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Category: Bainbridge Island

  • On The Road Again

    Ohits Tidying Up Muffin

    Today we’re leaving beautiful Winslow on Bainbridge Island, Washington. It’s been lovely to be here even though the weather hasn’t been all that balmy. We’ve spent quality time with my two sisters and my brother-in-law.
    I discovered a walking trail that wasn’t here last year. I’ve browsed through my favorite shops and discovered new ones. We’ve had lunch at two of the harborside eateries that we were familiar with and, since we could now compare them with last year’s visit, we’ve chosen a favorite.
    We missed the library’s monthly book sale, this year, because we were busy doing other things but we’ll be back and that’ll be on our list, for sure. It’s fun digging through the stacks of books that the library needs to weed out. We always find a treasure or two. I like chatting with the other people who are book hounds and are on a mission to find something special.

    We enjoy this particular housesitting assignment and feel as though we’ve made new friends. Well, we have made new friends. Not only Ohits and Muffin (the cats) but their “humans”, as well. That’s a great little perk.

    In any case, we’re headed back to Los Angeles tomorrow morning. And we are NOT traveling by train, again. Still haven’t recovered from that last one. Nope, we’re flying. Flying? GASP! I’m not looking forward to it, mind you. But, I figure it’ll be a couple of hours of misery rather than a couple of days.

    I. Can. Do. This.

    Wish me luck. I’ll keep you posted…

  • More Bainbridge Island…

    We’ve returned from our outing and managed to snap several decent pics! This is one of the ferries that travels between Seattle and Bainbridge Island. We were on the other side of the bay but I used my zoom. Dark clouds were rolling in just about then.

    Here are two shots of boats in the marina. There are hundreds of boats! All kinds from small sailboats to yachts!

    I love the reflections on the water in the picture above. Almost looks like a painting. In fact, it would make a great painting! Good idea. Maybe I’ll paint it. Sometime.


    This is cool, too…all those masts standing at attention. Just waiting for someone to climb aboard and set sail.

    Just up the road we stopped so I could take this picture of the Seattle skyline. A little bit of sunshine making a brave effort to get through the cloud cover…

  • Winslow, Bainbridge Island

    A pretty garden near the house. I think the gate with the leaded glass is such a neat idea.
    We have several gardens back home and I’m always looking for great garden art. I think this spring I’ll try to find a similar piece.

    It’s sunny (so far), today, so Jack and I are going to take a drive around the island. Not sure how long the sun will last, however.

    My sister has this to say about weather in Washington state, “High of 40, Low of 40” and “If you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute and it’ll change.” So far she’s right on both counts! But I guess if the climate was any different there wouldn’t be all the lush, beautiful, green landscapes that are famous in western Washington! And that would be sad, indeed.


    Here’s a close-up of more art in this same garden. I think this is a sculpture of a spirit from the folklore of Alaska but I’m not really sure. I’m going to try to find out. Maybe Mother Earth? Notice the owl “cap” on her head. Isn’t it so intriguing? I love it.

  • A Ferry Ride to Bainbridge Island,WA

    I took some photos while we were on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. It’s a gorgeous view from any vantage point on the ferry.

    I took this shot of another ferry heading from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. You can see the famous Space Needle which was constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. It’s towers to a height of 605 feet (184 meters).

    This is a cool shot of a sailboat we passed with a view of Mount Baker (10,778 feet) in the distance. Mount Baker is an ice-clad volcano in the North Cascades of Washington State. “After Mount Rainier, it is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade volcanoes” (United States Geological Survey-USGS).

    According to the USGS, it’s located 31 miles due east of Bellingham, WA. And considering that Bellingham is 78 miles north of Seattle, that’s one heck of a distance!

    From the other side of the ferry I could see Mount Rainier volcano (14,410 ft) in the distance. Hard to believe that it’s about 100 miles south of Seattle!

    Although I was looking into the sun, I still got a great shot. It’s our third trip to Bainbridge Island to housesit. It’s good to be back.