Anacortes attracts artists like butterflies to blossoms. Among many people attracted to a Cap Sante sunset view Sunday was Kirkland artist Min Zhong, pictured here. Zhong, an instructor at Kirkland Art Center, writes on her website: “I have always been passionate about drawing since I was a small child. After high school I took a […]
An oystercatcher steps from surf to beach at Bowman Bay, illuminated by morning sun. Southwest Fidalgo Island.
Two of my favorite photography subjects — Mt. Baker and a Dunlap tug — are featured in this Guemes Channel scene from June 2015. The Dunlap tug “Port Gardner” is dwarfed by the “Northern Hawk,” vessel under tow from the Anacortes Port District pier.
Sale of the Shell Puget Sound Refinery to Texas-based HollyFrontier for $350 million was announced Tuesday. In a Facebook post yesterday, the local refinery stated: “Dear Friends: Today the site was informed Shell is divesting the Shell Puget Sound Refinery and selling the asset to HollyFrontier, pending regulatory approval. The refinery leadership is committed to […]
A drive past Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard on the north shore of Anacortes is always interesting. Last week I had the rare opportunity to see the activity from a Guemes Channel perspective. Among vessels under construction are tugs for the federal government.
An aerial photograph of Anacortes from May 2006. The most obvious change since then is the new high school and sports stadium.
I had been waiting for a harbor seal to surface again when I noticed a strange bubbling pattern in the water off Little North Beach. I kept watching, expecting the seal … but then scuba diver Jan Kocian surfaced. He said he had spent an hour in the pass area under the North Whidbey section […]
A shipment of petroleum coke from the Shell Refinery is loaded aboard the Santa Johanna, Port of Anacortes Pier 2 on the Guemes Channel.
She paused for a minute or two, then decided to head west as opposed to coming my way. Anacortes wetlands.
Steel cables and chain link fencing are being installed at Deception Pass Bridge as work continues on a repair/painting project. This span will soon be “shrouded” so chipping, primer and paint can take place. The project is under the umbrella of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) as the bridge is part of state […]
Over the past several weeks I have collected an inventory of photos of “feathered Fidalgo friends,” otherwise known as birds. Images were collected at places including the lake, beaches and dunes of Deception Pass State Park, both sides of the bridge. At least one photo (immature bald) was taken in the Bay View area on […]
This is one of my favorite photos of the Anacortes Museum, formerly a Carnegie Library.