McCleary, Washington, glimpses with a cellphone

Friday, August 12, 2016

Toxic art, motor oil stain

Sept. 26, 2011. From a 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.

Spotted Dowel

Sept. 26, 2010.

"Congratulations. You are now the proud owner of a Northwest Spotted 'Dowel'"

Constructed by Maury Goff in the 1980s.

Emmitt Grider built this little stand

Sept. 26, 2010. Emmitt Grider, 1901-1984. He was one of McCleary's last World War I veterans.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The Moon is a streetlamp peeking over the evergreens

Sept. 19, 2013, Oak St. facing west.

Sept. 17, 2013. This cat looks almost toasted under this sign. The only thing missing is a little cat-sized empty bottle.

I find it amusing that after McCleary's pharmacy/liquor store closed, the liquor service portion quickly regained, but we had to wait several years before a new pharmacy opened.

Walnut tree leaves

Sept. 16, 2012

Wallboarded windows

Sept. 16, 2011

Sept. 15, 2013, Rainbow Park.

Rainbow Park was constructed in the early 1980s on a piece of land that once was the northeast corner of Henry McCleary's mill. McCleary's tallest resident, Cecil "Primo" Boling, 1920-2000 (7 ft. 8 in. before his lower legs were amputated), was a resident there in his final years.

At one point in the 1990s the city allowed the residents of Rainbow Park to have a large fenced vegetable garden in the area where there is now a big gravel circle in Beerbower Park. The garden project was a short-lived concept.

No!

Sept. 15, 2013. Rainbow Park

Patti Lee mural

Sept. 15, 2013. Mural in the Beehive Retirement Center by Patti Lee.

Pears

Sept. 8, 2014. Delivered from Chelan County.

Salamander at Rainbow Park

Sept. 11, 2012. He was placed back at Sam's Canal

Fur Envy

Sept. 10, 2011. For awhile the sign from the previous business remained up there, giving the impression pets really received human-type hair treatment.

The artist who created the window sign did a great job.

Flowerbox on Main Street

Sept. 10, 2011

Paradise Pizza palm tree

Sept. 10, 2011.

Paradise Pizza mural with dolphins

Sept. 10, 2011. Not all murals in McCleary were by James Abbott.

Back end

Sept. 10, 2011. The back end of one of those deals where your head is made to look it belongs to whatever is painted on the other side.

China haze

Sept. 8, 2013. View from 5th and Oak of crud in the air said to have originated in China.

Gordon's bulletin board

Sept. 8, 2013. After the Post Office, the next most-viewed bulletin board in town can be found at Gordon's Select Market

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Walnut leaves in the morning sun

Sept. 8, 2013

Monday, August 8, 2016

Retired phone booths

Cheemas, Sept. 3, 2011

Life and death

Aug. 30, 2012.

I really dislike the herbicide known as Roundup. It kills the plants of neighbors too. I've lost plants on both sides of my yard due to the spreading nature of this chemical poison. It is also bad for cats and other animals, including humans.