These photos are from 2005, 2008 and 2016. Snow and ice bring the kids out every time! I’m looking for opportunities for more action shots this week.
Sometimes “the reason for the season” gets lost in the holiday hubbub. I was pleased to find this beautiful creche in one of the display windows of Burton Jewelers downtown.
State ferry Chelan docked at the terminal in Anacortes. Great blue herons, seagulls and cormorants gather on the pilings in the foreground.
A few of the boats tied up at Lovric’s SeaCraft, as viewed from 12th Street. Lots of history here.
State ferry Chelan arrives in Anacortes, December 16, 2021.
Well, it’s actually a gorilla, but “ape” worked better for my header. This is yet another amazing Joe Treat driftwood sculpture! Treat, who lives in Bow, has a number of unique driftwood sculptures already in town, including the popular giraffes at the W.T. Preston. This sculpture is located just off Commercial Avenue in the Pickett […]
“Christmasy things” were prominent at the 2018 Anacortes Vintage Show in the Port Transit Shed Event Center. Merchants from far and wide … and local too.
A refinery established in 1958 as a Texaco plant has transitioned to new ownership, as evidenced by signs erected last week declaring a welcome to “HollyFrontier Puget Sound Refinery.” The change in ownership of the Anacortes refinery took place officially on November 1, 2021. Operations continue with the same workforce.
Morning light, the beautiful stone gazebo on the east side of Causland Memorial Park in downtown Anacortes.
Dozens of American Wigeons were working the shoreline for food Thursday afternoon. I photographed this one just a few feet off the beach.
Snow is the exception rather than the rule on Fidalgo Island. A bit of sleet yesterday inspired me to search the files, where I located these images from December 2008.
I was attracted by the light. Late afternoon at the beach, Ship Harbor. Cormorant working offshore, somewhere between lunch and dinner…