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Our Menageries and Other Northwest Species
I grew up in a household full of animals. Sure, there was an abundance of dogs and cats – even a canary and a couple of turtles (of the red-eared variety) – but most of what padded, scrabbled, and flew...
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J P Patches – Not Your Ordinary Clown
[Update, July 22nd, 2012; Chris Wedes died today at the age of 84. There are nice obituaries in both local papers; the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer. He meant a lot to a generation of folks...
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Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn – Evelyn Evelyn
This video has it all; unique animation, a snappy 30′s-style tune, and a twisted, satirical bent. From their bio: EVELYN and EVELYN NEVILLE are a songwriting duo performing original compositions on...
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Thunder on the Lake – Seattle Hydroplane Racing
Around our house the first weekend in August is our All-Star weekend, the annual game seven of our World Series. On Sunday, no plans are made, the big screen is turned on and turned up and only one...
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Curling: The Art of Throwing Rocks
I’ve been a big fan of Curling for a long time. Even living relatively close to the Canadian border, not alot of Curling is shown on TV except during the Winter Olympics, and even then it’s often at...
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Thanks JP. Signed, A Patches Pal
With apologies to the folks that are stopping in for a daily animation, but in addition to a full weekend working on Seafair stuff (more on that next week, perhaps) a Seattle icon died yesterday. My...
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Miscellaneous Shiny Things
This has been a very full week around the Crow household and the next few days are going to be non-stop. Generally, when Mrs Crow is gone (in this case to dog-sit for one of the kids until Saturday) my...
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The Song for Rain
In celebration of the rain’s return, a wonderful little short by Zheng Yawen. I grew up here in Seattle and, like many of my fellow damp and mildewed citizens, I tend to get kind of squirrely if we go...
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