Topic: Recreation
Magical Ornamentals – Salvias, Roses and the Drama of Leaves
Written on October 16, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
A panel of San Juan Island Master Gardener volunteers will share their ornamental obsessions and inspire you to join them in their love of salvias, roses, and plants with beautiful leaves at the Annual Gardening Workshop, this Saturday, October 20th. Ornamental garden plants aren’t ‘idle lovelies’ – they create pollinator habitats and bird joy, Continue Reading
Island Rec – Messy Me
Written on October 14, 2018 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Messy Me returns this year with even more sense-engaging fun! We’ll play around in the elementary school gym with different ‘sensory bins’ filled with mediums such as water and sand while searching for dinosaur molds and model fish. Painting with marbles will be a new, exciting activity this time around, as well as balloons Continue Reading
3rd Saturday Contra Dance
Written on October 13, 2018 at 6:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s coming next weekend: Amy Carroll, well known caller from Seattle, will be our caller, with music provided by “Forrest Carroll and Friends” – Forrest Carroll on fiddle, Frank Blade on guitar, and Jerry Gallagher on banjo, all popular musicians from Seattle. What: 3rd. Saturday contra dance in Friday Harbor Where: San Juan Grange Hall Continue Reading
Art For Fun
Written on October 12, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
We’re doing something a little different this month with our Art for Fun art pARTy… we’re painting on a tote bag! Participants will paint their own personalized market or supply bag. This could make a great gift! Art for Fun is a two hour, fun-filled art party set in a relaxed, interactive atmosphere. It is Continue Reading
Winter Visitors
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
From Shona Aitken at Wolf Hollow… When someone mentions visitors to the islands, most of us immediately think of crowds of people streaming off the ferries in the middle of summer. But there are also wild creatures that are only here part time. Ospreys, Turkey Vultures, swallows and many hummingbirds and warblers spend the summer Continue Reading
Island Rec- Touch A Truck
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
School’s out early this Friday! SO grab your pals and come explore rigs of all shapes and sizes. Join Island Rec at FHES Playground for Touch a Truck. 11am-1pm this Friday Oct 12th. Kiwanis will be there in their K-Boose providing free hot dogs. Don’t miss out on the raffle to win a ride to Continue Reading
Make and Take Class
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
The San Juan Island Garden Club presents a Spring Blooming Layered Bulb Planter class (a.k.a: Lasagne Containers II) Spring containers can be the most rewarding plantings because they are a way to start gardening early. During this class you will create a glorious spring blooming layered bulb planter. The planter will provide flowering bulbs from Continue Reading
Apply now to become a WSU Master Gardener!
Written on October 10, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Love to problem solve? Interested in gardening? Looking for a fun way to get involved? Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 San Juan County WSU Master Gardener Training Program. Volunteer trainees receive over 60 hours of training, both in the classroom and online. The training is taught by local and regional experts and Continue Reading
KYI: Know Your Island Walks…
Written on October 9, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
by Theresa Simendinger… KYI Walks are Great Events to Find New Areas and Trails on San Juan Island On September 22 seven brave folks, in spite of morning-long rains, met at Horsetrail Road for a tour of the Mitchell Hill area …led by a horse! The mare above is Zanzibar, a Tennessee Walker who did Continue Reading
Annual Gardening Workshop: Operating Instructions for a Garden That Fits YOU
Written on September 26, 2018 at 6:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Would you like your garden to be a remarkable reflection of who you are and what you care about? To be a landscape that supports wildlife and creative exploration? Join keynote speaker Lorene Forkner Edwards and the San Juan County Master Gardeners at their popular Annual Gardening Workshop for inspiration and truly workable ideas to Continue Reading
BooBoo’s Boxing Fall Classes
Written on September 25, 2018 at 6:20 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
BooBoo wants you… in her boxing class! Here’s her new Fall schedule…
Pressing Cider with Boy Scout Troop 4090
Written on September 23, 2018 at 10:31 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Thanks to Kelley Balcomb-Bartok for this fun fall news… Boy Scout Troop 4090 had fun pressing cider out of apples from the orchard at the Center for Whale Research. The troop pressed twenty gallons of juice they are calling, Orca Survey Cider. Said Kelley, “Once it was me in the trees. Thankfully, I have passed that Continue Reading
Island Rec Offers Cardio Yoga
Written on September 22, 2018 at 5:02 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Another round of cardio yoga is about to begin and what a great way to kickstart your day in a truly balanced way with Katerina Wen! This class is a dynamic, fun and energetic package of cardio-friendly yoga poses, strong breath-work and spiraling whole body movements. An optimal self care package for modern people who seek to gain the quickest results for the least Continue Reading
Know Your Island Walk: Horse Trails on Mitchell Hill
Written on September 18, 2018 at 6:16 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
For September’s Know Your Island walk, follow San Juan Islander Theresa Simendinger and her horse Zanzibar on a walk along her favorite trail; the Horse Trails on Mitchell Hill. She will make stops along the way and tell us about building trails for horses, how to share the trail, what it is like to take Continue Reading
Zylstra Lake Preserve Open House
Written on September 16, 2018 at 6:20 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
There will be an Open House at Zylstra Lake Preserve on Sunday September 30 from noon to 4:00 pm, at Zylstra Lake Preserve, San Juan Island… The San Juan County Land Bank and San Juan Preservation Trust board members and staff are hosting an open house at the preserve where you can learn about the project, Continue Reading
Art Over the Harbor
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Sip & Shop – 8 Local Artists Offer their work for sale at the SJI Grange in Friday Harbor, September 22 & 23, 2018 Come join us at the San Juan Island Grange for two days of art and fun! Eight San Juan Island artists, including Patti Barker, Shannon Borg, Alison Engle, Gail Garrett, Maria Continue Reading
Hawaiian Hula Class
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Hula is a way of life in Hawaii – a celebration, a moving meditation, an expression of gratitude for the Earth, its living residents and Spirit ancestors. Join Alice Hibberd to experience hula as a dance of gratitude, learning how basic hand and body movements express a tale of the Earth, Sea and Spirit. Classes Continue Reading
Food, Glorious Food!
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
For the fall Family Art Days at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), food inspires the art classes. Imagine waving fields of grain, cattle grazing in fields, printing with potatoes and eating your still life model! Family Art Days are fun for the whole family, and everyone can leave with their work of Continue Reading
Marimba Classes
Written on September 14, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
There’s a new introductory class for beginning marimba students coming up. This will be a short 4 week session beginning September 19 and going through October 9. The classes will be held Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 at Island Marimba Studio. This is a fun opportunity for people to join in and see what playing marimbas is Continue Reading
Friday Harbor Bike & Brew
Written on September 12, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s this Saturday! Friday Harbor Bike-n-Brew offers a choice of three bike routes exploring the back roads of San Juan Island. We have: The Mount Grant Grinder, for those who like a serious challenge in altitude gain The Metric Century for a roughly 62-mile ride (100 kilometers- yes, 100!) The Scenic Loop for families and Continue Reading
Second Friday Bingo at the Mullis Center
Written on September 11, 2018 at 6:13 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Join us at the Mullis Community Center for this classic small-town event. Enjoy a delicious lunch and an afternoon of BINGO! This is a great way to start off your weekend. We meet every 2nd Friday of the month. This Friday enjoy Pasta with Marinara Sauce, Caesar Salad w/ Garlic Croutons, and Chef Eugene’s Famous Continue Reading
2019 Roche Harbor Salmon Derby
Written on September 11, 2018 at 6:12 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
NEWSFLASH – This event is Sold Out! Here’s the lastest from Debbie this morning: Well that was a flurry of phone calls; emails; text messages and a fax machine on fire! 2019 Roche Harbor Salmon Derby is SOLD OUT as of today 9/11/18. That beats the record set last year on 10/6! Thank you for Continue Reading
Magical Ornamentals – Salvias, Roses and the Drama of Leaves
Written on October 16, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
A panel of San Juan Island Master Gardener volunteers will share their ornamental obsessions and inspire you to join them in their love of salvias, roses, and plants with beautiful leaves at the Annual Gardening Workshop, this Saturday, October 20th. Ornamental garden plants aren’t ‘idle lovelies’ – they create pollinator habitats and bird joy, Continue Reading
Island Rec – Messy Me
Written on October 14, 2018 at 5:56 am, by Tim Dustrude
Messy Me returns this year with even more sense-engaging fun! We’ll play around in the elementary school gym with different ‘sensory bins’ filled with mediums such as water and sand while searching for dinosaur molds and model fish. Painting with marbles will be a new, exciting activity this time around, as well as balloons Continue Reading
3rd Saturday Contra Dance
Written on October 13, 2018 at 6:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s coming next weekend: Amy Carroll, well known caller from Seattle, will be our caller, with music provided by “Forrest Carroll and Friends” – Forrest Carroll on fiddle, Frank Blade on guitar, and Jerry Gallagher on banjo, all popular musicians from Seattle. What: 3rd. Saturday contra dance in Friday Harbor Where: San Juan Grange Hall Continue Reading
Art For Fun
Written on October 12, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
We’re doing something a little different this month with our Art for Fun art pARTy… we’re painting on a tote bag! Participants will paint their own personalized market or supply bag. This could make a great gift! Art for Fun is a two hour, fun-filled art party set in a relaxed, interactive atmosphere. It is Continue Reading
Winter Visitors
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
From Shona Aitken at Wolf Hollow… When someone mentions visitors to the islands, most of us immediately think of crowds of people streaming off the ferries in the middle of summer. But there are also wild creatures that are only here part time. Ospreys, Turkey Vultures, swallows and many hummingbirds and warblers spend the summer Continue Reading
Island Rec- Touch A Truck
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
School’s out early this Friday! SO grab your pals and come explore rigs of all shapes and sizes. Join Island Rec at FHES Playground for Touch a Truck. 11am-1pm this Friday Oct 12th. Kiwanis will be there in their K-Boose providing free hot dogs. Don’t miss out on the raffle to win a ride to Continue Reading
Make and Take Class
Written on October 11, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
The San Juan Island Garden Club presents a Spring Blooming Layered Bulb Planter class (a.k.a: Lasagne Containers II) Spring containers can be the most rewarding plantings because they are a way to start gardening early. During this class you will create a glorious spring blooming layered bulb planter. The planter will provide flowering bulbs from Continue Reading
Apply now to become a WSU Master Gardener!
Written on October 10, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
Love to problem solve? Interested in gardening? Looking for a fun way to get involved? Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 San Juan County WSU Master Gardener Training Program. Volunteer trainees receive over 60 hours of training, both in the classroom and online. The training is taught by local and regional experts and Continue Reading
KYI: Know Your Island Walks…
Written on October 9, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
by Theresa Simendinger… KYI Walks are Great Events to Find New Areas and Trails on San Juan Island On September 22 seven brave folks, in spite of morning-long rains, met at Horsetrail Road for a tour of the Mitchell Hill area …led by a horse! The mare above is Zanzibar, a Tennessee Walker who did Continue Reading
Annual Gardening Workshop: Operating Instructions for a Garden That Fits YOU
Written on September 26, 2018 at 6:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Would you like your garden to be a remarkable reflection of who you are and what you care about? To be a landscape that supports wildlife and creative exploration? Join keynote speaker Lorene Forkner Edwards and the San Juan County Master Gardeners at their popular Annual Gardening Workshop for inspiration and truly workable ideas to Continue Reading
BooBoo’s Boxing Fall Classes
Written on September 25, 2018 at 6:20 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
BooBoo wants you… in her boxing class! Here’s her new Fall schedule…
Pressing Cider with Boy Scout Troop 4090
Written on September 23, 2018 at 10:31 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Thanks to Kelley Balcomb-Bartok for this fun fall news… Boy Scout Troop 4090 had fun pressing cider out of apples from the orchard at the Center for Whale Research. The troop pressed twenty gallons of juice they are calling, Orca Survey Cider. Said Kelley, “Once it was me in the trees. Thankfully, I have passed that Continue Reading
Island Rec Offers Cardio Yoga
Written on September 22, 2018 at 5:02 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Another round of cardio yoga is about to begin and what a great way to kickstart your day in a truly balanced way with Katerina Wen! This class is a dynamic, fun and energetic package of cardio-friendly yoga poses, strong breath-work and spiraling whole body movements. An optimal self care package for modern people who seek to gain the quickest results for the least Continue Reading
Know Your Island Walk: Horse Trails on Mitchell Hill
Written on September 18, 2018 at 6:16 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
For September’s Know Your Island walk, follow San Juan Islander Theresa Simendinger and her horse Zanzibar on a walk along her favorite trail; the Horse Trails on Mitchell Hill. She will make stops along the way and tell us about building trails for horses, how to share the trail, what it is like to take Continue Reading
Zylstra Lake Preserve Open House
Written on September 16, 2018 at 6:20 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
There will be an Open House at Zylstra Lake Preserve on Sunday September 30 from noon to 4:00 pm, at Zylstra Lake Preserve, San Juan Island… The San Juan County Land Bank and San Juan Preservation Trust board members and staff are hosting an open house at the preserve where you can learn about the project, Continue Reading
Art Over the Harbor
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:50 am, by Tim Dustrude
Sip & Shop – 8 Local Artists Offer their work for sale at the SJI Grange in Friday Harbor, September 22 & 23, 2018 Come join us at the San Juan Island Grange for two days of art and fun! Eight San Juan Island artists, including Patti Barker, Shannon Borg, Alison Engle, Gail Garrett, Maria Continue Reading
Hawaiian Hula Class
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
Hula is a way of life in Hawaii – a celebration, a moving meditation, an expression of gratitude for the Earth, its living residents and Spirit ancestors. Join Alice Hibberd to experience hula as a dance of gratitude, learning how basic hand and body movements express a tale of the Earth, Sea and Spirit. Classes Continue Reading
Food, Glorious Food!
Written on September 15, 2018 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
For the fall Family Art Days at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), food inspires the art classes. Imagine waving fields of grain, cattle grazing in fields, printing with potatoes and eating your still life model! Family Art Days are fun for the whole family, and everyone can leave with their work of Continue Reading
Marimba Classes
Written on September 14, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
There’s a new introductory class for beginning marimba students coming up. This will be a short 4 week session beginning September 19 and going through October 9. The classes will be held Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00 at Island Marimba Studio. This is a fun opportunity for people to join in and see what playing marimbas is Continue Reading
Friday Harbor Bike & Brew
Written on September 12, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s this Saturday! Friday Harbor Bike-n-Brew offers a choice of three bike routes exploring the back roads of San Juan Island. We have: The Mount Grant Grinder, for those who like a serious challenge in altitude gain The Metric Century for a roughly 62-mile ride (100 kilometers- yes, 100!) The Scenic Loop for families and Continue Reading
Second Friday Bingo at the Mullis Center
Written on September 11, 2018 at 6:13 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Join us at the Mullis Community Center for this classic small-town event. Enjoy a delicious lunch and an afternoon of BINGO! This is a great way to start off your weekend. We meet every 2nd Friday of the month. This Friday enjoy Pasta with Marinara Sauce, Caesar Salad w/ Garlic Croutons, and Chef Eugene’s Famous Continue Reading
2019 Roche Harbor Salmon Derby
Written on September 11, 2018 at 6:12 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
NEWSFLASH – This event is Sold Out! Here’s the lastest from Debbie this morning: Well that was a flurry of phone calls; emails; text messages and a fax machine on fire! 2019 Roche Harbor Salmon Derby is SOLD OUT as of today 9/11/18. That beats the record set last year on 10/6! Thank you for Continue Reading