Getting the week going….

That was the view from Mount Young yesterday morning as the day got blue & then more blue....that's the ferry making its way to Sidney, BC on its morning run. Click on this photo to see a larger one you can use as a screen saver....

I know you got out in the sun yesterday…I can tell by the almost-burn you get in the early spring.  It was a great day…here’s more, from around the island:

On Saturday, author & illustrator Sam Connery was on hand at Griffin Bay Books to sign his children's books & "You Know You're An Islander When..." which he prepared with Jan Jameson & Jeanie Rouleau Burns.

• Wasn’t Charlotte’s Web a great show? It was nice to see a show in which friendship is the story, and the good guys win in the end, and in which our kids shine. Reminds me of the old Lakota saying: “The ones that matter most are the children. They are the true human beings.”

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• You’re getting your garden going, so this is a great place to start – here’s more from Lenore & the Master Gardeners:

It’s spring and time to think about gardens!  The San Juan County Master Gardeners invite you to the Spring Gardening Workshop on April 21,2012 in the Friday Harbor Middle School.  Graham Kerr, internationally known author, chef (Galloping Goumet) and speaker will headline the event…….Want to know how to build a rain catchment system?  a year around vegetable garden?  arrange those flowers you’ve just cut?  15 workshops designed to give you practical gardening skills, fill out the day.

Registration Information:  http://sanjuan.wsu.edu and at the local WSU Extension Office, 360-378-4414

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Skagit Valley College/San Juan Center (and Road Scholar) Director Randy Martin & Angie Atwell congratulate Angie Raab (center, the amazing caterer who has fed people all these years!) for 15 years with the program last Friday at SVC.

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• Did you know that our Road Scholar program is one of the biggest & well-attended in the Northwest? Here’s more details about one of the island’s better kept secrets & one more of the great reasons people come here to explore & learn: www.skagit.edu/roadscholar and here are this year’s programs (on the national website). The program used to be called Elderhostel, and Randy & Angie do a super job with it. Check it out!

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Kathy's book is selling so well it's already in its second printing....

• Hey, I heard Kathryn Farron has a new book for sale at Island Studios & on her website – here’s more, from Kathy:

This is my sixth and last book.  Preceded by five boating cook books as “the Gimbaled Gourmet,” in this book, Landfall, I combine my unique culinary skills with practical experience from a life well lived on and by the water.

I share my passion for both boat and beach fare, as the two very often overlap.

With cover art by Kristy Gjesme and back cover photography by Mark Gardner, and consisting of over 250 pages of treasured recipes that capture and document the food of a specific era, Landfall is truly a tribute — a legacy left behind for the next generation.

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• Robin Jacobson at the San Juan County Visitors Bureau says Lakedale got coverage on the Today Show – here’s more:

Have you been by to see how nice it looks at the Lavendera Massage Center? Jane Buck helped decorate & design the experience when you're in the space, and it's a winner. Drop by & check it out! (Located next to the Little Store, across from Island Studios....)

I’m happy to report that we’ve begun to receive visitor calls for vacation planning after our great coverage on this morning’s Today Show on NBC.  It was during the Travel + Leisure magazine segment, in which “Glamping” was featured this time.  The focus and pretty pictures were for Lakedale Resort at Three Lakes — and even better, the San Juan Islands in general were also highly praised.  So was whale watching.  Congratulations, Lakedale and everyone!

We would have alerted you to it, if we had known in advance.  Here’s the link to the video.  Enjoy being in the spotlight again on the Today Show, for the second time in a year.

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• Checked in with girls tennis coach Dick Barnes yesterday, to see how the team is doing this year, and he says they’ve only gotten one of eight matches played this year, as seven have been scrubbed due to the weather…since they don’t play much this next two weeks (due to spring beak a the other schools, and our spring break next week), they’ll have a bunch of make-up matches in the middle of April….

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In softball last week, sophomore outfielder Isabel Place makes a beautiful catch, narrowly avoiding colliding with fellow sophomore outfielder Emily Guard. The Wolverines upset league-leading LaConner 5-4 in the game. Photo by Collin Williamson.

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