Friday, February 28, 2014

February 28, 2014 - Early Blossoms



The forecast for today is blue skies and temperatures in the 50s and these early blossoms are taking advantage of it! While these early blossoms may be shivering weekend with some forecasts calling for area snow fall Spring can't be far off! 




Monday, February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014 - Old School Cooler


At the base of the modest ski facility, Echo Valley Ski Area, located outside of Chelan, Washington, some apres ski beverages are chilled.  Some call it "509".  Others call it "Old School".  Regardless of what one calls it...it works!  No need to lock your car or put your beer out of sight.  Here you're always within sight of your car (and your beer!), besides you're in the 509!

February 17, 2014 - Orchard in February




A warm, sunlit February day brings a hint of what will come as the weather gets warmer in this Manson, Washington orchard.  Soon these and 10,000 acres of orchards in Chelan County will be green.  By the summer the branches will be heavy with fruit.  For now, they are sparse and quiet; optimistic.  While not all of the orchards produce apples, they are by far the most common in the region.  In Washington over 4 billion pounds of apples are harvested each year from the 175,000 acres of orchards.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

February 5, 2014 - I Love a Parade!







Seattle Seahawk Strong Safety, Kam Chancellor, holds aloft the Lombardi Trophy at a parade held to honor the Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks.  Early estimates were that 700,000 turned out for the parade thru downtown Seattle on a sunny, but cold February afternoon.  The parade began outside of the EMP Museum and ran down 4th Ave to Century Link Field.