Don't miss storytime with your kids at the Langley and Freeland libraries this summer! Come for stories and crafts. Family storytime this summer begins July 6th and running through August 10th . Storytimes are on Tuesdays at 10:00 here in Langley and on Wednesdays at 10:00 in Freeland. See you there!
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Showing posts with label community events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community events. Show all posts
Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Martin Luther King Work Day
(click on the poster to see a larger view)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Don't Miss this One: Whidbey Island Farm Tour this Weekend!
Bur Oak Acres, picture courtesy Bill McInvaille, 2008
Looks like there will be many great farms on the tour this year. It is definitely worth taking part in if you ahve any interest in food, farming, Whidbey Island, or animals! The tour is self-guided and will be this Saturday and Sunday October 3rd and 4th from 10-4. Also checkout the Farm Tour website for special events and maps/directions to the farms. Here are the farms taking part in the tour this year, click on them to get more information on any particular farm:
- A Knot In Thyme
- Bur Oak Acres
- Case Farm
- Chocolate Flower Farm
- CSA Training Center at Greenbank Farm
- Forget Me Not Farms
- Good Cheer Garden
- Greenbank Cellars
- Horse Tales Nursery
- Hummingbird Farm Nursery and Gardens
- Island Bliss Alpacas
- Lavender Wind Farm
- Lord’s Garden and M&M Flowers
- M Bar C Ranch
- Penn Cove Shellfish
- Rosehip Farm & Garden – Cancelled for 2009 Farm Tour
- Sonshine Alpacas
- Whidbey Island Vineyards & Winery
- Wildwood Farm
- Willowood Farm
Monday, June 8, 2009
Northwest Bicycle Rides and Events: Get Biking this Summer!
Northwest Bike Rides and Events
http://www.cascade.org/Community/Bike_Rides.cfm
Of Special Note are these Biking Events located in Washington:
- Ride Around Mt. Rainer in One Day (RAMROD) Enumclaw, WA on July 30, 2009, distance 154 miles http://www.redmondcyclingclub.org/RAMROD/RAMROD.html
- Tour de Peaks, Snoqualmie, WA on Aug 9, 2009. Distance: 61 miles http://www.tourdepeaks.com/
- Seattle to Vancouver BC on August 14-15, 2009, distance 184 miles http://www.cascade.org/EandR/rsvp/index.cfm
- RAPSody 2009 (Ride Around Puget Sound) Tacoma, WA on August 22-23. Distance: 170 miles, a 2-day event http://www.rapsodybikeride.com/
- Headwaters Century in Enumclaw, WA on September 27, 2009. Distance: 45- 65- or 100 -mile http://www.twbc.org/Kitsap Color Classicevents/headwaters/
- Tour des Lacs: Spokane, WA on September 19-20. Distances: 40, 72, or 120 mile courses. http://www.roundandround.com/TourDesLacs/TourDesLacs.php
- ***Tour de Whidbey, Whidbey Island, WA on September 26, 2009. Distances vary from 10 miles to 100. http://www.whidbeygen.org/whidbeygeneralhospitalfoundation/tourdewhidbey
- Kitsap Color Classic, Kingston, WA on October 4, 2009. Distances: 14, 25, 36, or 64 miles. Check it out at http://www.cascade.org/EandR/kitsap/index.cfm
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Calling all Moms, Dads, Kids: Double Bluff Wednesdays
Summer is here and that means beach time, and lots of it. Some of us mamas got to talking and decided to meet Wednesdays 11 AM or so at Double Bluff Beach. Come when you can. No RSVP necessary. Bring yourself and your kids for a fun relaxing morning and afternoon on the beach, weather permitting. Meet the local parent and child community in a laid back atmosphere. See you there!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Langley Half Marathon: Enjoy Choochokam Arts Festival all sweaty and exhausted
http://www.langleyhalfmarathon.com/
I'm going to be there are you? This is going to be a great race. The course is an incredible mix of rural beauty and stunning Saratoga Passage water views. The course is easy to follow, challenging for sure, and you won't get bored with all the incredible sights. The race follows Saratoga Road for about 5 miles where you take a right onto Fox Spit Road, which you follow for another mile +/- and then you loop back the way you came ending in Langley. It is a very hilly course, but with each hill comes a downhill, so no worries. The race ends in downtown Langley at the Choochokam Arts Festival. I'm not sure if that's a good thing considering how you look and feel after 13 miles. Chances are you'll want to go back to your hotel room or house to get a shower before joining the festivities!
The weather is almost always sunny and warm this time of the year. It probably won't be "hot" though. It is unusual to get over 75 F weather in mid-July on Whidbey Island.
I'm going to be there are you? This is going to be a great race. The course is an incredible mix of rural beauty and stunning Saratoga Passage water views. The course is easy to follow, challenging for sure, and you won't get bored with all the incredible sights. The race follows Saratoga Road for about 5 miles where you take a right onto Fox Spit Road, which you follow for another mile +/- and then you loop back the way you came ending in Langley. It is a very hilly course, but with each hill comes a downhill, so no worries. The race ends in downtown Langley at the Choochokam Arts Festival. I'm not sure if that's a good thing considering how you look and feel after 13 miles. Chances are you'll want to go back to your hotel room or house to get a shower before joining the festivities!
The weather is almost always sunny and warm this time of the year. It probably won't be "hot" though. It is unusual to get over 75 F weather in mid-July on Whidbey Island.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Earth Day! Pictures and Videos from the Bayview Corner Celebration
The girls and I arrived at Bayview Corner's Earth Day celebration at about 3 pm last Sunday April 19th. It was not as crowded as I imagine it was earlier in the day. There were plenty of activities, music and interesting Island characters to watch anyway. Below is a review of the event, from my perspective, in pictures: Scroll all the way down for videos of Earth Day celebration
Above: Island musician Timothy Hull performs. I had never heard him perform, and it was great! The lyrics were thoughtful and poetic and the singing and instrumentals were equally enjoyable.
Bayview Cash Store
Earth Inspired mandala
mandala close up
Bayview cash Store Earth
Above and below:
Part of the parking lot was designated for chalk drawing
"Make every day Earth Day"
Above: More mandala pictures
Bayview Cash Store art for Earth Day
We hung out by the mandala and listened to music, the kids loved running around the mandala, in some sort of energy-building rhythm. It was pretty cool
I can always count on Marina to find and appreciate the flowers!!
Above: There is a man running through the festivities with cloth wings on in the center of the picture. Sounds funny describing it now, but at the time it was just part of a larger continuum of interesting Whidbey Island moments, one naturally following the next . . .
Chenjera Youth Marimba from the Whidbey Island Rubatano Center: Setting up for more music. By the time we arrived at the Earth Day celebration, it was 3 PM or so and so it was no longer crowded, but there was no shortage of things to do and music to listen to.
People gather to enjoy the music
More running at the giant chess board/ mandala site
Gotta have stilts!
above: VIDEO: Timothy Hull performs
above: VIDEO: Kids dancing to the Marimba music at Earth Day
Above: Island musician Timothy Hull performs. I had never heard him perform, and it was great! The lyrics were thoughtful and poetic and the singing and instrumentals were equally enjoyable.
Bayview Cash Store
Earth Inspired mandala
mandala close up
Bayview cash Store Earth
Above and below:Part of the parking lot was designated for chalk drawing
"Make every day Earth Day"
Above: More mandala pictures
Bayview Cash Store art for Earth Day
We hung out by the mandala and listened to music, the kids loved running around the mandala, in some sort of energy-building rhythm. It was pretty cool
I can always count on Marina to find and appreciate the flowers!!
Above: There is a man running through the festivities with cloth wings on in the center of the picture. Sounds funny describing it now, but at the time it was just part of a larger continuum of interesting Whidbey Island moments, one naturally following the next . . .
Chenjera Youth Marimba from the Whidbey Island Rubatano Center: Setting up for more music. By the time we arrived at the Earth Day celebration, it was 3 PM or so and so it was no longer crowded, but there was no shortage of things to do and music to listen to.
People gather to enjoy the music
More running at the giant chess board/ mandala site
Gotta have stilts!above: VIDEO: Timothy Hull performs
above: VIDEO: Kids dancing to the Marimba music at Earth Day
Monday, April 20, 2009
Welcome the Whales Celebration in Pictures: a busy weekend Langley on Whidbey Island
Welcome the Whales: Parade, Party, & Celebration. Pictures from April 16 2009 Langley, WA
L: Enjoying the beach R: The parade, complete with funny costumes with a water theme
I caught a fun and fresh feeling on Whidbey Island this last weekend when I was actually overwhelmed with options concerning what to do with the kids, and myself! This has been happening more and more lately. In fact, I have not heard it said in a long while that there is nothing to do on the Island. That used to be a common phrase back in High School. It could be that I am busy with two busy kids and I don't have time to be bored, but . . . I think there are lots of talented and outgoing individuals living here. I am meeting new ones all the time it seems, so give ourself a nice pat on the back if you live here, because you qualify under the above description.
Here are MORE pictures from last weekend's festivities:
Waiting for the parade to start
Here it comes!
L: The whale bell, ring it if you see a whale R: Stella watches the festivities
L: I'm not too sure about those statues, but there is sure to be a story (there are two statues pictured that mark the parade's entrance down to Seawall Park R: Photographers and observers from the Dog House steps
Whidbey's Jim Freeman puts on a show for the people, pictured holding a speaker for the mayor Paul Samuelson as he introduces the new Whale Bell R: Parade Whale with a cool glass eye
L: Whale Bell Inauguration R: exodus to the beach to do some whale watching
the festivities: music, poetry, dancing, and more
L: more exodus to beach R: woman dressed as a star fish
L: people gather at Seawall Park R: some warm whale watchers
Festivities, Mayor Paul Samuelson gives a speech
We are not the only ones whale watching: a tour boat in the Saratoga Passage
L: I'm enjoying the festivities with baby Stella R: one very cute Orca whale beach combing
View up the Saratoga Passage from Seawall Park, Langley
Some whale watchers celebrate with ice cream
L: Enjoying the beach R: The parade, complete with funny costumes with a water theme
I caught a fun and fresh feeling on Whidbey Island this last weekend when I was actually overwhelmed with options concerning what to do with the kids, and myself! This has been happening more and more lately. In fact, I have not heard it said in a long while that there is nothing to do on the Island. That used to be a common phrase back in High School. It could be that I am busy with two busy kids and I don't have time to be bored, but . . . I think there are lots of talented and outgoing individuals living here. I am meeting new ones all the time it seems, so give ourself a nice pat on the back if you live here, because you qualify under the above description.
Here are MORE pictures from last weekend's festivities:
Waiting for the parade to start
Here it comes!
L: The whale bell, ring it if you see a whale R: Stella watches the festivities
L: I'm not too sure about those statues, but there is sure to be a story (there are two statues pictured that mark the parade's entrance down to Seawall Park R: Photographers and observers from the Dog House steps
Whidbey's Jim Freeman puts on a show for the people, pictured holding a speaker for the mayor Paul Samuelson as he introduces the new Whale Bell R: Parade Whale with a cool glass eye
L: Whale Bell Inauguration R: exodus to the beach to do some whale watching
the festivities: music, poetry, dancing, and more
L: more exodus to beach R: woman dressed as a star fish
L: people gather at Seawall Park R: some warm whale watchers
Festivities, Mayor Paul Samuelson gives a speech
We are not the only ones whale watching: a tour boat in the Saratoga Passage
L: I'm enjoying the festivities with baby Stella R: one very cute Orca whale beach combing
View up the Saratoga Passage from Seawall Park, Langley
Some whale watchers celebrate with ice cream
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