Boat Shows are Nothing New, but This Year it was an Education We’ve been to more boat shows than I can count. Our first child was born the morning after we attended an in the water boat show on Lake Union. She received a marine influenced name. This year’s show though, was the very first [...]
Tag Archives: Weather
Water Photo of LAST Week: Whidbey Island Ice Storm
Neither snow nor rain will stay forester Elliott Menashe from heading out into the woods. Maybe gloom of night will keep him inside, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Elliott snapped this picture of some pretty impressive icicles hanging above a creek on South Whidbey Island during last week’s ice storm.
Water Photo of the Week: The Antidote to Northwest Winter
How many Northwesterners would like to be doing this right now? Raise your mittens! Photo of boys playing in Maui surf by Mari Hotchkiss.
Water Photo of the Week: Breeze from the east
Sailboats at anchor in Holmes Harbor don’t usually point east. It’s much more common to see them heading to the north, south or west. Drew Kampion, founder of Whidbey’s famous Drew’s List, caught this odd behavior from Freeland Hall one spring afternoon when the boats, the water and the clouds all clearly showed that the [...]
When Whidbey is colder than Skagway
Whidbey friends keep emailing me photos of their lovely gardens in the snow. For something different, here’s what my little world looks like. For the record, I did not move the boat on the dock. I assume wave action or wind was the culprit. Or maybe the hyperactive kingfisher that’s been hovering around here all [...]
Excuse me, did you say December?
Clear blue skies, not a cloud to be seen, Nameless placidly awaiting sailors. This could be July. Except for those white roofed houses in the background. That’s frost.
