial Avenue on the far right. The oval track at lower right is the location of today’s Safeway store. Work continues to clean up the Fidalgo Island shoreline on which […]
> Hundreds of families made their living at plywood mills in past decades. My grandfather and father were among shareholders who owned Anacortes Veneer, a cooperative. The mill was then owned and operated by Publishers, but in the early Eighties, became a cooperative again when local shareholders purchased the mill from Publishers. This photograph illustrates […]
>I don’t have a date with this photo, but I recall spending a fascinating couple of hours in downtown Anacortes listening to jazz/classic guitarist Charlie Byrd. I believe he was playing at “Cannery Row.” Write to me if you have details. See allaboutjazz.com for details about Byrd, who was born in 1925 and died in […]
>If one can successfully stay focused in the midst of the noise and hurried pace of the Christmas season, it is a great time to spend time with friends and loved ones who are otherwise “out of the loop” during the course of the year. It’s been a great week of such “visits,” with more […]
> These dolls are among hundreds of toys that have been gathered at the Salvation Army Anacortes Corps for distribution among “adopted” children and families this Christmas. Distributions will also inlcude food. To make a donation to the Salvation Army “Red Kettle” fund, visit a local kettle (Safeway, Post Office, The Market, Walgreens and Rite […]
> In addition to a parade of emergency response vehicles including fire engines, volunteers from the Shell Puget Sound Refinery count a couple of “big guys” among their ranks during local parades. This giant inflatable firefighter is a big hit, providing “low fives” and many photo ops.
For the second day in a row, I’ve had to engage the car defroster before heading to the Penguin. I think I recall hearing the words “watch for black ice” in an early morning conversation between wife and son. The good news? Did you SEE the moon last night and again this morning? Wow! And […]
This community’s “Anacortes coin” drew the attention of Seattle’s King5 television station recently, resulting in the kind of holiday shopping exposure most local merchants can only dream about. A great promotion, and a great “lead” (opening) by reporter Rob Piercy!
> Son-in-law Brian Tyhuis shot this video while I captured “stills” of the September 18, 2009 return of a PBY Catalina aircraft to Oak Harbor. The U.S. Navy flew such patrol aircraft out of NAS Whidbey in Oak Harbor during World War II. According to James Vannice (USN, retired), the amphibious aircraft played a critical […]
> A new sign went up this week at the edge of Pass Lake on Highway 20, on the Fidalgo Island side of Deception Pass State Park. Fellow photographer/blogger Ryan Mahoney reports that there is also a sign on the road to the Port Townsend ferry in Coupeville. A great tourism marketing idea. I’m thinking […]
>In regard to the tentative plan for a Saturday night Senate vote on health care legislation I respectively submit: Too much (too expen$ive), too fast (have you REALLY read this bill and answered to your satisfaction any questions you might have?). P.S. Please pass this note on to your peers on the House side of […]