McCleary Musings: 2016

A wrong turn

Dec. 2, 2016. Tracks left by a vehicle occupying two fugitives attempting to elude law enforcement. The chase ended in the swamp next to Rainbow Park.

Preparing the Christmas lights for the park

Nov. 28, 2016

Dreamer, Charlie, Buster, and Hettie

May 26, 2008.

A rather disturbing find in the parking lot

May 16, 2012. Rainbow Park

That sinking feeling while mowing a big green sponge

Nov. 10, 2016. Beerbower Park

McCleary Skate Park Rules and Regulations

Oct. 30, 2016. The City crew found a creative use for the defunct skate park sign. 9th and Simpson

Stonehenge-- the McCleary version

Oct. 28, 2016. Beerbower Park, next to Rainbow Park. The Rainbow residents used to have a garden spot in this area in the late 20th century. This could be considered an extension of the street known as "Veterans Way." First Street creates the horizon line in the background.

Late October view from Rabbit Hill

Oct. 28, 2016.

In the city pole yard

Oct. 28, 2016. Where the Float Barn used to be. Probably a sad story behind this wreckage.

Peanut butter, ketchup, mustard, Marmite on a hamburger bun

Apr. 20, 2012. Culinary anarchy

Layers

Apr. 20, 2011. By the Post Office, if I recollect

Dental ceiling

Apr. 19, 2012.

Hospital bed curtain

Apt. 18, 2011. Mark E. Reed Memorial Hospital

Wall detail

Apr. 18, 2011. Mark E. Reed Memorial Hospital patient room

Plastic and organic pumpkins prepare for Halloween!

Oct. 17, 2016. Gordon's

Vine maple in alder

Oct. 16, 2016. Rabbit Hill, Evergreen Pl.

Storm flotsam

Oct. 16, 2016. Sidewalk on Simpson Ave.

McCleary Cemetery

Oct. 12, 2016.

This cemetery was started around 1911. Shortly after it began, the local Knights of Pythias took charge of it. In May, 1945 the lodge handed over the property to the McCleary municipal government.

A 1994 survey and indexing project established that over 20 unmarked and unrecorded graves exist, thanks in part to the soundings performed earlier by Herbert "Mac" McCready.

The end of diesel gas at Cheema

Oct. 12, 2016. Two big clues: the giant concrete locks, and, no pumps.

Five posts

Oct. 12, 2016.

The Shadow Knows

Oct. 12, 2016. 2nd St.

First frost

Oct. 12, 2016. Oak St.

The start of pink blossoms and the start of a pink sunset sky

Apr. 15, 2013.

Nick Drake:

Saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of you stand so tall
Pink Moon gonna get ye all
And it's a pink moon

Yes, a pink moon
Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon
Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon

Concrete box at city dumpsite

Oct. 11, 2016

Bear on a bench facing the morning sun

Oct. 11, 2016. Bear's Den

An unweeded garden that has gone to seed

Oct. 10, 2016. Things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.

Layers of trees clouds sky

Oct. 10, 2016. View from E. Hemlock St.

Third Street becomes William McCleary Road

Oct. 10, 2016. The old 410, the former main road to Olympia.

McCleary Community Pantry

Oct. 9, 2016.

Inexplicable New Age wind chimes at the deserted bank

Apr. 7, 2013. Note the yin and yang symbol and the crystal. The old bank building has since been demolished to make way for the new clinic.

The building was originally constructed as the McCleary State Bank in the early 1960s, but the institution went bust after a short time.