Happy Thanksgiving (and where is my forum message?)

I received an email from one of our neighbors saying she tried to post something on the forum and it never showed up.  If that ever happens to you let me know via email and I’ll figure out what’s going on.  I have some software set up that tries to weed out the spam messages and for some reason she got caught up in that.  Believe it or not there have been over 1400 spam messages “trapped” in just the last 3 weeks.  There’s no way I can go thru each to see if it is not spam.  So, let me know if something doesn’t seem right.

Thanks

Crab catch cards

Just a quick reminder to fill in and mail off the crab catch cards.  I think they are due 10/1/12 (the summer cards anyway – if you have a winter card it will be due later).  There is a $10 penalty added to your license fee if you do not report your catch.  You can also do the report online.

2 big events last weekend

We had 2 big events last weekend.  Almost everybody turned out to see Bob Watt get his totem pole in place.  It was successful and it looked like everybody enjoyed seeing Bobs work.

Pictures of the totem pole raising are posted in the neighborhood pictures area, or you can click here to see them.

 

 

On another note, congratulations to Ken and Mary Alice as they celebrated a big anniversary – I believe it was their 24th.  Margaritas for everyone! Thanks for the great party!

 

Totem Pole event

Maybe everyone else knew, but I just recently found out that our neighbor Bob Watt has been working on a totem pole for over a decade and a half.  I had opportunity to take a look at it a few days ago and it is fantastic.

This is a copy of a note posted in the mail shed.  If you are on island next week attend the event!  The totem pole will be on the northwest side of the runway, just across the runway from the mail shack.  Rumor has it that the totem pole tells a “local story”.

Somebody take pictures and send them to me please!  greg@skywagon.ws

Big Thunderstorm last friday

Hey, If you were on island last Friday you heard the thunder.  Big storms moved toward us from the Cascades.  With the sun setting there was an interesting rainbow with the storm behind it, it was pretty amazing to watch.

Lightning hitting Waldron

I caught this photo from Ted Terens deck on the east end of Stuart and the island in view is Waldron.