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AcroYoga

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AcroYoga @ 2022 Northwest String Summit

Happy New Year!

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Smuggler’s Cove sunset with Blumenthal Falls on the right (November 2025)

Happy birthday, Gretchen Menn!

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Gretchen Menn of Zepparella @ Rogue Theatre (December 2019)

Happy Sunday from Noah’s Ark

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Petersen Rock Garden – Swan boat (March 2021)

I could find only two photos on the internet of this boat in operation–both appeared to be from the 1960s or early 1970s. Maybe this beauty had been dry docked for 50 years when I took the photo almost five years ago. Actually the wood and paint are much newer than that so maybe it had been repurposed in the fairly recent past. I don’t think the ponds/lagoon had water for about a decade until new owners took over in 2023. I haven’t been back to see the improvements.

Treasure Cove

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From the Elk Flats and Devil’s Cauldron Overlook Trail

We didn’t make it to the Devil’s Cauldron (or Short Sand Beach as we had been there the prior evening for sunset) as the trail was pretty muddy from rain. Instead we headed back and went to the north-facing side of Elk Flats Rock viewpoint.

Happy birthday, Shawn Swain!

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Shawn Swain on mandolin for the Kitchen Dwellers @ 2022 Northwest String Summit

This photo caught my eye because of Shawn’s tattoos on his right arm. I believe it’s the “correct” instruments for a standard bluegrass band (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and bass). The Kitchen Dwellers are missing a fiddle, and don’t usually fit the traditional bluegrass sound. I love it when they get heavy and/or psychedelic. When they lean country I’m not much of a fan.