Timothy Olson

KEITH OLSON – PHOTOGRAPHER – A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOTO SAMPLER – From Lorelie & Tim

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Monday, October 25 is Keith Olson’s birthday and we are delighted to publish several of Keith’s photographs.  The poet Stanley Kunitz writes “That when you look back on a lifetime and think about what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive presence, inevitably you think of your art, whatever it may be, as the gift you have made to the world in acknowledgment of the gift you have been given, which is the life itself. ”  Thank you, Keith, for sharing with us your marvelous photographs of the world we live in everyday.

Tim & Lorelie

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SALMON SUMMERS IX – SALMON SEINING SEASON -By Tim Olson

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I’m a lower state kid and the seine season begins in Ballard with boat work and net work. In mid-June the Ballard seine fleet loads the net and stores for the cruise north on the inside Passage to Icy Straits in Southeastern Alaska.  Hopes are high for the “big season”and a broom on the mast signalling a catch of over one hundred thousand salmon.

The following is a photographic and poetic journey through a summer fishing season in the early nineteen-sixties.

Tim Olson

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AN “OCTOBER FEST” OF SIGHTS – by Lorelie Olson

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October provides nature’s final burst of seasonal colors from the translucent yellow of the Eastern Red Bud Tree to the flaming red of the Burning Bush.  And the anticipation of witches and goblins at Halloween on October 31.

We invite you to view a photographic potpourri to celebrate the many facets of this season in home and garden!

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SALMON SUMMERS VIII – “MAKING IT” – By Tim Olson

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After four seasons working on a fish tender brailing salmon from traps and seiners, I was ready for a change.  I wanted to go fishing!  Knowing which skippers caught the most fish. I rented an apartment from a “Highliner” in Ballard and asked for a “chance” every month when I paid the rent.

When Walt’s experienced sixteen year skiffman  decided to skipper his own seiner, Walt hired me. I had a lot to learn.

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OLSON GARDENS XII – ART IN THE GARDENS – Photo Credits: Lorelie Olson, Toni Olson & Lynda Woltring

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During  many of our garden tours and visits we were impressed by the garden art that enhanced the plantings and appeared integral to the garden itself. 

We were motivated to incorporate our own versions of garden art, first in the large Shady Grove country garden, then in the much smaller Everett garden.

We invite you to view these sculptures of glass, metal, wood, and concrete, as they and their plant companions provide an engaging visual treat.

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Dave Wagar – WRITER/POET – “KEITH’S TOYS” – A POEM

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The Birthday
Twenty years ago, we were invited to Keith Biever’s 65th birthday party. Joyce and I decided to make him a card that related toys to various times and events in his life. We shopped for toys, and I composed a little verse to go with them. I was asked to read it aloud at the party. It’s the kind of rhyme that begs to be read aloud.
Keith and the partygoers listened and chuckled appreciatively. I thought that was the end of it. The next time I visited K and K, there was that birthday greeting in the bathroom, framed, and displayed with the toys. It was still there the last time I looked. Maybe it’s time to bring it out of the bathroom and share it again. I’ve added a coda without toys for the 20 years since.
For Keith, in appreciation for sixty years of friendship and adventure. –DW

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