My Harbor Garden is small but lush at this time of high summer! Color and texture are provided by shrubs, ground covers, and deck pots. Come with me and feast your eyes on the garden in summer.
Lorelie Olson
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You wil enjoy Dave Olson’s second story about his time working out of Waterfall on a cannery tender. Now a first year skipper of the tender GOLDEN WEST, what is he to do when his mate brings a puppy aboard? The story is also available in BONDED BY WATER, a memoir Dave published in 2014.
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Meet Agnes, an ordinary gray tabby with an extraordinary talent for mischief and adventure.
If you missed Chapter 1, you might want to read it to find out how the Rasmussens had to decide what to do with a stow-away cat.
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Susan Reynolds returns to the NESTER with six recent paintings.
Susan writes “The goal of my paintings is to lead the viewer into my world of nature thru abstracted images. I paint because I love the process. From color, composition, line, farmland intuition. I approach my work with passion and creative choices.”
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Agnes, the precocious cat narrating AGNES ON THE MOVE gives us glimpses of sharing her life living with the Olsons and other dogs and cats.
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A Mid-June trip to Sitka to see Paul, Toni, Orion and dogs Greta and Nanook. We enjoyed a variety of experiences.
SITKA SCENES VI – JOYFUL EXPERIENCES Read More »
Meet Agnes, an ordinary gray tabby with an extraordinary talent for mischief and adventure.
If you missed Chapter 1, you might want to read it to find out how the Rasmussens had to decide what to do with a stow-away cat.
If you read Chapter 1, read on and learn what the Rasmussens decide to do about Agnes, a quite determined cat.
A NOVEL “AGNES ON THE MOVE” – CHAPTER 2 – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
You will enjoy my brother Dave’s two stories about his time working out of Waterfall on a cannery tender. The stories are also available in BONDED BY WATER, a memoir Dave published in 2014. Dave was the first of the four Olson boys to work for NAKAT from 1948 until my last season with NAKAT in 1968. Dave’s first story is about a a grounding in a storm and the second story (Coming Post) is a fun story about dog mascot on a tender.
SALMON SUMMERS V – “CAPTAIN COOL” by DAVE OLSON Read More »
After my two seasons with Severin on the Rap III, I joined the Alaska Fishermen’s Union in Seattle and during the last three years of traps, I worked on a cannery tender for Nakat Packing Corporation. I came north in the summer and picked up my wages in Seattle in the fall. I was young, eager and working on boats became a lifelong practice that I yearned to return to every spring.
SALMON SUMMERS IV – SALMON TRAPS – END OF AN ERA Read More »
New Bern offers history, gardens, river views and more! Join us as we return to New Bern for a second memorable visit!
NORTH CAROLINA EXCURSIONS II – OLSONS JOIN THE BEARS IN NEW BERN Read More »
