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Snow geese en route from one favorite field near La Conner to another a short distance away. – Photo by Don Coyote...
The recent string of cold and dry days has been perfect weather for the ongoing boardwalk construction. By the end of winter, the boardwalk will stretch the entire length of La Conner’s waterfront from the Lime Dock on the north to Calico Cupboard on the south. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Ducks, swans and snowy hills make a pretty picture on a perfectly freezing winter day near the Swanson Farm north of La Conner. – Photo by Don Coyote...
This is how people in La Conner dress to ride bicycles. Well, maybe they don’t set out to make fashion statements like this every day, but dozens of riders put on a fun and colorful rolling display on Saturday during the annual Boneshaker Bicycle Festival. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Workers drill into the earth to pour concrete pilings, some 50 feet deep, for the foundation of the new La Conner Middle School now under construction on N. Sixth Street. – Photo by Don Coyote...
PUMPKIN PICKIN’ – This was the fall scene recently at Dugualla Bay Farms on Whidbey Island. With Shari Meagher on the tractor, Krystle Hushagen carries pumpkins that she and Sarah Meager load onto the wagon. At right is Gus, the canine overseer of the operation. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Faster than a rolling parsnip! More powerful than mashed potatoes! The Turnip Racer was one of the entries in the annual vegie racing contest held at Hedlin’s Family Farm in La Conner as part of the county-wide Festival of Family Farms held last weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Flowers in all the hues of autumn create a pleasing view at Hedlin’s Family Farm in La Conner. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Members of the Horseless Carriage Club of America stopped in La Conner on Friday causing lots of heads to turn during a one-day outing from their annual gathering in Oak Harbor. Members of the Horseless Carriage Club of America stopped in La Conner on Friday causing lots of heads to turn during a one-day outing from their annual gathering in Oak Harbor....
The Puget Sound Dock Dogs traveling water hounds put on a show during the Skagit River Salmon Festival at the Swinomish Casino and Lodge park. Spectators, including a few landlubber canines, saw Big Air long distance jumping, Extreme Vertical high jumping and Speed Retrieve demonstrations in a pool set up for the show. – Photo by Don Coyote...
This skeletal fellow and his bone dog draw attention to the speed limit in the Thousand Trails campground off Snee-Oosh Road. – Photo by Don Coyote...
The annual Swinomish Clam Bake at Lone Tree Point last week drew a hungry crowd, as always. Here master shellfish chef and Tribal Senator Chester Cayou, Jr. is shown with a tray full of mussels and clams freshly baked over hot coals in a pit on the beach. Accompaniments included salmon, corn, potatoes and fry bead....
Three sea planes created a spectacle, not to mention a buzz, on Swinomish Channel when they came to La Conner to pick up about 40 tourists from Minnesota for a jaunt to Lopez Island. – Photo by Don CoyoteThree sea planes created a spectacle, not to mention a buzz, on Swinomish Channel when they came to La Conner to pick up about 40 tourists from Minnesota for a jaunt to Lopez Island. – Photo by Don Coyote...
MUSTANG VARIETIES – Ford Mustangs and World War II era P-51 Mustang fighter planes were on display at Skagit Regional Airport for the Heritage Flight Museum’s Props & Ponies event sponsored by Frontier Ford & Saleen last Friday. Dozens of land Mustangs, including collector cars, were on display. The vintage Mustang aircraft put on flying displays. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Cecilia Rosell, in her lipstick red 1950s bathing suit, and Maurizo Hublitz in his straw fedora gave a glimpse of the past as they sat in their wooden boat on display at the La Conner Classic Boat and Car Show on Saturday. The couple, from Sweden and presently living in Vancouver BC, took the prize for “Most International.” Their boat is a 16-foot 1957 Shepherd made of mahogany and built in Niagara, Ontario, Canada....
Gordon Seymour, Jr., and Natalia Seymour of the Stz’uminus First Nation of British Columbia took honors in the youth dancing division during Swinomish Days last weekend. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Paco, a 19-year-old Macaw from Seattle, was visiting La Conner last weekend. According to his human, artist Camille Patha, Paco likes to wave at people, and since he doesn’t have a hand to do it with, uses his talon. Paco has a vocabulary of around 50 words, too. – Photo by Don Coyote...
La Conner’s Vince Fejeran was one of the musicians on stage last weekend at the Anacortes Arts Festival. – Photo by Don Coyote...
POLO – Carlos Zamora of Mexico on Zambezi, a La Conner born pony, heads down the field to whack a ball during the Governor’s Cup polo match in La Conner on Saturday. Carlos is a pro polo pony trainer and player at the Dill ranch. – Photo by Don Coyote...
During boardwalk construction last Wednesday, July 16, a steel piling fell over, crushing a pickup owned by the town. Nobody was in the truck, and there were no injuries. La Conner Mayor Ramon Hayes said an apparent equipment malfunction caused the mishap. The job was shut down for a couple of days while the problem was investigated, and everything is back on track and on schedule, Hayes said. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Scorching days didn’t phase these youngsters, who were under watchful eyes of equally cool moms, as they found a place where the temperature was just right along the Swinomish Channel in La Conner. – Photo by Don Coyote...
Niko, left, looks flabbergasted that there will be no “official” 4th of July fireworks in La Conner this year. The Chamber of Commerce used to collect donations from local merchants to pay for the display, but the effort was cancelled this year, after several yearly disappointments from the contractors. Maya, center, plans to catch up on her beauty sleep to look gorgeous for the 4th of July Parade, which steps off at 11:30 a.m. Friday from State Street and travels south on First Street. Dog...
We see a lot of this around here at tulip time, as people visiting the beautiful fields gather photographic evidence of their colorful encounters. – Photo by Don CoyoteWe see a lot of this around here at tulip time, as people visiting the beautiful fields gather photographic evidence of their colorful encounters. – Photo by Don Coyote...
