BC Haze gets worse

Aug. 2, 2017.

The British Columbia forest fire haze can now be felt in our lungs. Temps are in the 90s.

The Little House in McCleary

Apr. 21, 2017

Construction house on Rabbit Hill, Cedar St. This little place probably has the best panoramic view of the whole town.

McCleary has been going through a major building boom. One house appears to be nearly completed on Rabbit Hill and several more are planned.

McCleary morning mist

March 24, 2017

Late October view from Rabbit Hill

Oct. 28,  2016.

Vine maple in alder

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

Can you spot the rabbit on Rabbit Hill?

July 28, 2016. Since this photo was taken last month the area has been bulldozed and many trees have been cut.

What happened to the rabbits?

Aug. 26, 2016. Part of Rabbit Hill is being shaved, probably for more new houses. I didn't see any rabbits up there this morning.

McCleary says goodnight to one of the hottest days of the year

Aug. 25, 2016

View of Hospital Hill

Dec. 8, 2010. From Cedar St. on Rabbit Hill. At the time this photo was taken Mark Reed Hospital, the building at the highest elevation, was still operating. The hills in the background are in Mason County.

No matter the season

Dec. 8, 2010. The view from Cedar St. up on Rabbit Hill, no matter the season, reveals McCleary to be a town carved into the forest. We are independent from sprawl, out here in the twilight zone where the Aberdeen and Olympia spheres of influence do not touch. McCleary is a dangerous town to underestimate, as so many of our more urban neighbors have done.

Blue sky in December

Dec. 8, 2010. How often does that happen?

Cedar Street view from Rabbit Hill.

Forest fire smoke over Hospital Hill

Oct. 4, 2012. Taken from Cedar St. on Rabbit Hill. The fire was in Mason County and the smoke headed southwest.

Foggy sunrise

Aug. 14, 2016.

The old saying is that in McCleary you hear either the freeway or the door plant. But on early Sunday mornings the town can be magically quiet. Photo taken from Rabbit Hill.

The Rabbit of Legend

Aug. 14, 2016. There is a rabbit I have seen more than once near the top of Rabbit Hill that is enormous. About sunrise this morning it politely posed for me at Evergreen Place as I walked by.

There are rabbits all over town these days, more than I ever seen in the past, but this one is the Godzilla of the bunch. I have to wonder whatever happened to all those coyotes we used to hear and occasionally see?

Can you spot the rabbit?

Rabbit Hill, July 30, 2016

Cedar St. and Evergreen Pl.

Otherwise known, by me at least, as Rabbit Hill. July 29, 2016

The view from Rabbit Hill

At least that is what I call the area of Cedar Street and Evergreen Place due to the fact rabbits outnumber people up there 500 to one. This is a view of McCleary looking northwest, where the Olympic Mountains taper off into hills. Mason County is in the distance. June 25, 2016