External Brain 30 Mar 2005 12:20 pm
early spring, Pleasant Ridge art show
How early is the spring this year? I saw lilac blooms the other day. Just a few at the top of a bush, but still. This is nuts.
And if you want to go up north to see the tulip fields, this is the time. My mother and I do that every year, and while we’re up there we stop at the Rexville Grange for an exquisite arts-and-crafts show run by some of the nicest people you’d ever hope to meet. Seems like I always come back with something — a dragonfly pin, a beautiful little pitcher. This year I have my eye on some bamboo fencing and some neat concrete leaves. Mmm, and jam. And maybe one of Marguerite Goff’s wonderful blue tiles…
Unfortunately, I can never quite remember how to get there and I always lose the directions. So here’s the “external brain” portion of today’s post. The Rexville Grange is at 1929 Rexville Grange Road. To get there from I-5 northbound, take Exit 221 and head toward LaConner. Go over the Conway Bridge and follow Fir Island Road over the next bridge. Turn right onto Summer Drive and follow signs to the Grange, which will be on the left.
on 30 Mar 2005 at 12:57 pm 1.MaLora said …
i love the tulip festival. it’s gorgeous. the clouds are often quite lovely for picture taking too up there, i’ve noticed.
on 31 Mar 2005 at 8:02 pm 2.Liss said …
See, I can’t imagine *not* knowing how to get the Grange. When I used to live in Mt. Vernon and LaConner as a kid, I used to go to dances there. Not to mention that my mother graduated from LaConner High and all her friends live somewhere in the Skagit Valley.
Of course, this familiarity is why I *don’t* go to the Tulip Festival.