Red snowman

Dec. 6, 2013. Inflatable. Actually, this could be the stuff of nightmares.

Sunrise on First Street

Dec. 3, 2011

The tree that refuses to die

Dec. 1, 2013

Welcome

Dec. 1, 2012. Gordon's parking lot. I shop at Gordon's as much as I can to support our town. Plus, they have a superb customer-oriented workforce. This place is an essential part of our community.

Downpour before morning commute

Nov. 29, 2011. Preparing to drive through a dark deluge in the wee hours.

This cold world turns and the sun melts the frost

Nov. 28, 2013. First Street.

Frost on First

Nov. 28, 2013

Streetlamp in the fog

Nov. 28, 2011. 5th and Oak.

Rain Country tablecloth

Nov. 28, 2010

This slot is/has now been closed

Nov. 26, 2014. McCleary Post Office, covering all bases. I can't tell if the "/" symbol was added later by the punctuation police or not.

Retro phone booth

Nov. 26, 2011. This phone booth probably was not considered retro when it was installed long ago, next to the Police Station on 3rd St., but by the time it was removed, not too long after this photo was taken, it was a museum piece. It was a McCleary icon and I miss it. Also, it was the last working phone booth in town.

Preparing for Christmas

Nov. 26, 2011. The Santa display in Beerbower Park is ready to light up by Thanksgiving.

The dresser

Nov. 23, 2013

Half dead, half alive

Nov. 21, 2012. The storefronts from left to right: A dead tavern, a dead cafe, an office space of uncertain business, usually real estate or insurance or something like that, and Rain Country restaurant. The third storefront was originally the Post Office from the early 1950s-early 1960s.

This photo was taken nearly four years ago, but the situation remains the same today.

First snow of the season

Nov. 21, 2011

Setting off for the morning commute

Nov. 20, 2012. Many working stiffs don't see their homes during daylight except on weekends for half the year

The green of summer yields to the yellow of fall

Nov. 20, 2011

Investigating this, investigating that, y'know, general investigation

Nov. 20, 2011. Charlie and Dreamer are on the case.

Now I'm stepping out this old brown shoe, baby

Nov. 19, 2013

The Uncola

Nov. 19, 2011

Walnut and elm

Nov. 19, 2011

Summer is definitely in the past

Nov. 19, 2011

The McCleary Mansion

Nov. 17, 2012.

Built in Olympia in the 1920s. The large foyer was designed to accommodate the expected social gatherings due to Ada McCleary's high position within the DAR. Unfortunately, Ada died before construction of this building was complete. The two trees in front are actual cedars of Lebanon. The back yard, where a newer building now resides, was once a beautiful and large garden. The McCleary bedroom, which was basically an enormous apartment, was on the upper floor to the left.

After Henry McCleary's death the building was cut up into apartments, but by the 1960s it was an office building and included an orthodontist. In recent times it has become the headquarters for a lobbyist group.

United States Post Office, McCleary, Washington 98557

Nov. 16, 2012

McCleary Post Office scales

Nov. 16, 2012

The happy fire hydrant, 5th and Oak

Nov. 11, 2011

The cold starts to set in

Nov. 6, 2011

Solomon Seal says goodbye for the season

Nov. 6, 2011

Walnut leaves still hanging in there

Nov. 6, 2011

Dead hot tub

Nov. 6, 2010