Spencer Jack Meets His Great-Grandparents & Equally Great Uncle

I've had a long day, today, in Seattle, at the Fremont Sunday Market. I'm pretty much in a sorta yin yang mode, at the point where I am a bit more than 50% of my stay here. I fly back to HEAT in 18 days. Every one here is counting down that ticker. Or so it seems. I feel so welcome. I may return some day.

I'm loving Tacoma. My little sister is great. Though she is exhibiting some disturbing signs of some behavior semblances that match our oldest sister, my youngest sister seems to be trying, really trying, to keep it in check.

Lest she becomes our mother, who we dearly dearly love, but whom we all wish not to emulate.

My other sister, Kristin, is even greater. I just love that girl. She is so darn cute and funny. I could go on a road trip with her tomorrow and never come back.

So, on Saturday, myself, my little sister and my new favorite sister, Kristin, all headed north to meet, well, me to meet, my Grand Nephew, Spencer Jack for the first time. My mom and dad, Spencer's Great Grandparents, had also never met Spencer.

It all ended up being an episode worthy of Dallas or Dynasty. Our favorite ex-sister-in-law, Spencer's Grandma, Cindy, showed up, to the delight of all who had not seen her in a long time. Then one of my favorite, if not my favorite nephews, Joey, showed up. There was a lotta drama amongst it all, but in the end, Spencer Jack showed up and he put on a show for us all, including me, and I'm thinking my Uncle Powers are still strong.

The Clear Lake Mannequin Murders

Yesterday's journey to my old hometown zone to see my little Grand Nephew, Spencer Jack, went well. For the most part.

A couple of Spencer Jack's Old Crone Aunts wore on my nerves, just like they always do. But I'm used to that, for the most part.

Though I'm not around such types when I'm in Texas and it is a tad jarring to expose oneself to a pathology one generally avoids, I survived the few hours exposure to the extreme negativity and likely will not have any of that radiation exposure again for several years. Maybe a decade.

I am always such a naive optimist that I somehow think the Old Crones will somehow someday cease being such tiresome bitter nags. But, I think only extensive therapy and perhaps some potent meds could render some people's bad side neutralized. What I do know for certain is that it is in ones best interest to avoid toxic people as much as one can.

I don't have time this morning to Blog about Saturday in all its gory detail. I'm up early to go to Fremont Sunday Market again with Lulu.

But, I had to share a news story my nephew Joey and his mom, my favorite ex-sister-in-law, Cindy, told us yesterday. Joey lives in this little town called Clear Lake. As long as I can remember there's been this funny, slightly creepy thing in one Clear Laker's yard. That being this guy would dress up all these mannequins to suit the season. Like for 4th of July they'd be all red, white and blue.

Well, in the past week the mannequin family was brutally murdered. A makeshift memorial has grown up at the crime scene, much like what I saw up in Oklahoma City at the Murrah Memorial.

Below, from the Skagit Valley Herald (a much better paper, in a little bitty town, than the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in a, supposedly, big town) is an amusing, albeit sad telling of the tragic crime and its aftermath.

By TAHLIA GANSER Staff Writer
CLEAR LAKE — What started as a plus-sized bust has ended as part of a disturbing crime scene.

More than 15 years ago, Jamie Lanning was working at the Sedro-Woolley dump when he discovered a large foam dressmaker’s torso. The bust, which Lanning said “put Dolly Parton to shame” begged for the rest of its womanly body.

A short time after, amidst the unwanted heaps of trash, he found a fiberglass woman’s head. Later he discovered a fiberglass waist and legs sticking out of a JC Penney’s trash bin.

With a slight “reduction,” and some metal bar reinforcements, the busty Clear Lake mannequin Lucille was born and installed on Lanning’s front lawn.

She was eventually joined by a male mannequin that Lanning named “Will.” When Lanning learned that he was going to be a grandpa, he used a basketball stuffed under the dress of another female mannequin he named Jill to represent the child who would become Zachary, now 10.

When Zachary was born, a child-sized mannequin joined the family as all three greeted motorists passing by Lanning’s home on Highway 9, on the south side of Clear Lake. Lanning and his long-time girlfriend, Barbara Rumsey, would laugh at drivers’ reactions to the mannequin family.

The couple will laugh no more at drivers gawking at the mannequin family.

In a “vicious” attack Saturday night vandals used hammers or bats to beat Lucille, Will and the boy mannequin Lanning named “Zach,” after his grandson. Will and Zach were damaged beyond repair.

Lucille suffered the least damage of the family, but was turned by the vandals to view the grim site of Will and Zach’s dismembered limbs strewn across Lanning’s yard.

A hole in Will’s neck revealed his mannequin innards. His arm, tattooed with a heart and the name “Rosie,” stuck out of Lucille’s red pants. His head was scalped. Zach’s face was severed from the rest of his youthful body, still dressed in a blue soccer shirt. All of his fingers, except for the middle one, were broken off his right hand, and the left hand lay fingerless. His leg was placed in a compromising pose with Will.

“We’ve had vandalism before, but it has come to an end here,” the 80-year-old Lanning said as he looked at the crime scene from his wheelchair Monday afternoon. “They’re done for.”

He discovered the bludgeoning Sunday morning, after the late-night attack.

Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bart Moody responded to the crime scene shortly after.

“Of course we would like to catch someone doing stuff like this,” said Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt. “Right now we have no leads, and there is no evidence of who did this and no witnesses.”

Reminiscing on the lives of Lucille, Will, Zach and Jill, who was stolen years ago, Rumsey paged through several of her 20 photo albums, each filled with faded photos of the fiberglass family. Each one pictures the family standing in various poses and different coordinated outfits.

Mount Vernon, Washington & Mount Vernon, Texas

In a couple hours everyone in this house, including the poodle boys, will be heading north to the Skagit Valley. I moved to Texas from the Washington town called Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is the Big City in the Skagit Valley.

There is also a Mount Vernon in Texas. There are likely a lot of Mount Vernon's all over the country. The Washington Mount Vernon has about 30,000 people living in it. It's in a very scenic setting with the Skagit River running through town, mountains to the east and farmland to the west. Farmland that can be very colorful in the spring when the valley floor is covered with tulips, daffodils, irises and rhododendrons in bloom.

Mount Vernon these days is a very successful little town. A few years back one of those Best in America type lists named Mount Vernon "The Best Small Town in America." CNN showed up among others. Fort Worth had a city wide celebration when an obscure D.C. lobbying group named Fort Worth one of the nation's top 10 most livable communites. CNN did not show up. Nor did any other legit news entity. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram did cover this bogus award with their patented breathless wonder. Like I said, no legit news entity covered Fort Worth's shining moment.

Back in the early 1970s Mount Vernon was not doing as well as it is now. The town of Leavenworth in eastern Washington had transformed itself into a hugely successful tourist town. Civic leaders in Mount Vernon came up with the goofy idea of turning Mount Vernon into a Colonial America type town, with the only reason being that the town was named after George Washington's house.

Before common sense prevailed a couple businesses remodeled with a Colonial look. And a festival sprung up around George's birthday that including a re-enactment of Washington's famous river crossing at Valley Forge. It was all bizarre. I remember watching a messy cherry pie eating contest. One of the saddest victims of the Mount Vernon Colonial era was the Mount Vernon High School band. They spent a small fortune on very goofy new uniforms that were made to look like Revolutionary War uniforms, including tri-corner hats. They were stuck with those awful uniforms for years.

Mount Vernon, Texas is a bit smaller than the Washington version with only 2,286 people. The Texas Mount Vernon existed long before Washington had even managed to become a state, let alone the Washington Mount Vernon manage to become a town. The Texas Mount Vernon has a bit more historical significance than the Washington version.

The Choctaw Trail runs through the Texas Mount Vernon's town center. The Bankhead Highway, which was the United State's first east/west transcontinental highway, remains Mount Vernon's Main Street. The Cherokee Trace runs along the towns eastern edge.

If you don't know what the Choctaw and Cherokee Trails are, Google it.

There are multiple historical markers in the Texas Mount Vernon. I don't know of any in the Washington version. The Texas Mount Vernon has over 65 homes designated as historic. I don't think the Washington Mount Vernon has any of those either.

So, there you go, the Tale of Two Mount Vernons, one of which I will be seeing in a short while.

Tacoma Meth & Me

One of my Tacoma acquaintances has a son who has a good, responsible job in Hawaii. He works for 5 months in a row and then he gets 5 weeks off, during which the company will fly him anywhere he wants to go.

During his 5 weeks off my acquaintance's son always chooses to come home to Tacoma. He'll stay with his mom and dad for a couple days. And then disappear, drawn back in to Tacoma's meth drug culture.

This is a kid who, til a few years back, would have nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. But, for some reason some how he discovered this meth stuff. Unlike most meth users this kid can get on and off the stuff.

His most recent meth bender ended a couple days ago. I saw him yesterday. I was shocked. He looked like he'd been beat up, battered all over, open sores, black eyes.

I can't imagine doing this to yourself. He said the wounds hurt. They looked like a bad infection ready to happen. I feel sorry for his mom and dad, watching them try and cope with this.

His mom made some reference to the damage and the kid said it's the price for having fun.

Very disturbing. Life sentences need to be the norm for whoever makes and sells this meth stuff.

Seafood At Steamers in Tacoma

Today Tacoma started out gloomy, wet and cold. By mid-day the gloom had lifted. By late afternoon summer had returned. By 6pm I was in a restaurant looking out at blue sky blue water splendor in a part of Tacoma I'd not been to before. Titlow beach.

I don't know why this beach has such a name. You'd think this would be the name of a nude beach. But at Titlow beach there are a couple places to eat, among other things, like hiking trails, parks and a big public swimming pool.

My mom and dad have been wanting Pacific Northwest type seafood. That usually means dungeness crab, clams (either horseshoe or razor), clam chowder and cod or halibut.

So, tonight my sister and Kristin took me and Mom and Dad to a place called Steamers. It was right at sea level with good views of the water and the Tacoma Narrows Bridges. The tide was changing so we got to watch boats struggle against the current.

Steamers is one of those order at the front, find a seat and the food is delivered to you type places. We got halibut and chips, cod and chips, coconut shrimp with Caesar salad and clam chowder.

It was the best seafood I've had since August of 2004, when Lulu and I went out to Ocean Shores, on the Pacific, and had really good cod and razor clam chowder. Steamers cup of chowder comes in an actual cup. That's the coffee cup looking thing you see in the photo.

Steamers was very busy. And it was early. There is an outdoor dining area that looked inviting. But my mom thought she'd get cold. She was wrong. I don't recollect food arriving so quickly as it did tonight at Steamers. I'm telling you it was only a couple minutes. It was all good, totally non-greasy.

I'd go back. I don't often say that.

After Steamers my sister drove us across the Tacoma Narrows to Gig Harbor. Gig Harbor has grown a lot since I last saw it. They are very particular in Gig Harbor. All the new development is very well designed and has to meet exacting standards, as in it blends in with the trees, has a matching look and the roads are all heavily landscaped with elaborate round-about traffic circles to make it all flow easy. No garish signs. As in the McDonald's has no golden arches and is very very muted with a woodsy style of architecture. Would you guess that's a McDonald's in the photo?

Seeing Spencer Jack

That last time I was up in Washington was April of 2006. I had a primary reason to be here at that time, with the secondary reason being to attend the wedding of my oldest nephew, Jason to a sweet, funny, good-natured, likable, pretty young lady named Jenny.

About a year and a half later Spencer Jack was born, making my brother and my favorite ex-sister-in-law, grandparents. And my mom and dad great-grandparents.

My mom and dad were unable to attend the wedding. They have not met Spencer Jack. Nor have I.

Spencer Jack is so named because someone told my impressionable nephew that you can not go wrong naming your oldest kid after your richest relative. So, Spencer was given the same name as my ex-wife's last name. It's very confusing.

Tomorrow Spencer Jack's Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa will see him for the first time. It will also be the first time Spencer Jack gets to meet his favorite Great Uncle. That's me.

We will be meeting Spencer Jack up in the Skagit Valley at a place called Bay View State Park. Spencer Jack's dad will be real busy tomorrow due to his Jason's Grub restaurant being in Anacortes and it being the weekend of the Anacortes Arts & Crafts Festival.

We currently do not know who is bringing Spencer Jack out to Bay View. It may be his Uncle Joey. Or my ex-sister-in-law. Or someone else. It'd be nice if Spencer's mom could bring him out if his dad was not available.

So where is Spencer Jack's mother in this picture? Well, I'm glad you asked. In a turn of events none of us saw coming, my nephew is in the process of being divorced from the adorably sweet, kind, good-hearted, nice girl he married.

I hope my nephew will someday be as friendly with his ex-wife as I am with mine. I've not seen my ex since the aforementioned wedding. She'll be there tomorrow. It's hard to get divorced in my family. They just don't let you go. I wonder if this has anything to do with why I moved to Texas?

Lulu & Durango at Pioneer Square, Fremont & Lacey

This morning I went over to Lulu's, on the dark side of Tacoma. Dark, today, due to her side of town still being cloudy and dripping, while my north side of town had returned to blue skies. Lulu's zone of Tacoma is generally more gloomy than my end of town.

While Lulu and I consulted, I made 100s of these bubble magnet things til the fumes from the resin started making my throat constrict. I'd never experienced anything like it before. Perhaps it was not the resin, but rather the possibly toxic dust-laden air in Lulu's work space that put me near respiratory failure.

All I know for certain is when I left Lulu's, lung function seemed to quickly return to normal.

While I was still able to breathe, Lulu told me my schedule for the remainder of my time up north. Lulu & Durango will be making another appearance at the Fremont Sunday Market, this coming Sunday. Depending how that goes, this may be Durango's final Fremont appearance.

Then on Thursday, Lulu & Durango will be where Seattle began, Pioneer Square. We will be at Occidental Park for First Thursday's Art in the Park.

According to the Pioneer Square website...

"Discover Seattle’s most talented emerging artists at Art in the Park on First Thursdays, February through December. Grab a latte, stroll through historic Occidental Park, and immerse yourself in the Emerald City's vibrant independent art scene."

Seattle's Pioneer Square covers over 20 blocks of Romanesque/Victorian buildings. There are more than 30 galleries, over 200 shops, nightclubs, lots of restaurants. And coffee houses. Pioneer Square is sort of like the West End in Dallas, only much bigger, much more going on. And with no Presidential Assassination site.

The other appearance by Lulu & Durango will be at a show in Lacey. That's down near Olympia. I don't remember the name of the Lacey show. I think it is next Saturday. Lacey, Washington is like Fort Worth, Texas. Both have a Cabela's. Only Lacey didn't have to bend over backwards, with bribes, to get one. And, unlike Fort Worth, Cabela's did not tell Lacey that their Cabela's store would be the #1 Tourist Attraction in Washington, while Fort Worth fell for the con that their Cabela's store would be the #1 Tourist Attraction in Texas. One would think real Texans would have found such an assertion somehow insulting. But they didn't.

Anyway. See you at Fremont, Pioneer Square or Lacey. Or any combo of.

Gas Below 4 Bucks in Washington

Last Saturday the Puyallup Indian Tribe lowered the gas price at their casino station to $3.99. This caused long long lines at their gas pumps. Lulu and I filled up her van there in the wee hours of Sunday. The lines were short at that time.

Now, moving forward just a few days, the price here in the Puget Sound zone has fallen under $4 all over. People seem thrilled, near as I can tell, from what I read in the paper, hear on the radio, see on TV and in person.

Which leads me to wonder if we are not a nation of easily manipulated sheep. I remember when I moved to Texas, in 1999, filling up in Amarillo. Gas was $.77 a gallon. Two years later I was driving back to the Northwest for my mom and dad's 50th anniversary. Gas in Amarillo was $1.19.

On that trip I needed gas in La Grange, Oregon. It was $1.79. I'd never seen such high gas prices. I did not fill the tank, figuring it'd be cheaper when I got to a less isolated spot. It wasn't. By the time I passed through Amarillo again, a month later, gas was $1.39 a gallon.

A couple years ago gas was hovering in the 2 buck zone. I was down in Dinosaur Valley at the state park. People were abuzz with the fact that a gas price war had broken out in the nearby town of Glen Rose. Two stations were selling the evil liquid for $1.50 a gallon. I filled up. There weren't lines waiting to get the cheap gas.

A year or so ago, (it's easy to lose track of time regarding the ever rising price of gas) gas had gone over $2. People were not happy. And then it went back down under $2 and people were so grateful.

Which leads me to the point of what I'm rambling about. As in it seems we are being constantly conditioned to accept ever higher prices. It goes up suddenly and we are appalled. And then the price drops a bit and we are so happy. And then the cycle repeats.

It's like some clever manipulator somewhere is gleefully amazed that they are so easily conditioning people to paying an amount per gallon that is beyond their fondest hopes of what they could get away with.

I think the same clever manipulator must be handling the milk prices too.

Rain Rain Rain in Tacoma

Yesterday started out fine, here in Tacoma. Around 2 in the afternoon I was at Point Defiance and I saw part of The Mountain, as in Mount Rainier, out, as in the bottom half was not covered by clouds.

By early evening rain began to fall. It does not often rain in the Puget Sound region in summer. This was like the type rain that bedevils the northwest during the other 3 seasons, particularly winter.

And now, this morning, it is still raining, raining hard. Dark, cold, gloomy and wet. Sort of like a weather metaphor for how I am feeling about just about every aspect of my existence.

In the photo you are looking at my yoga and grocery shopping partner, Kristin, and the 2 poodles in our care, Max & Blue. It's so gloomy here, even using the flash could not get the photo any brighter.

Meanwhile, in Fort Worth, the skies are clear, it is 86 at 7 am, heading towards a high of 102. Yesterday got to 106. Here, in Tacoma, I think it got to 66, yesterday. Brrrrr. My sister found a knitted ski type cap for me to wear, at all times, to help keep me warmer. I am so grateful. It's the small things that matter when you battle the elements in a difficult climate.

Washington Farmers Markets

One of my pet peeves about where I live in North Texas is there is not the bounty of fresh produce, grown locally, that I was used to all my life prior to Texas, living in Washington.

Fort Worth will call the littlest, lamest thing a Farmers Market. It's just sort of embarrassing. Just in Tacoma there are several Farmers Markets. Just today downtown had its weekly Farmers Market, to which my Mom and Dad and Kristin went, buying way too many berries, which I can smell being turned into jam even as I type.

Anyway, below is a list of Washington's Farmers Market, complete with all the info you'd need to find it.

Airway Heights Farmers Market
13100 W 14th Ave, Hwy 2 @ Lawson
Friday, 9am-1pm, June 6-October 10
Lori Musgrave (509) 235-6707

Anacortes Farmers Market
Depot Arts Center @ 7th & R Avenue
Saturday, 9am-2pm, May 17-October 10, Nov. 8 and Nov. 22
Keri Knapp (360) 293-7922 http://www.anacortesfarmersmarket.org/http://www.anacortesfarmersmarket.org/info@anacortesfarmersmarket.org

Bainbridge Island Farmers Market-
Eagle Harbor Church105 Winslow Way and Madison
Saturday, 10am-3pm, November 17-December 22
Susan Anemone 206-855-1500
http://www.bainbridgefarmersmarket.com/http://www.bainbridgefarmersmarket.com/info@bainbridgeislandfarmersmarket.com

Bainbridge Island Farmers Market -
Market SquareMarket Town Square @ 208 Madison &Winslow Way
Saturday, 9am-1pm, April 12-October 18 Eagle Harbor Church @ 105 Winslow Way & MadisonSaturday 10am-3pm, November 20-December 22
Susan Anemone 206-855-1500
http://www.bainbridgefarmersmarket.com/info@bainbridgeislandfarmersmarket.com

Battle Ground - Old Town Saturday Market
SE 2nd Ave. & East Main in Old Town
Saturday, 9am-3pm, April 12-October 18
Brenda Stanton, 360-576-9767
http://www.otbgsm.com/otbgsm@yahoo.com

Bayview Farmers Market
SR 525 and Bayview
Saturday, 10am-2pm, April 26-October 25
Michael Yocco (360) 321-2585 http://www.bayviewfarmersmarket.com/tribepotter@yahoo.com

Bellevue - Crossroads Farmers Market
156th Ave NE & NE 8th (Crossroads Bellevue parking lot)
Tuesday, Noon-5pm, May 27-October 7, 2008
Grant Davidson (425) 485-1042
http://www.crossroadsbellevue.com/gddman22@aol.com

Bellevue Farmers Market
1717 Bellevue Way NE (parking lot at First Presbyterian Church)
Thursday, 3pm-7pm, May 15-October 9
Lori Taylor (425) 454-8474 http://www.bellevuefarmersmarket.org/lori@bellevuefarmersmarket.org

Bellingham Farmers Market –
DowntownRailroad & Chestnut
Saturday, 10am-3pm, April through ChristmasFairhaven Village Green (behind Village Books) Wednesday, 3pm-7pm June 4-September 24
Robin Crowder (360) 647-2060 http://www.bellinghamfarmers.org/market@bellinghamfarmers.org

Bellingham Farmers Market –
FairhavenFairhaven Village Green (behind Village Books)
Wednesday, 3-7pm June 6-September 26
Robin Crowder (360) 647-2060 http://www.bellinghamfarmers.org/market@bellinghamfarmers.org

Bothell Farmers Market at Country Village
238th & Bothell-Everett Hwy (SR 527)
Friday, Noon-6pm, June 6-September 26
Nancy Stoll (425) 483-2250 ext.3
info@countryvillagebothell.com

Bremerton Farmers Market
1318 Park Ave @ Seaside Church
Thursdays, 4pm-7:30pm May 15-October 9
Tiffany Royal (360) 621-5934
bremertonmarket@gmail.com

Bridgeport Farmers MarketFireman’s Park
(10th and Columbia)
Friday, 8:30am-12:30pm, June 20-mid-October
Verla Groenveld (509) 686-3875
Verla_1999@yahoo.com

Burien Farmers Market
SW 152nd Street between 2nd SW & 6th SW
Thursday, 11am-6pm, May 8-October 9
Debra George (206) 941-7199
http://www.discoverburien.com/debrageorgemi@aol.com

Camas Farmers Market
5th Street between Birch and Cedar
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May 17-October 4
Carren Senn Walker360-838-1032
http://www.camasfarmersmarket.org/

Carnation Farmers Market
SR 203-Tolt Avenue & Bird Street
Tuesday, 3pm-7pm, May 13-September 30
Heidi Bohan (425) 333 6050 http://www.carnationfarmersmarket.org/info@carnationfarmersmarket.org

Cashmere–Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Riverside Park in Cashmere
Friday, 9am-1pm, July 11-September 26
Julie Mitchell (509) 668-0497 http://www.wenatcheefarmersmarkets.com/info@wenatcheefarmersmarkets.com

Centralia – Lewis County Farmers Market
Pine & Tower
Friday, 9am-3pm, May 2-September 12
Derrill Outland (360) 736-8977
dojo@compprime.com

Chehalis – Community Farmers Market
Boistfort Street
Tuesdays, Noon-5pm, June 10-October 21
Brenda Book (360) 880-9546 http://www.communityfarmersmarket.net/info@communityfarmersmarket.net

Chelan- Lake Chelan Valley Farmers Market
Johnson & Columbia (Chamber parking lot)
Saturday, 8am-1pm, June 7-October 25
Zachary Robertson (509) 679-4194
be_the_rock@hotmail.com

Cheney - Friday Farmers Market
1st & College
Friday, 11am-4:30pm, May 18-October 26
Rhonda Elliott (509) 559-5818

Colville – NE Washington Farmers Market
Corner of Main & Astor
Saturday, 8:30am-1pm, May 5-October 27
Sheryl McKee (509) 684-3306
saam@theofficenet.com

Colville Farmers Market
Oak St & 3rd Ave
Wednesday, Noon-6pm June 4-October 22
John Smith (509) 684-4404
brythstone@yahoo.com

Coupeville Farmers Market
Alexander and 8th Street
Saturday, 10am-2pm, April 5-October 11
Peg Tennant (360) 678-4288
coupevillemarket@aol.com

Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market
South End of the Des Moines Marina
Saturday, 10am-2pm, June 7-October 25
Rikki Marohl (206) 310-8040
http://www.dmfm.org/market@dmfm.org

Duvall Farmers Market
1st and Stella Street
Thursday, 3pm-7pm, June 5-October 2
Laurie Gilbertson (425) 788-1185 ext 402 http://www.duvallfarmersmarket.com/duvallfarmersmarket@msn.com

Orcas Island/East Sound Farmers Market
Eastsound Village Green (just north of the Historical Museum)
Saturday, 10am-3pm, May 3-September 27
Julie Miller (360) 376-4594 http://www.orcasislandfarmersmarket.org/farmerahab@rockisland.com

Edmonds Museum Farmers Market
5th Ave N & Bell Street
Saturday, 9am-3pm, May 3- June 28 and July 5-October 4
Jerry Freeland (425) 742-4512mailto:742-4512jjfreeland@aol.com

Ellensburg – Kittitas County Farmers Market
4th Avenue between Pearl & Pine
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May 3-October 25
Pam Grueter-Schmidt (509) 899-3870 http://www.kcfarmersmarket.com/kcfarmersmarket@yahoo.com

Ephrata Farmers Market
Sun Basin Plaza on Basin St
Saturday, 8am-Noon, June 14—October 25
Trish Hooper (509) 771-0383

Everett Farmers Market
1600 W Marine View Drive at 16th Street
Sunday, 11am-4pm, June 1-September 28
Tone Hutton (425) 258-3356
http://www.everettfarmersmarket.com/

Friday Harbor – San Juan Farmers Market
Courthouse parking lot @ 2nd & Blair
Saturday, 10am-1pm, April 26-October 25
Jane Burton-Bell (360) 378-237
2mailto:2grishakriv@gmail.com

Gig Harbor Farmers Market
Kimball Drive Park N Ride
Saturday, 8:30am-2pm, April 5-September 27
Dale Schultz, Chairman (253) 208-6296 http://www.gigharborfarmersmarket.com/mailto:pigs4112@aol.com

Gig Harbor Wednesday Farmers Market
Skansie Brothers Park (Downtown Gig Harbor on the Water)
Wednesday, 11am-4pm, June 4 - Aug 27
Dale Schultz, Chairman (253) 208-6296 http://www.gigharborfarmersmarket.com/
pigs4112@aol.com

Goldendale Saturday Market
Vern Markee Park at 903 E Broadway
Saturday, 9am-2pm, May 12-October 13
Earlene Sullivan (509) 773-7030

Ilwaco – Saturday Market
at The Port of IlwacoWaterfront Way
Saturday, 10am-3pm, May 3-September 27 Normandie Hand (360) 783-1143

Kelso Bridge Market
Allen Street & Pacific Avenue (under the Allen Street Bridge)
Sunday, 10am-3pm, May 6-September 30
Betty Erickson (360) 957-2515
http://www.kelso.gov/recreation/bridgemarket/
Betty.erickson@comcast.net

Kennewick Farmers Market
Kennewick Avenue & Auburn Street
Thursday, 4pm-8pm, June 7-October 25
Ann Steiger (509) 585-2301
ahsteiger@aol.com

Kent Farmers Market
2nd and Harrison Streets
Saturday, 9am-2pm, June7-September 27
Bill and Linda Westcott (253) 486-9316
kentfarmersmarket@hotmail.com

Key Peninsula Farmers Market
Corner of Key Peninsula Highway N and Olson St. in Key Center
Sunday, 12pm-4pm, June 22-September 28Tara Froode (253) 884-6350 http://kpfarmersmarket.org/default.aspxinfo@kpfarmersmarket.org

Kingston Farmers Market
Port of Kingston Marina Park
Saturday, 9am-2:30pm, April 19-October 11
Clinton Dudley (360) 297-7683 http://www.kingstonfarmersmarket.com/kingstonfarm@earthlink.net

Kirkland – Friday Night Market
at Juanita BeachJuanita Beach Park at 116th and 100th
Friday, 3pm-7pm, May 30-October 10
Sudie Elkayassi (425) 587-3347
SElkayssi@ci.kirkland.wa.us

Kirkland Wednesday Market
Park Lane East between 3rd & Main
Wednesday, 2pm-7pm, May 7-October 15
Jodi Bardinelli, Director (425) -893-8766 http://www.kirklandwednesdaymarket.org/info@kirklandwednesdaymarket.org

Lake Forest Park- Third Place Commons Farmers Market
Bothell Way NE & Hwy 104 Sunday, 11am-4pm, May 11 October 5
Grant Davidson (425) 485-1042
gddman22@aol.com

Langley – South Whidbey Tilth Farmers Market
Hwy 525 at Thompson Road
Saturday, 10am-2pm, May 3-October 25 Wednesday, 4pm- 6pm, June 18-September 3
Elizabeth Case-Smith (360) 320-0685 http://www.southwhidbeytilth.org/market@southwhidbeytilth.org

Leavenworth – Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Lions Park on Route 2 Tuesday, 9am-1pm, June 18-October (weather dependent)
Julie Mitchell (509) 668-0497
info@wenatcheefarmersmarket.com

Longview – Cowlitz County Community Farmers Market
Cowlitz County Fairgrounds at 7th & New York
Tuesday and Saturday, 9am-2pm, April-OctoberTerrence Miracle (360) 425-1297 http://www.cowlitzfarmersmarket.com/francesmiracle@msn.com

Mercer Island Farmers Market
SE 32nd Avenue @ Mercerdale Park (between 77th & 78th Ave S)
Sunday, 11am-3pm, August 10-October 12Callie Ridolfi (206) 403-8188 http://www.mifarmersmarket.org/callieridolfi@gmail.com

Millwood Community Farmers Market
Millwood Presbyterian Church (Knox & Marguerite)
Wednesday, 3pm-7pm, May 23-October 28
Craig Goodwin (509) 924-2350
dave-or-susan@msn.com

Monroe Farmers Market
200 block East Main Street, back parking lot
Tuesday, 2-7pm, June 3-September
Lynn Gose (360) 794-4926
gomonroemarket@aol.com

Mount Vernon Farmers Market
Downtown Mount Vernon
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May 31-October 11
Ron Farrell (360) 292-2648
http://www.mountvernonfarmersmarket.org/
mvfarmer1@hotmail.com

Mount Vernon Farmers Market
Skagit Valley Hospital at 1415 E Kincaid
Wednesday, 2:30- 5:30pm, June 4-September 24
Ron Farrell (360) 292-2648 http://www.mountvernonfarmersmarket.org/mvfarmer1@hotmail.com

Mukilteo Farmers Market
Rosehill Community Center at 3rd & Lincoln
Wednesday, 3pm-7pm, June 4-September 24
Cherri Paul (425) 418-6064 http://www.mukilteofarmersmarket.org/cmukilteo@msn.com

Newport – Pend Oreille Valley Farmers Market
3rd between Union and Washington
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May 3- November 1
Nephi White (509) 447-5470
nrw@intergate.com

Oak Harbor Public Market
Hwy 20 next to Visitor Center
Thursday, 4pm-7pm, May 24-September 27
Peg Tennant (360) 678-4288
oakharbormarket@yahoo.com

Okanogan Valley Farmers Market
American Legion Park
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May–OctoberStephanie Clark (509) 826-1259
smassieclark@msn.com

Olympia Farmers Market
Capitol Way & Market Street
Thursday-Sunday, 10am-3pm April-December (Saturday & Sunday only in November & December)
Charlie Haney (360) 352-9096
http://www.olympiafarmersmarket.com/manager-ofmarket@qwest.net

Omak – Okanogan Valley Farmers Market
Civic League Park at Central & Ash Streets
Tuesday, 3pm-7pm, June 5-October 30

Thanksgiving Market
Okanogan Grange, Tyee and 2nd2nd
Saturday in November
Debbie Mayberry (509) 826-5845
smassieclark@msn.com

Othello Farmers Market
Pioneer Park at 3rd & Main
Saturday, 8am-Noon, June- mid-October
Ann Sperl (509) 488-5700

Pasco Farmers Market
4th & Columbia
Wednesday & Saturday, 8am-Noon, May 5-October 27
Mike Somerville (509) 531-7274
threefinger@verizon.net

Port Angeles Farmers Market
Courthouse Parking Lot (4th and Peabody)
Saturday, 10am-2pm, All Year
Karen Bert (360) 928-0214 http://www.pafarmersmarket.net/karen02242003@yahoo.com

Port Angeles Farmers Market
location unknown at this time
Wednesday 3pm-6:30pm, June 18-October 1
Karen Bert (360) 928-0214
http://www.pafarmersmarket.net/pafarmersmarket@yahoo.com

Port Orchard Farmers Market
Harrison and Bay Street (June 30 at Bay Street & Fredrick Street)
April 28-October 13
Pam Moyer (360) 275-7105 http://www.pofarmersmarket.org/Krfma_personnel@yahoo.com

Port Townsend - Jefferson County Farmers Market
Location 1Uptown on Tyler & Lawrence
Saturday, 9:30am-1:30pm, May 3-November 15 (except May 17)
Wendie Dyson (360) 379-9098 http://www.ptfarmersmarket.org/info@ptfarmersmarket.org

Port Townsend -Jefferson County Farmers Market Location 2
Uptown on Polk & Lawrence
Wednesday, 3:30pm-6:30pm, June 11-September 24
Wendie Dyson (360) 379-9098
http://www.ptfarmersmarket.org/

Poulsbo Farmers Market
7th Avenue & Iverson (Poulsbo Village Medical/Dental Center)
Saturday, 9am-1pm, April 12-October 11
Jackie Aitchison (360) 779-6720 http://www.poulsbofarmersmarket.org/info@poulsbofarmersmarket.org

Prosser Farmers Market
Prosser City Park at 7th Street & Sommer Avenue
Saturday, 8am-Noon, May 3-October 25
Linda Hall (509) 786-9174 http://www.prosserfarmersmarket.com/lindakayhall@yahoo.com

Puyallup Farmers Market
Pioneer Park & Pavilion at Meridian & 4th Avenue SW
Saturday, 9am-2pm, May 3-October 25 Sunday, 10am-2pm, May 4- August 31
Janie Morris (253) 840-2631 http://www.puyallupmainstreet.com/farmersmarket@puyallupmainstreet.com

Raymond – Public Market
on the Willapa4th & Heath
Friday & Saturday 10am-5pm, Year round
Carol Dunsmoor (360) 942-2123
cdunsmoor@willapabay.org

Renton Farmers Market
S 3rd Street between Logan & Burnett
Tuesday, 3pm-7pm, June 3-September 16
Linda Middlebrooks (423) 679-1502 http://www.rentonfarmersmarket.com/jmidbk@aol.com

Richland – Market at the Parkway
The Parkway on Lee Blvd
Friday, 9am-1pm, June 6-September 26
Tara Erben (509) 946-3349

Roslyn Sunday Market
Pennsylvania Ave @ 1st St (SR 903)
Sunday, 10am-2pm, June 15-September 7
Jonine Collins (509) 649-2695
jonine@inlandnet.com

Sammamish Farmers Market
Next to city hall at NE 8th and 228th in Sammamish
Wednesday, 4pm-8pm, May 21-Oct 1
Heidi Bohan, 425-681-5541 http://www.sammamishfarmersmarket.org/info@sammamishfarmersmarket.org

Seattle – Ballard Farmers Market
Ballard Avenue NW between 20th NW & 22nd NW
Sunday, 10am-4pm (Winter 11am-3pm) All Year
Judy Kirkhuff (206) 782-2286 http://www.fremontmarket.com/ballard/master@seattlemarkets.org

Seattle – Broadway Sunday Farmers Market
Broadway & E Thomas
Sunday, 11am-3pm, May 11–November 23
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/broadwaychris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle – Columbia City Farmers Market
4801 Rainier Avenue S at Edmunds Street
Wednesday, 3pm-7pm, April 30–October 22
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/columbia_citychris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle – Lake City Farmers Market
Albert Davis Park at 125th & 28th Ave. NE
Thursday, 3pm-7pm, June June 5–October 16
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/lake_citychris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle – Madrona Farmers Market
East Union and MLK Jr. Way
Friday, 3pm-7pm, May 4-September 28
Judy Kirkhuff (206) 782-2286 http://www.fremontmarket.com/master@seattlemarkets.org

Seattle – Magnolia Farmers Market
Magnolia Community Center, 2550 34th Avenue W
Saturday, 10am-2pm June 7–October 25
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/magnoliachris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle - Phinney Farmers Market
Phinney Neighborhood Center (67th and Phinney Ave N)
Friday, 3pm-7pm, May 16-October 3
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/phinneychris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle – Pike Place Market
Pike Place between Pike Street & Virginia Street
Monday-Sunday 9am-6pm, Year Round
Noa O’Hare, Farm Program Manager (206) 774-5320
noa@pikeplacemarket.org

Seattle – Queen Anne Farmers Market
Queen Anne Community Center (1st Ave N and Crockett St)
Thursday, 3pm-7pm, June 14-September 27
Judy Kirkhuff (206) 782-2286 http://www.fremontmarket.com/queenanne/master@seattlemarkets.org

Seattle – University District Farmers Market
NE 50th Street & University Way NE
Saturday, 9am-2pm, Year RoundChris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/u_districtchris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org

Seattle- Wallingford Farmers Market
North 45th and Wallingford Ave
Wednesday, 3pm-7pm, May 16-September 26
Judy Kirkhuff (206) 782-2286 http://www.fremontmarket.com/wallingford/master@seattlemarkets.org

Seattle – West Seattle Farmers Market
California Avenue SW & SW Alaska
Sunday, 10am-2pm, Year Round
Chris Curtis (206) 547-2278 http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/

SeaTac Sunday Farmers Market
SeaTac City Hall parking lot (corner of So 188th St & Military Road So, off I-5)
Sunday, 11am-3pm, June 15–September 14
Trudy Olson (206) 973-4763 http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/services/seatacmarket.htmtolson@ci.seatac.wa.ustolson@ci.seatac.wa.us

Sedro Woolley Farmers Market
Hammer Heritage Square (Ferry and Metcalf)
Wednesday, 3pm-7pm, June-mid-October
Gilda Gorr (360) 724-3835
swfarmersmarket@fidalgo.net

Shelton Farmers Market
3rd Street between Cedar & Franklin
Saturday, 9am-2pm, May-September
Brittany Pouch (360) 426-6693 http://www.sheltonfarmersmarket.com/gigglinggoatgardens@yahoo.com

Silverdale – Peninsula Farmers Market
Silverdale Beach Hotel (Bucklin Hill Road)
Tuesday, 11am-4pm, April 22-September 30
Monica Phillips (360) 830-9565

Snohomish Farmers Market
Carnegie parking lot on Cedar between 1st & Pearl St
Thursday, 3pm-8pm, May 1-September 25Neil Landaas (360) 862-9087 http://www.snohomishmarkets.com/rockfish5@seanet.com

Spokane - Humble Earth Farmers Market
10505 NewportSunday, 10am-3pm, May 25-October 30
Christina Mitma (509) 230-8778
www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/

Spokane - Liberty Lake Farmers Market
1421 N Meadowwood (Liberty Square parking lot)
Saturday, 9am-1pm, May 17-October 11
Angela Pizelo (509) 879-4965 http://www.spokanemarkets.org/libertylakefarmersmarket@gmail.com

Spokane - South Perry Farmers Market
1317 East 12th
Thursday, 3pm-7pm, June 5-September 25
Christina Mitma (509) 876-2987
http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M11670annasherbs@yahoo.comannasherbs@yahoo.com

Spokane – Spokane Farmers Market
2nd Ave (between Division and Browne)
Wednesday, 8am-1pm, June 4-October 29
Saturday, 8am-1pm, May 10-October 25
Market Manager (509) 995-0182 http://www.spokanefarmersmarket.org/farmers@spokanefarmersmarket.org

Tacoma Farmers Market
Broadway between 9th & 11th
Thursday, 9am-2pm, May 15-October 16
Laura Kelsay Edwards (253) 272-7077 http://www.tacomafarmersmarket.com/laura@tacomafarmersmarket.com

Tacoma - 6th Ave Farmers Market
Corner of 6th & Pine
Tuesdays, 3:30pm-7:30pm, July 15–Sept 30
Heather Hanson (253) 376-5845 http://www.tacomafarmersmarket.com/6thAve@tacomafarmersmarket.com

Tacoma – Proctor Farmers Market
N 27th Street at Proctor
Saturday, 9am-2pm, April 26-November 1
Jessica Troy (253) 961-3666 and Felicity Devlin (253) 761-8066 http://www.proctorfarmersmarket.com/proctorfm@yahoo.com

Tenino Farmers Market
Old Highway 99 and Garfield Ave E
Saturday, 10am-3pm, June 7-September 6
Paul Donohue (360) 264-2002
http://www.teninofarmersmarket.org/pdon1127@comcast.net

Tumwater Town Center Farmers Market
SW corner of Capitol Blvd and Israel Rd
Wednesday, 11am-2pm, May 28-October 29
Ione Vrabel (360) 464-5879
http://www.tumwaterfarmersmarket.org/

Vashon Farmers Market
Vashon Hwy & Bank Road
Saturday, 10am-2pm, Year round Wednesday, 2pm-5pm, July 16-October 15 Holiday Markets Nov 17, Dec 1 and Dec 8
Joanne Jewell (206) 463-3518 http://www.vigavashon.org/farmersmarket@vigavashon.org

Walla Walla Farmers Market
City Hall Parking Lot (4th & Main)
Saturday and Sunday, 9am-1pm, May-October
Beth-Aimee McGuire (509) 520-3647 http://www.gowallawallafarmersmarket.com/aimee@mcinteract.com

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Columbia Street between First and Palouse Street, downtown (new location)
Wednesday, 8am-1pm, June 18-October
Saturday, 8am-1pm, May 10-October; Sunday, 9am-1pm after Labor Day
Sunday Market, 9am-1pm, July-SeptemberParking lot behind Applewood Grill off Columbia Street (new location)
Julie Mitchell (509) 668-0497 http://www.wenatcheefarmersmarket.com/info@wenatcheefarmersmarket.com

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
Thursday "Mercado", Methow Park @ Spokane & Methow
Thursday 3 to 7, July-OctoberWillie Getz, 509-996-2747 http://www.wenatcheefarmersmarket.com/info@wenatcheefarmersmarket.com

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market
City parking lot between the base of First Street and Palouse Street on Columbia Street
Thursday 3pm-7pm, June-OctoberJulie Mitchell (509) 668-0497 http://www.wenatcheefarmersmarket.com/info@wenatcheefarmersmarket.com

Woodinville Farmers Market
Woodinville Village (Hwy 202 and Woodinville-Redmond Rd)
Saturday, 9am-3pm, May 3-October 11
Grant Davidson (425) 485-1042 woodinvillefarmersmarket.comgddman22@aol.com

Yakima Farmers Market
S 3rd Street at Yakima Avenue (in front of Capitol Theatre)
Sunday, 9am-3pm, May 11-October 26Don Eastridge (509) 457-5765
manager@yakimafarmersmarket.org
http://www.yakimafarmersmarket.org/