We have experienced the last week of spring and have yet to string three or four really nice days together. I hope that by the time you are enjoying your July edition of the Kingston Community News that we will be feeling the warmth of some good, early summer weather.
Down at the port, the sunny season is up and running and the crew is staying busy keeping the parks, parking lots and visitor docks in good shape.
On March 14, I had a few errands to run and a lunch appointment on the east side of the Puget Sound so I decided to take our SoundRunner ferry and make a day of it.
With all of the newest handheld devices, apps, alerts, instant mail, social networks, this-book and that-space, one would think that we should all know everything about anything.
As the snow covered our park, all of the bulbs that Ray and the grounds crew planted a month or two ago are preparing to bloom to bring you yet another springtime full of color. I’m ready for some spring color.
In the midst of all that rain, you may have noticed quite a bit of digging going on down at the port toward the end of November. That project was done to expand our electrical capacity so the holiday light display could be better presented. By the time you are reading this, the whole show should be lit up every evening for you, your friends and visitors to our town to enjoy.
What beautiful fall colors we had this year. And with our light winds, the colors stayed longer than usual. Now it’s time to get those rakes out. Some of the deciduous trees along the park area facing the marina have been putting on quite a show.
Did you know that in September 1911, the first two port districts in the state of Washington were established in Seattle and Grays Harbor? The Port of Kingston was established eight years later in 1919.
I just came from a meeting where the state auditor once again gave the Port of Kingston a clean audit report with no findings.
Finally summer is here! At least that’s what my calendar said last week. Someone told me that we had three days that were in the 70s between Sept. 15 and June 15. And that actually included Sept. 15. With some of the weather problems the rest of the country has been having this year, I guess we don’t have much to complain about.
With only five weeks left until spring is over, I hope that by the time you are reading this that…
Moving the Kites over Kingston event to April seems to have worked out pretty well. Although I was out of…
What a wet March that was. If you have an open boat tied up in the marina, I hope you…
I like the month of March. As February drifts into the history book, daylight lasts a bit longer each day and the temperatures are usually in the 40s or better.
Then halfway through the month, on March 13 this year, we shift into Daylight Savings Time. I really enjoy that extra hour of daylight and how it is such a positive factor in all of our outdoor activities. Then, winter is officially over and spring starts on the 21st. It is also my birthday month. In Australia, they spring ahead on Oct. 3 and fall back on April 4th. That seems kind of upside down to me.
Time marches on. Spring is just around the corner and I am thinking a lot of the bulbs in the…
If we ever had a drought around here, it was officially over this past month. I saw something on TV…
Fall is officially in the air and sometimes that air seems to be moving pretty briskly. I do enjoy the…
It’s been a little chilly in the evenings and by the time you are reading this edition, we will be…
Well, how did you like the summer so far? There were probably one or two days when it was more…
