My nickname is batgurrl. Love julie as Catwoman!!

A picture is worth a thousand words!!

Drummer Bridge – Where are you? What an adventure this search for the Drummer Bridge has been! Did I find a piece of this lost bridge and road? Despite looking we never did find a piece of it. As it turns out it wasn’t that…

In the spirit of documenting how time changes all things... here is my latest article on finding history from over 100 years ago.

This is the final article in the Lost/Washed out Drummer Bridge.

#history #timechangesall #Lostbridges #1890sRoads #MapleValleyHistory

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Some itty bitty knitted kitties I am working on. Developing new skills working on these 2-3 inch kitties. #knitting #Amigurumi #ittybittykitty

A rainbow came out while watching Rachel Maddow.

There is hope! #rachelmaddow #rainbow

Crow Idioms – Eat Crow and As the Crow Flies Eating Crow has always been a sad affair. This phrase is an American colloquial idiom, meaning humiliation by admitting wrongness or having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. Crow is…

I am hoping that a day will come when MAGA will eat crow. Years ago I had to do that at work and then wrote on my blog this article on Crow Idioms. Enjoy my review of old phrases and how they came about.

#history #eatcrow #Asthecrowflies #CrowIdioms

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1913 photo of train wreck just out of Whittier, WA at a tunnel in the Cascade Mountains. Found at an estate sale and donated originals to PNWRR Archives. #history #railroadaccidents #Railroad #WhittierDepot

A Surprise Found at the King County Archives This week we visited the King County Archives (KCA) on the edge of downtown Seattle. My partner in crime, Judi, had been chatting with them about diagrams, documents and photos of the Lost Drummer …

Maps!! Love them and couple months ago we went to the King County Archives to view original Road Establishment Maps of the county.

Here is an article I wrote about this old map adventure! #history #Lostroads #Roadestablishmentmaps #historicmaps #roadmaps #maps

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I love a good map and add a coal mine disaster and you got me!! Plus the map has all the best details to help investigate history. Have you gone there? Now and Then is the best research in my book.

Indian Coal Mine – Big and Messy I was asked this weekend why I was researching coal mines in the Pacific Northwest. You know coal has an ugly image and most people wish to forget it exists or existed.  Let alone that it was histo…

Plans for an Asphalt Plant to be built on the site of an old Coal Mine. We say NO! If the New Black Diamond Coal Mine was proposed today we would be abhorred. #StopSR169AsphaltPlant #History #Coalmines #Cedarmtn

Here is some history of the old mine:

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This should frighten all lovers of history or genealogists!! My feeds have been talking about how we need to get digital stuff saved ASAP.

1865 Map - Cranberry Twsp Venango Co PA

History is everywhere. Knowing how to find History is a life skill we all need. My historical map love helped me bring my family history to life with this 1865 map.

Find the McCools on this map and that will bring my kin alive!
#history #genealogy #mccoolfamily #oldmaps #maps

The Earliest Cedar Mountain Bridges This is the second article on “The Bridges of Cedar Mountain”. What started out as a simple research project became so big that it had to be divided up. To get you started here is a lin…

Bridges!! They are a connection that one cannot deny!! Here is one of my articles on Cedar Mtn Bridges documenting the ones built before the 1930s. Enjoy!!

#history #cedarmountain #Lostbridges #Bridges

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Just a little crochet piece I did during the pandemic to cover up some graffiti at a local park. Gonzo ART!!

#Crochet #FlowerPower #Art

I am a fabric artist. Making quilts and tote bags, slippers and homemade dolls. I agree ... part of art is getting started and not getting wrapped around an axel of Is it perfect..... That stops a lot of art in it's tracks!!

At 71 I have to say.... When you get to this age you don't give a fuck about how you look. It is how you feel.

Hope you live to my age!!

In a corporation this is what was passed after Enron collapse.... Sarbanes Oxley act of 2002.

Our government should be following the same rules to protect us all from fraud. But then Musk knows this and I am sure he fights all those rules at his Corporations.

Here are the key parts of rules.

My very first photo of Reggie in January of 2008 with his toy carrot. He is an old man now & rather skinny but still very bossy. #Cats #Kittens #OldCats #CatLove

When roads were muddy paths that one used a horse and wagon on. When we complain about roads think of how far we have come. #badroads #oldroads #potholes

Courtsey of King Co Archives - Series400-Box23-95-005-0198P001 - Issaquah to Cedar Mtn Road

Perhaps it is a waiting period to prove to the MAGAs that they are not getting lower prices but in fact higher ones. They are still being told "Nothing to see here"

Then we have the proof to shout out how terrible this is.

When to pounce is as important as what to pounce on.

Old Road or River Channel? Back in time (actually 2022) I partnered up with a couple of great guys who use metal detecting to find history. One of them had sent me a photo of the Veazie Logging Camp from over 100 years ago a…

More History to be found in this new article on my search for a lost 1890s bridge. If you want more of this search at the bottom of the article is a set of links you can enjoy.

Old Road or River Channel?
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Good to see you here!! Saw your photo in the paper laughing with the other candidates for KC Council. Loved the happiness there.

Here is a town that in 1889 was booming. Coal and Railroads drove growth into the wild PNW.

Today we drive over it on the Maple Valley Highway. Most don't even know that a town was there.

Remember Time changes EVERYTHING!

#TimeChgAll #history #ghosttown #CedarMtn

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Reggie wants to bite someone for what happened in the last week

Just a little dipper doing his thing on a rainy day at the Green River Gorge

If you love history, lost places and crows come see me on my blog Crows of Arroyos at Batgurrl.net

Lot to see in my 1,000 articles with a lot on finding lost roads, mines, and ghost towns. Oh and the crows who are why I started to blog over a decade ago.

Cheers to Bluesky!!