A PONDEROSA HALLOWEEN By Lorelie & Tim Olson
Do join us for a fun Halloween evening in Ponderosa with us when our street was decorated and we attended a grand party!
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A MEMORABLE WHIDBEY VISIT -By Lorelie Olson
Our visit to Dave and Joyce included a variety of experiences: ferry trips, sightseeing, beach and garden walks, wonderful dinners, and sailboat viewing.
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KEITH OLSON – PHOTOGRAPHER – A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOTO SAMPLER – From Lorelie & Tim
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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CATHY ROSS – POET- “THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES”
We are delighted to publish Cathy’s poem, “The Fabric of our Lives”. The poem offers insights into how our lives develop through our relationships to others.
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AN “OCTOBER FEST” OF SIGHTS – by Lorelie Olson
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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HORSE SEASONS I – NEW FRIENDS, THE PONIES – By Tim Olson
HORSE SEASONS I begins a new series featuring horses and the life I shared with them for several years. I will always be grateful to Mary Gaudio for the opportunity she gave me to again be with these amazing and wonderful animals and friends. Enjoy the ride!
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SALMON SUMMERS VIII – “MAKING IT” – By Tim Olson
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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SUSAN REYNOLDS – PAINTER – SERIES VII
Susan’s SERIES VII paintings invite you to pause and consider what the paintings mean to you. A recent visitor to Susan’s paintings reflected, “Susan. Indeed I found my own meaning in each of your works. I am enchanted.”
Susan’s paintings do “enchant” and and offer “meaning” to each of us.
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SPIRITLIFTERS VI – GOLDEN MOMENTS WITH KALA & SANDY
Lorelie and I are delighted to introduce two special Golden Retrievers, Kala and Sandy to you.
Before you enjoy these “Golden Moments” with Sandy and Kala, I will quote poet Stanley Kunitz making a significant point about the life we share with plants and animals:
“There’s something very important to me about having a kind of relationship with plants and animals, that can be transacted wholly without language. The warmth of one’s body is a form of communication. The stroke of one’s hand is a means of communication . . . I get a sense of reciprocity that is very comforting, consoling. . .
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SALMON JOURNEY VII – FREYJA SAILS TO DESOLATION SOUND – LEW & KEN AT THE HELM
Before joining Ken’s, Lew’s, and Freyja’s journey from Edmonds to Desolation Sound, two points need to be made. The first is well known: A boat is the nearest thing to a living being that people can make with their hands. The second is: When you are at sea for more than three days, the boat and the sea become your world.
Ken’s life wasn’t going all that well when he became a partner in Freyja in 1985. Freyja wasn’t doing all that well either after I returned to commercial fishing in the 1980’s. And so, for a brief few years, Ken together with his friends George and Lew formed a partnership with Freyja and prepped her for Ken and Lew to sail to Desolation Sound.
I am quite certain that when Ken and Lew hoisted the sails in Admiralty Inlet, the breeze filled the sails, Freyja’s hull lifted and took flight with the birds. Perhaps it took less than three days for Freyja’s world to become their world.
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