Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Beka Compton Alicia Walker, owner of Locally Nourished, chats with customers during her Monday morning opening. Now located at 217 E Main, the cafe features cookies, cupcakes, quiches and scones made with locally-sourced ingredients. They also offer espresso, smoothies, and boba....
Dayton's Boldman House Museum hosted its annual Quilts in the Garden exhibit last weekend....
The kids led the Dayton Day Parade on their decorated and colorful bikes. A great start to a great parade on a sunny day in Columbia County....
This property on Wilson Hollow Road is always neat as a pin. The photographer loves the well-maintained grass in the gullies behind the buildings. They stunningly define the shapes of the hills and crops under the May skies....
Remember the tree that blocked off W 2nd Street (Highway 124) after a recent windstorm? The tree made its way to local miller Ed Lambert, who has been busy making beautiful planks from the trunk....
Waitsburg from Middle Waitsburg Road, after last weeks unexpected, late spring snow. The city and valley saw snow, sleet, hail, sun, wind, and blue skies all in one day....
A powerful wind storm this the Touchet Valley this last Monday and Tuesday with winds reaching up to 60 mph. This tree was pulled from the roots and fell across Highway 124 in Waitsburg on Monday, April 4....
Coming soon. Ready for even more green and the sweet scent of Locust blossoms? In about three weeks, this is what it will look like on Sapolil road…at least it did A few years ago....
American 35 is busting through the walls, literally! Tom and Judy Bennett are letting the light in as they prepare for the restaurant's opening day coming soon!...
"Green is for Saint Paddy's Day". It does not get any greener than right after an early spring rain over short winter wheat in the Touchet River valley. What better place to celebrate St. Patricks Day than right here in our own verdant Waitsburg neighborhood. This photo of the Shriner's Farm was shot from Ferris Road near Lower Waitsburg Road. Enjoy the green while it lasts....
This little guy looked a little dazed after hitting his head on the ice, helping to break up the ice on Rainbow Lake last Monday to get ready for the March 1st opening at Tucannon Lakes....
WAITSBURG-Three Waitsburg kindergarteners are playing in the Walla Walla indoor soccer league at Blue Ridge Elementary. Coach Chelsie Abel also has one player from Dayton and five from Walla Walla on her team. The team practices once a week and plays games on Saturdays. They started January 22 and their last game is on March 5th. In her first year as an indoor soccer coach, Abel stated "It is so much fun!"...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission voted January 27 to permanently close access to potentially dangerous areas at the park after four deaths in recent years. The closure includes the Castle Rock formation not far from the top of the falls. It attracts hikers and rock climbers creating a significant safety hazard. The park has been unsuccessful in keeping visitors from leaving the trail leading to the permanent closure....
Although winter is starting to melt away, remnant drifts remind us of our recent big snow and decorate the hills with elegant accents. Driving back from "town" via Spring Creek on Monday was a feast for the photographer's eyes. This scene was shot from Ferris Road near its intersection with Middle Waitsburg Road - which someday may actually reopen for through traffic!...
Columbia County and Walla Walla County voters will have the chance to support area schools, including those in Prescott, Waitsburg and Dixie in the February special election. Districts are asking voters for new or renewed levies that pay for programs not funded by the state. Please vote and return your ballot by Feb. 8....
"Foggy Day in Waitsburg", January 14, 2022. The fog crept in on little cats' feet...or something like that. I always head out when it is foggy, and am never disappointed with what I capture in camera....
Snow put a whole different look on this favorite scene on Lower Hogeye Road, shared in this space several weeks ago. We may dislike driving in and shoveling the stuff, but it certainly dresses up a landscape....
Waitsburg residents and supporters came together to put on a holiday parade Saturday night. With less than a month to plan, build floats, advertise, or warm up our singing voices, the heARTfelt parade brightened up the holiday. Many thanks to those who made this little Christmas miracle happen!...
The sunrises and sunsets have been particularly spectacular the past few days. Fortunately, the photographer saw this happening as he headed home from a quick trip to the store. He zoomed up the Middle Waitsburg Road to capture the sunset over one of his favorite eyebrows....
"This has been a favorite scene to photograph since 2013, located on the bridge across the Touchet a few miles east of town."...
"Up on Barger Road"... A favorite scene on Barger Road, located eight miles northwest of Waitsburg....
The photographer was up in Hogeye Hollow a few days ago and said it was just gorgeous, the best he'd ever seen the place. The red Hackberry and yellow Cottonwoods had never turned at the same time, but this year they did....
Planting winter wheat on Middle Waitsburg Road. October 14, 2021. And then it rained!...
The clouds framing this farm on Ferris Road, near the intersection at Lower Waitsburg Road caught the attention of the photographer last week. "Shriner's Hospitals for Children. Serving the specialty healthcare needs of children around the world since 1992," is on a sign in front of the farm reminding us of kindness and care....
Millrace Road is closed for the next month as crews from Colbert Construction start the Millrace Grade Improvement Project. This is the last section of the Main Street Corridor project, wrapping up more than a decade of improvements....
