Monday, March 19, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Sidewalk with a built-in drain
This hole in the sidewalk, near the corner of Simpson and Summit next to Beerbower Park, opens up to what appears to be a good sized cavity under the surface.
You know the old saying--
This little tableau was on top of the air conditioner on the outside wall of City Hall today. Could it be a political statement, as in, someone has a fowl opinion of the clowns who were elected to City government? Whatever. It made me laugh.
Mar. 12, 2018
Pampas or Ravenna Grass?
Pampas grass and Ravenna Grass, which are similar in appearance, are both considered invasive and noxious weeds by the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. Grays Harbor County is one of the main homes for Pampas grass in the state.
Noxious or not, I think it looks amazing.
Indoor swimming pool!
The Maple Street view of the former Timbear Cafe, opened ca. 1957 and in operation as a restaurant under various names for a few decades before ending up as a second hand store.
Before there was Grays Harbor Transit there was Washington Coast Lines and this Maple Street corner was their main McCleary stop.
This structure is now for sale and as you can see by the roofing it comes by default with its own indoor swimming pool.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
The last of the snow for this round
The snow seems to take longer to melt away on Arkie Hill, McCleary's Arctic microclimate.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Morty the Dog visits the McCleary Community Center
Morty continues to garner write-in votes for various elective offices in Grays Harbor County to this day.
http://www.kxro.com/mickey-mouse-will-not-grays-harbor-county-commissioner/
Saturday, February 17, 2018
March 5th @11am 574
Be there or be square.
Cryptic post-it found at random on a McCleary walkway.
Monday, February 12, 2018
McCleary Bear Festival trailer
Seems sort of early to be seeing the McCleary Bear Festival trailer, but there it is next to the Credit Union. And it does provide advertising for the event.
Anyone remember the old Float Barn? Is this trailer the new Float Barn on wheels?
LOVE
Rain Country Valentine display. McCleary City Hall and the new clinic are in the background
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Bears Inside City Hall
Wooden relief sculpture by Elma residents Richard and Mike Roberts.
The Clock in City Hall
The antique clock in McCleary City Hall originally belonged to Henry McCleary and was part of the Henry McCleary Timber Company headquarters. McCleary's HQ stood on the same spot where City Hall is now located, so the clock has resided in the same area before almost all of us in town were born.
Note the more boring modern clock in the background behind the Seahawk decorations.
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
How high's the water, Mama?
Sandbag precaution at the banks of Sam's Canal as it flows by Rainbow Park.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
What is the soda pop's agenda?
This sight greeted me this morning as I went shopping at my favorite grocery store. A lone soda pop atop a vending machine.
How did it get up there? What does it see from that lofty pinnacle? Why is it taunting children who cannot reach it? What cruel game is it playing?
Yes, there are squirrels in McCleary
I have heard it said that there are no squirrels in McCleary. In fact, I would wager there have been more sightings of Sasquatch than squirrels around here during the past decade.
In the last five or six years there is a yard in the southwest part of town that has occasionally harbored a large squirrel. This winter that same yard has not one but two, yes, two squirrels. Here is a photo of one of them-- not exactly a great photo, but hey, this is a flip cellphone. Even so, it is still more detailed and has more clarity than your usual Sasquatch photograph.
The dog in the Library hallway
Looks like this was part of the original 2003 library mural project.
Rolling waves of the Pacific in the sky
Facing west at Gordon's along the Simpson fence.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
The Bear in the Library
The bear is wearing some sort of holiday hat at the time this phone photo was taken.
The sign next to the bear, apparently written in 2013, reads thusly:
In 2002, "Blackberry" was taken in a clear cut near the Reed Hill Lookout in the Satsop River drainage in Grays Harbor County by Lanny Duvall of Montesano.
In the past eleven years the Duvall family, Lanny, his wife, Kelli, and their two sons Devyn and Dylann have moved all over the United States. Blackberry has moved with them each time and served as a great conversation piece. For the past five years, the Duvall family has been living overseas in China, leaving Blackberry in storage. Each summer they spend their summer vacations with family in the McCleary area. One of their favorite summer events is the McCleary Bear Festival, which Kelli's sister, Teresa Sanders, acts as a volunteer.
As the Duvall's continue their adventures, they decided, in 2013, to donate their bear to the McCleary Historical Society. On loan to the McCleary Timberland Library, Blackberry has settled into his new home and can be enjoyed by all of McCleary and Grays Harbor families.
The Duvalls are now residents of Amsterdam.
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