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Terry Home June 26th Rain Garden Planting

We came, we saw, we planted! A Big Job completed in one day! YEA!!!!! And A BIG THANK YOU to ALL: Arlene Hatten, Frank Hatten, Jay Bennett, Jim Morgan, Carol Aguilar, Esteban Aguilar, Debbie Caulkins; Rain Dog Designs crew of Marilyn Jacobs, David Hymel & Carrie Bauer; Ben Apata, Leanne Guier; Jessamyn, Sammy, Chase and Tood Curtin, Kim Jones, James Jones,Pam Nelson, Joanne Norman (Terry Home Director), Myla Montgomery (Terry Home Board President), Eugene Montgomery, Josh Norman, Tracy Apata, and many donors!!

Jun 26, 2010

Photos: 71

Terry Home "Boggy" Garden. Converting an older, weed-infested storm pond to a beautiful rain garden

These are "Pre-planting" photos: Terry Home recieved a $4,000 mini-grant from King County ECO-Net to convert 250 SF of Storm Pond into a Rain Garden. The rain garden will be easier for volunteers to maintain, look better, & help clean strormwater from the parking lot & roof. APRIL2010, "Before photos", as in "before" invasive reed canary grass gets 5ft high! MAY 30th, Carol Aguilar, Ann Smith, Jim and Erin Morgan, Leanne Guier, Esteban "Aggie" Aguilar , Rich Hildreth , and an unidentified person tossed many bags of weeds, which Leanne and a helper had dug-out, into donated WM dumpster. JUNE 24th, Terry Home presentation by Leanne to King County ECO-Network, telling how she leveraged their "Puget Sound Starts Here" educational mini-grant of $4,000----also on June 24th Leanne picked up another load of plants. JUNE 25th, planting preparations, Leanne and David Hymel (Rain Dog Designs) hauled soil mix and directed Metals Express operator where to place groups of 3-man rocks.

Jun 25, 2010

Photos: 50

May in the Palouse Country, WA

May 18, 2010

Photos: 16

Moka At WSU

May 17, 2010

Photos: 3

Live at Boxley's...Karen Shivers and Friends..1-30-2010

Karen Shivers was live at Boxley's in North Bend WA on Jan 30th, 2010. Karen was accompanied by Reuel Lubag on piano, Geoff Harper on bass, Greg Willamson on drums, and Ed Bauer, her sweet hubby, on CD sales! Karen records with Greg Willaimson's Pony Boy Records. Next out: a CD recorded Live at Boxley's! Frankly, I love jazz and and Karen's soulfull interpretations, and of course the food was delicious! We also heard guest vocalist Kellie Eisenhower (?) perform a couple tunes in preview of her gig at Boxley's...I say ti was well worth the drive up I-90 on a dark and rainy W. Washington night!

Jan 30, 2010

Photos: 55

Backyard Willife....

Seen around local backyards: Robins enjoying a thawed birdbath, Western screech-owl roosting in a carport

Dec 13, 2009

Photos: 3

Swan Creek 12-12-09

Swan Creek Salmon Saturday, hosted by Friends of Swan Creek. Swan Creek County Park. near Tacoma, WA. Photos taken a short walk upstream from Pioneer Way entrance. We saw two salmon, plus other hikers saw one...many more spawners should be coming upstream with fist rains. One of the threats to the Swan Creek canyon open space was a 1960's proposal for a new "sanitary land fill", aka garbage dump. Many years of public outcry and work saved this wonderful natural area for future generations of salmon and people! If you have interest in helping to continue the preservation and restoration of Swan Creek and its salmon runs, or want more information, contact Friends of Swan Creek at swancreek@prodigy.net or call 253-472-7264 Remember, Puget Sound Starts Here, too!

Dec 13, 2009

Photos: 14

Jovita Creek, 12-12-09

Jovita Creek. Debris, and what appear to be "suds" limit salmon passage, aprox 2/10 mile upstream of West Valley Rd. Silver Salmon "spawners" are expected with higher water. Last Dec 2008. 3 FLWR members observed 7 dead male and female adult salmon .The fish were in a pool and in grass just below the 1st culvert under Jovita Blvd,, aprox 4/10 miles upstream of West Valley Blvd. We speculated that the fish came upstream after late Nov & early Dec rainstorms raised water levels, then were stranded as the water dropped. They had not spawned. We also suspected the fish were effected by pollutants from road runoff, garbage in the creek, soaps ( http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/lifestyle/52120677.html ) & common chemicals from residential septic systems. Trout & 5 Mile Lakes upstream are also listed as waters of concern for fecal coliform (303 C map: http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/wqawa2008/viewer.htm ). Remember, Puget Sound Starts Here, too! .

Dec 12, 2009

Photos: 4

Buckley Rain Garden

Volunteers from Buckley, S.Prarie and Eatonville installed a 500 Sq.Ft Rain Garden at the Buckley Youth Activity Center, 251 S.River Avenue, on July 25, 2009. Local businesses donated work and materials. Burbank Construction donated excavation of the site, and placing the amended soils. Hillside Gardens Sawdust and Shavings Company donated 10 Cu. Yds. of aged "hog fuel" mulch. Sustainable Foothills, ( a new citizens group working on a sustaianble plateau community environment and economy) donated lunch. We even had one volunteer come down from Seattle and another volunteer come up from the Nisqually watershed to help. The rain garden was completed by 1PM, thanks to the tractor-work of Kevin Frisby. He and Rebecca run Frisby Farm Nursery and Gifts, and donated ltheir time and several nice Vine Maples for the Rain Garden. Lowes donated plants. We had enough small native shrubs to enhance the landscaping of the Youth Center! Check it out! 251 S. River Ave, (parallels Hywy 410) Buckley.

Jul 25, 2009

Photos: 20

PACIFIC PLANTING June 27, 2009

Pacific Meadows Wetlands and Buffer Restoration Planting. June 27, 2009. 50 volunteers helping the City of Pacific restore a 9+ acre wetlands at Pacific Meadows and Hansen sub-divisions. Nature reclaimed former Rhubarb fields after HYWY 167 bisected farmlands, and the land was untilled for many years. This land will one day remind us how the White-Stuck River Valley wetlands and forests looked, contributed to a healthy environment, and show how lost wetlands in the Puget Trough once provided clean water to the Puget Sound ecosystem. Farming, by draining "worthless swamps" and cutting forested wetlands, changed the hydrology of the valley. Further development has speeded up runoff, and contributes to poor water quality and flooding downstream. PMW Restoration will slow run-off, and help naturally modulate water flow to the Milwaukee Ditch (Sapatin Creek) and White River. You can mimic natural wetlands on your property with a Rain garden . Go to www.stewardshippartners.org to learn more.

Jun 27, 2009

Photos: 65

Mocha the Mustang Filly

4 year old, from Fallon Mustang Ranch, WA, PIctures start with aquisotion in May 2009, show ing her recovery from being undernorished, probably with intestinal worms. Now de-wormed, had vet check, recommended innoculations for flus, fevers, tetnaus and horse encephalitis (W & E), and being treated for a "sports injury" i.e. shying and running from some "danger., Horses are all about getting away from Danger, as they are prey species...

May 10, 2009

Photos: 10

Pacific Parks Pick-up 4-18-09 Pics

Volunteers from the community cleaned up Pacific's parks, trails, and open spaces on April 18, 2009. 39 citizens, students from Auburn Riverside High School, and volunteers from Pacific Partnerships, White River Valley Lions, and Friends of the Lower White River collected over 1,840 lbs of Trash in about 2 hours. We worked in the City Park, along the Interurban Trail, in the Pacific Meadows Wetlands parklands, and along city streets. Scout Troop 385 cut invasive English ivy in the Pacific West Hill Passive Nature Park. WRVLions also wacked ivy with the Scouts. The City Public Works Department arrainged for the monster dumpster. Pacific Partnerships and the Pacific Board of Park Directors provided the Volunteer Appreciation Lunch in the Community Center Gym East Room. And award certificates, and FLWR mugs or artwork were surprises for all participants. Hey Darrel Smith,email me photos! PacificNaturalist@clearwire.net. I'll add them to this page!

Apr 10, 2009

Photos: 24

Stormwater "outflow" into Salmon Creek 9-02-08

Stormwater from roads, ditches and catch basins in east Sumner is discharged into Salmon Creek, west of East Valley Highway, via this 4ft. dia. pipe. Sumner City Engineer Mike Dahlem P.E, writes: "The color of the water coming from the district 11 outfall into Salmon Creek is due to the natural occurring iron oxide in the City’s soils. At this time we do not test the water quality of the out falls but with the NPDES permit we will be starting a testing program. We did test the water years ago and found out the color of the water was due to the iron oxide. We also have a stormwater capital improvement project to construct a regional treatment facility at that site.".(253) 299-5702, miked@ci.sumner.wa.us. Rainier says "We forget that dog poop, carwash soap, failed on-site septic tank effluents, vehicle fluids, toxic yard care products, and trash on the roads get into the storm drains to pollute our rivers and Puget Sound." To learn more go to www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.html.

Sep 2, 2008

Photos: 9

Salmon Creek Looking North to Ota Site, Sumner, Washington, USA

Salmon Creek is a small tributary of the White River, in the Puyallup River Basin (Water Resource Inventory Area 10) King and Pierce Counties, Washington State, USA. It is located in the City of Sumner, in an area rapidly being converted from agricutural land (hops, rhubarb, flower bulbs and lately, turf-grass farming) to warehouses for the Big Box stores retail trade. These photos were taken on August 28, 2008. They document work at a new Salmon Creek Culvert construction site. The work violates Department of Ecology Stormwater Construction Discharge Permit guidelines: No soil barriers (bales of straw or fences) to retard dust or soil-laden stornwater, no sandbags or filtration materials to divert silt-laden run-off from the creek, and not even a posted notice of who is the responsible construction stormwater manager for the Contractor.... If you want to help keep an eye on Salmon Creek, please contact the Salmon Creek Stewards, email Monte at lovestrees@msn.com.

Aug 28, 2008

Photos: 78

Art Project Moon Rise

Pictures of the full moon, taken about the same time on August 15 or 16th, 2008...... Over 150 invitations were sent asking friends and family to participate in this first "community" Art Project. [Copyright Notice: These photos are protected by Copyright laws. (C) 2008 by each individual who took a photo. Your may make prints for personal use. Commercial use requires written permission from the Copyright owner, who may charge usage fees. Contact Jeanne at rainier.photos@gmail.com to get contact info for the photographer.] Other than that "boiler plate", I hope you enjoy our First Community Art Project! Jeanne  <a href="http://s50.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s50landscapes" target="_top"> <img src="http://s50.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s50landscapes" alt="Site Meter" border="0"/></a>

Aug 15, 2008

Photos: 17

Mount Rainier "the Mountian"

Photos and Art of Mount Rainier, Washington State, USA. All of my life I have felt most at home where I can see the Mountain. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoy looking at Mount Rainier! COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright 2008 BY Jeanne Fancher. Your may make prints for personal use. Commercial use requires Permission from the Copyright owner. Usage fees and reproduction rights are negotiatable. Contact Jeanne at rainier.photos@gmail.com for permision to use these images for commercial use or reproduction. Jeanne Fancher, DBA Jeanne's Photo. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://s50.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=s50landscapes"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://s50.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=s50landscapes" target="_top"> <img src="http://s50.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=s50landscapes" alt="Site Meter" border="0"/></a> </noscript>

Aug 30, 2006

Photos: 8

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