Category Archives: community

Sailing.

Let me start with the simple fact of I’m a “land lubber”. I get sea sick. Or if you want to sound all hoity toity… mal de mer. I avoid being ON the water whenever possible. But I’m so glad I seized an opportunity last week to take a sunset sail aboard The Hawaiian Chieftain....

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Please vote.

I need an image over the commode in our downstairs powder room. It’s a decently sized space and currently there are 4 lithographs, two of sailboats being built and two of the Golden Gate Bridge being built. These are all black and white, but very old so the “white” is more of a natural/khaki colour....

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“I get to live here!”

That is what my daughter exclaimed when we first pulled into Coupeville, Washington. And we find ourselves saying it often, as we pinch ourselves. Surely, this is only a dream and one day we’ll wake up and realize it. But until then, we are loving every minute on Whidbey Island. Yes, even the foggy, damp,...

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I missed the sailboats.

Race Week just finished here on Whidbey Island and well, I missed all the boats in the cove and the photo ops that come along with them. First couple of days I was busy, yesterday I was held hostage by Comcast cable (and my internet STILL goes out… grrrr!) and today I was having such...

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I adore Poppies!

Well, OK, I love flowers. But Poppies definitely rank amongst my favorites. Just around the corner from our new home is a garden that was simply overflowing with the most amazing Poppies. Unfortunately for me, I was a bit distracted trying to get our new home established and so only recently had a chance to...

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