Meet Blossom 🌸
A new cider spritz, just in time for spring. She’s botanical, fruity, and low abv ✨ Layered with dried currant, blueberry, and hints of lavender.
Available on tap, in 4pks to go and online starting Friday, April 24th. Stay tuned!
#madronecider #cider #sanjuanisland
Here’s one from Sunday evening for #TidesOutTuesday. #Sunset over the #SalishSea was spectacular! A little #Nature to fix things up! #AmericanCamp #SanJuanIsland #PNW
#WashingtonState
J Pod moved up the west side of San Juan Island yesterday. Here are some of them.
#srkw #wssji #sanjuanisland #orca #killerwhale
Red foxes at Friday Harbor, blending into the island’s fields and forests with their bright coats and curious personalities. Though not native, they’ve settled in over the years.
#FridayHarbor #SanJuanIsland #RedFox #WildlifeWatch #PNW #photography
A Washington seascape at sunset. © Katie Jones
Spreading a little beauty on your Monday morning. Sunset in the San Juan Islands.
#sunset #landscape #landscapephotography #sanjuanisland #seascape
at 15:46 on 1/29/26 Bigg's calls were heard. You can rewind the Youtube feed at www.youtube.com/thewhalemuse... to hear them. #WSSJIS #killerwhale #orca #sanjuanisland
#McMillinMausoleum #AfterglowVista #SanJuanIsland #FridayHarbor #RocheHarbor #WashingtonState #PNWHistory #HistoricLandmark #MasonicSymbols #HiddenGems #photography #travelphotography #landscapephotography #pnwphotography #photooftheday #instagood #wanderlust #explorewashington
The Whale Museum live stream look & listen for #Orcas
Camera top of lighthouse at #LimeKilnPoint State Park, #SanJuanIsland, #Washington, hydrophone is just off of the lighthouse,maintained by #WhaleMuseum & consultants #FridayHarbor,WA
Lime Kiln hydrophone link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8-T...
@orcawatcher.bsky.social made a horse friend on our walk earlier today after feeding it some grass 🐴🫶🏻
#horses #farm #sanjuanisland
Old Laundry cabin at sunset, American Camp, San Juan Island
A lovely #Sunset a couple of nights back. Looking across the Strait of Juan De Fuca to the Olympic Mountains.
#Nature #Photography
#AmericanCamp #SanJuanIsland
Official Ballot Dropbox at the San Juan County Courthouse in Friday Harbor WA. It’s covered in a somewhat garish stars and stripes design, but you get used to it.
When I slide my ballot into the Official Ballot Dropbox at the San Juan County Courthouse, I often post yet another photo of it.
Predictable? Yes.
Any better thing to be predictable about? No.
#BallotBox #ElectionDay #SanJuanCountyCourthouse #SanJuanIsland #IslandLife #MyIslandLife #IGetToLiveHere
L Pod heard on the Lime Kiln hydrophone this afternoon at 2:07p! Trick or treat!
#WSSJI #orca #srkw #sanjuanisland #killerwhale
T109As at Cattle Point, San Juan Island this summer.
#sanjuanisland #killerwhale #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #orca #biggs #pnw
A protective conduit is strung onto the fiber-optic cable on San Juan Island, Wash., Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)AP
An orca swims past a whale watching boat in the San Juan Islands, Wash., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)AP
Orca-saving experiment launches off the San Juan Islands
#SanJuanIsland #Orcas #Washington #USA 🇺🇸 #UniversityOfWashington #Blackfish #Cetaceans #Whales #Marinelife #SouthernResidentOrcas
#AnimalWelfare #Science #AnimalRights #Oceans #DAS #USpoli #Oregon
www.oregonlive.com/environment/...
I was out on a hike to one of my favorite beaches last night, at sunset and the light was refracting off the logs, creating an incredible #Glow I thought, too bad for #BlueSkyArtShow- but alas, the week is not over. :-)
#PNW #SanJuanIsland #Sunset
#Photography #Nature
#AmericanCamp #SJI
Fall Beach
In the middle of a 20mile bike ride on Orcas Island got some freezing speedo time. #speedo #washington #fridayharbor #sanjuanisland
Electric buggy to tour the island. It was a bit bumpy but a lot of fun.
#FridayHarbor #SanJuanIsland #PugetSound #pnw
Overcast day. High tide at Jackson Beach on San Juan Island. This row of birds was spread out along the water’s edge.
High tide.
Shift change.
#HighTide #JacksonBeach #SanJuanIsland #MyIslandLife #IslandLife #IGetToLiveHere
September brings lunch service on Sundays, happy hour for days, and our favorite time of year for drinks in the wine garden.
Come on by the bar:
Sundays: 12-4pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 3-8pm
Friday & Saturday: 1-9pm
#SanJuanIsland #FridayHarbor #SanJuanIslands @visitsanjuans
The wool shed at the San Juan County fairgrounds next to Friday Harbor WA; a long, low, barn-red building with white trim and, during the fair, a wood cutout of a sheep painted white with black legs and face and the text WOOL SHED fibers & textiles.
Interior of the San Juan County fairgrounds wool shed, viewed down the length of the building. Painted white, fluorescent overhead lighting, and bare cement floor. Textile arts entries are displayed in alcoves along the sides (some visible in the photo) and on central tables.
The #SanJuanCountyFair #WoolShed, a long, low, barn-red building on the fairgrounds. So much time and effort go into entrants' projects.
The underlying privilege isn't lost on me: discretionary funds pay for materials; weeks or months transform materials into art. Even on beautiful #SanJuanIsland.
Quilt entry displayed in the San Juan County Fair wool shed
Quilt entry displayed in the San Juan County Fair wool shed
Quilt entry displayed in the San Juan County Fair wool shed
Quilt entry displayed in the San Juan County Fair wool shed
As a practical matter, quilts may be the most challenging projects to photograph in the San Juan County Fair wool shed. These are just a few examples of magnificent entries displayed there.
#SanJuanCountyFair #SanJuanIsland #WoolShed #Quilting #Quilts
Crocheted amigurumi of Bernie Sanders, complete with face mask and colorwork mittens from his photo at Joe Biden's inauguration
Crocheted colorwork drawstring hood in forest greens and tans
Crocheted amigurumi mouse holding a blue, green-stemmed flower in its front paws. A tulip? Adorable in gray with pink ears, nose, and paws.
Circular crocheted shawl in teals and black/dark gray
Crocheted entries on display in the wool shed at the San Juan County Fair. Each of these brought a smile to my face, particularly the amigurumi.
#SanJuanCountyFair #SanJuanIsland #WoolShed
Freya Vaughn in The Write Tent at the San Juan County Fair, writing poems for people.
Photo of this poem: Vital yarn, its own origins and memories - finite even in its flexibility We choose, cast on, Decide, insert, and the course is set. Neurons support the wrap, Dexterous fingers at the end of willing excited paths pull then transfer and the transmission is complete, ready to lovingly repeat. In the dusk of day, long after golden hour's glow, we find a drop stitch - the gap the loss the fates know well - death the final drop stitch that we can only bind off - a loop never to be caught again - uneditable. We Homo Fiber delight in design, form motifs, configure, edit, imprint and arrange only if attending - and attention is a moral act - rife with consequence. 8/16/2025 @writebrainarts For the love of knitters
I sat with Freya in The Write Tent at the San Juan County Fair. We found that Cat Bordhi had had a role in both our lives, and it tugged at heartstrings. Then, she wrote For the Love of Knitters.
#SanJuanCountyFair #SanJuanIsland #WriteBrainArts #FreyaVaughn #TheWriteTent #PoemsForPeople
Shawl-collar cardigan in an artful arrangement of rainbow colors
Detailed colorwork sweater in cool blues, tans, and cream
A pair of gloves knit in bright multicolored stripes
Stunning shawl in art deco geometrics and elegant colors
You can find knitted entries on display in the wool shed at the San Juan County Fair. I’m always interested to see what projects brought joy to local knitters.
#SanJuanCountyFair #SanJuanIsland #WoolShed
The speckled blue pottery “potions bottle” from Hal’s Mystical Makings that I found at the San Juan County Fair. Seen here with the sack bearing the shop’s logo.
The speckled blue pottery “potions bottle” from Hal’s Mystical Makings that I found at the San Juan County Fair. It’s just under 3.5 inches tall (including cork).
The speckled blue pottery “potions bottle” from Hal’s Mystical Makings that I found at the San Juan County Fair. It’s just under 3.5 inches tall (including cork).
Hal’s Mystical Makings’ booth at the 2025 San Juan County Fair on San Juan Island WA.
The San Juan County Fair opened today on San Juan Island. There, I immediately found this lovely little pottery “potions bottle” from @Hals_Mystical_Makings. It came home with me. 😀
#SanJuanCountyFair #SanJuanIsland #HalsMysticalMakings #Pottery #Potions
Decayed pipe with jagged, broken holes sticking out of Jackson Beach at low tide. Seen here looking along its length toward Griffin Bay.
Interior view of the decayed pipe sticking out of Jackson Beach at low tide. Seen here looking inland from Griffin Bay, with sun shining through ragged, broken holes.
Interior view of the decayed pipe sticking out of Jackson Beach at low tide. Seen here looking toward Griffin Bay in the distance, with sun shining through ragged, broken holes.
Interior view of the decayed pipe sticking out of Jackson Beach at low tide. Seen here looking inland from Griffin Bay, with sun shining through ragged, broken holes.
Low tide exposes this decayed pipe at Jackson Beach on San Juan Island. I stuck my phone inside for some post-apocalyptic photos.
#JacksonBeach #SanJuanIsland #IslandLife #MyIslandLife #IGetToLiveHere
A forked madrona tree stands in the foreground. It's main upright trunk is bright red-orange, having shed most of its bark. To its left are two smaller trunks, both of which show some red and some remaining gray-brown bark. A lighthouse in the distance is perfectly framed between those smaller trunks. It sits on a rocky shoreline above the blue-green Salish Sea. The lighthouse itself is a square white building with red roof, behind which is the tower - also white with a gray walkway around the glass. An orange roof tops the tower.
A little madrona #tree magic from #sanjuanisland for #Stunday. #lighthouse #pnw
Westcott Bay Shellfish Co. + Madrone = The Perfect Pairing on San Juan Island. What would you add?
#pnw #sanjuanisland #sanjuanislands #visitsanjuans #drinklocal #pnwfoodie #craftcider #washingtonwine #ciderlover #madrone
