More Calendars!?

The sign said, more coming Monday or Tuesday.

And yes, we did get restocked on this year's Nikki McClure calendar.

There are others too. 

This years' vintage Huskies

And Ravens

And we still have Slingshot organizers.

To Market To Market

What, a book?  People were confused when To Market To Market showed up, but so many of you have told us about Nikki McClure's books.  We have her cards, her calendars (not till next fall!), so why not her book about farmers markets?

It's spring, the year round U-District Farmers Market is livening up as the sun starts peeking out, and To Market To Market seemed like just the thing you need sitting on your shelf next to your  Maritime NW Gardening Guide from Tilth or the latest issue of Edible Seattle.

I grew up with Robert McCloskey's books, One Morning in Maine, Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, and of course Blueberries for Sal.  Maybe "To Market To Market" is the book for the modern Northwest child. 

NY Times Review
Publishers Weekly Review
BuyOlympia (pictures!)  (or just come in to Bulldog and browse the book)
Local Printmaker Mimi Williams

Spring - Cards, WSDOT, and the North Cascades

 

Spring is here, my mailbox says.  I subscribe to WSDOT's news feed on the North Cascade Highway, and after months of silence, this showed up in my email.  Even though it said snow! delays!   The birds singing, the crocus blooming, the early daffodils.... There is no more certain sign of spring than talk of opening the mountain passes.

"Our Avalanche Control Team and the Twisp Maintenance Superintendent were planning to do the assessment of the North Cascades Highway on Tuesday and then it was postponed to Wednesday and now the trip is postponed until next week. 
We've got mountain snow forecast through Thursday and the Avalanche crew can't be in two places at once, so they're going to have to stay at Stevens handling the avalanche control there for the rest of the week.  (We did control work from 2 to 6 a.m. this morning and brought down a lot of snow, but there was a lot to bring down - We got 32" of new from 6 a.m. yesterday to 6 a.m. today.)  You may also be aware, it's still snowing along the entire west slope of the Cascades - as I'm writing, Snoqualmie is still closed for avalanche control. (They've been getting more snow than Stevens today as the storm track is heavier to the south and coming in low - Snoqualmie is a 1,000' lower than Stevens, too).
When the assessment happens isn't that critical - as a matter of fact, the later it's done, the more accurately Mike and his snow wizards can make their predictions.  The assessment trip is to determine how soon the clearing can begin and what resources (people and equipment) are going to be needed. 
Oh, in answer to the question you didn't ask - it has been costing around $250,000 for the spring reopening effort.  We are hoping we won't have to rent a lot of the big caterpillars (which WSDOT doesn't own) to keep the price down, but the reopening budget is secure.  Despite the budget cutting the Governor and the legislature have done (are doing) - they all said no to any cuts to winter highway maintenance.
I'll let you know when the assessment trip is rescheduled and then what they found and what it means.
Later!"

 

October Cards and Postcards

Umbrellas, leaves, crows, black cats and the Addams family.

Nikki McClure Calendar 2011

Blank Cards for Mother's Day

As most of you know, Bulldog has many cards and postcards, all blank. Gloria picked four that are ready for you to personalize for Mother's Day.