Wednesday on Whidbey

Nearly 120 years of continuous operation & still going strong!

Wednesday on Whidbey

Finally, the worst of this train-wreck saga is over.

(For the nitty-gritty details see one of the more recent articles)

No doubt there will be many more months of finger-pointing & clean-up & efforts to hold the guilty party responsible (though he's clearly a slimy, slippery fish), but at least these last months--and especially weeks--will be behind us.
Hopefully Penn Cove Mussels will return soon...

Wednesday on Whidbey

The sentries at the ferry landing;
don't the cormorants have an incredible shape?!

Wednesday on Whidbey

so green it almost hurts your eyes!

Wednesday on Whidbey

...I'm kinda stuck on flowers lately; they're so gorgeous
& definitely a sign there is life after a Puget Sound winter...

Wednesday on Whidbey

Wednesday on Whidbey

....it's beginning to look a lot like spring time...

Wednesday on Whidbey

Late again!...it's the end-of-the-quarter-graduation-excitement-next-quarter's-comin' dance!

One of the old Dutch farm gems on the north end,
now tucked away a midst the urban growth...

Wednesday on Whidbey

moon rise over the marina

Wednesday on Whidbey

It's that time of year (thank goodness!) when everything is greening up.
I mean, everything!
 (...weather stripping, sidewalks, rocks, you name it...)

Wednesday on Whidbey

Drat! Missed again! 
Only one more week to go with this Tues/Wed blitz at school so should be able to return to more predictable Wednesday posts. No need to adjust your sets...

Wednesday on Whidbey on a Leap Year! In honor of the 'only every four years' phenomenon, I thought it would be fun to look back at posts from four years ago & what was cookin'. A little nostalgia tour.

Made me smile: there was a post about my two quilting 'helpers' snug in their respective nap positions. I miss them alot, & it makes me happy to see them...


I was also bound for my semi-annual retreat at Warm Beach--and this time of year is the height of the Snow Goose season. Although we now go on retreat at the end of March, it's timely to pay tribute to the geese. I've had many trips to Skagit County lately with my faculty hat on--and there they are; in small groups & large flocks.

So wonderful to see!
I think we should make Leap Year days national holidays--a free day! No work, no chores--a 'do what you want day'! Whadya think?!

Wednesday on Whidbey

spring must be near--the pussy willows have come & are going,
giving their last yellow salute of fuzzers

Wednesday on Whidbey

oops--missed again!! 

These all-day Tues-Wed classes are cramping my W on W plans! 

Unexpected afternoon winter sun--spotlighting my
Stella Canfield painting in my studio

Wednesday on Whidbey

...oops! Wednesday just scooted right by!  Sorry...

we had a stretch of lovely clear days
the Cascades across Penn Cove

Wednesday on Whidbey

The 'snow event' is just a memory at this point, but thought I would share the five day saga of my quail on the back deck...  

Wednesday on Whidbey

a wonderful sunrise to go with all of those great sunsets recently

Wednesday on Whidbey

It's a wonderland alright! (look at those big, fat, juicy flakes!)

Wednesday on Whidbey

sunset from the 'back' of my building on campus

Wednesday on Whidbey

Oops!! I was so excited to be ready--I posted a day early! 

Call it vacation confusion--I start school tomorrow!

One of our local munchkins stopping at our 

front step for a taste treat. 

She seems 'school-aged', don't ya think? 

So it's fitting being how it's the first day of the new quarter today...here we go!

Wednesday on Whidbey

Happy Holidays from our little town park! 

Bright & shiny a midst all the darkness!