1959 Impala, Bel Air, or Biscayne?
Go Zags!
The Mud Bay Blog doesn’t often rave about a product you can buy in the grocery store. Safeway’s baked potato soup with bacon, available in its Signature Café, is worth an exception. The soup is that good.
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Bunnies, chicks, eggs, and more
When I posted the Valentine’s Day photo last month I wondered if the next set of decorations would be for St. Patrick’s Day. But instead of seeing shamrocks and leprechauns on a cold, wet bike ride yesterday, I noticed all things Easter (see photo) in the area that I call “holiday woods.” The only thing the Happy Easter message from Hood Canal’s North Shore needs is some warmer weather to go with it.
Posted in Other Local Places
Tagged Belfair State Park, Easter, Hood Canal, North Shore Road
Square rigger in Mud Bay
The Sweetie entered Mud Bay under a combination of sail and engine power. About 40 minutes later when she left, all of her sails had been rigged and she proudly headed back out into Dyes Inlet on wind power alone (see photo below).
Leaving under full sail
Posted in Mud Bay & Rocky Point
Actually, there’s no Academy Award for best cat.
Posted in Pi
Just sprucing up the exterior
The retail space in the photo is in the same building as the QFC. It was occupied by Rite-Aid until about five years ago, when Rite-Aid moved to its own building a few hundred yards east of there. It’s not the only empty space in the Oyster Bay Plaza. Blockbuster left a big space to fill when it closed last fall. I just hope that new tenants are found in time to bring in additional customers to help keep the QFC open. Their sales seem to have gone off a cliff since Win Foods opened last year.
Posted in Business Beat
Happy Valentine’s Day
Now, I’m wondering what other days that we celebrate rate a display at what could be dubbed “holiday woods.” If we ignore the presidents, the next up is Saint Patrick’s Day. I will check back in late February or early March expecting to see shamrocks. Hopefully by then the weather will be good enough to rate at least a weekly bike ride along the Hood Canal.
It never fails. Every January I get the urge to spend money on household projects and durable goods. This year’s “improvements” are modest, but they helped mitigate the nagging feeling that I should be doing something. Their timing, however, made me wonder if I’m in step with other homeowners on similar guilt trips.
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Posted in Home
In several posts I have noted that my dad had a long career as a submarine officer (the most recent was titled Submarine First Day Covers). So when my Texas brother sent me a link earlier this week to a short video showing the launching of the R-10 submarine, I watched it with interest. Dad was assigned to the R-10 right after graduating from submarine school in 1942.
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