The Space Needle, Pike Place Market, rainy streets and the Puget Sound: Seattle is an artist’s wonderland. As local gallery enthusiasts know, there are countless ways to capture the charm of the city’s streets and skyscrapers with paint and brush. However, while watercolors and encaustics are all very well, Tom and Gretchen Seifert of Bainbridge […]
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Featured Articles from the West Sound. These are the highlighted articles from WestSound Magazine.
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Port Gamble’s Kitsap Forest and Bay Project
Historic Port Gamble, a quaint New England-style village perched above Port Gamble Bay and Hood Canal, has become a lynchpin for an exciting, innovative and collaborative trail and open space initiative. A rare, visionary opportunity has been presented to existing and future generations of Kitsap County residents, one that has been warmly embraced by a […]
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How to Create Tiny, Whimsical Gardens in Cracked Pots
Sooner or later, every gardener ends up with a few broken or cracked pottery, ceramic or clay pots. What’s a gardener to do? They’re often way too nice to throw away. My friend, Melissa Lawrence, shows us how to create beauty out of tragedy. And, if you’ve never broken a container, we’ll show you how […]
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A Cultural Landmark With a Bold Mission
When longtime Bainbridge Island resident Cynthia Sears had a vision a decade ago to build an arts museum on the island, she met a lot of skepticism. Start with a collection, many advised her, and then explore the feasibility of a building. But Sears was undaunted. She wanted to create a platform for local and […]
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Kitsap’s Hidden Talents
For the past 20 years, Bainbridge Island resident Tami Allen has had a “secret.” A sailboat captain for Lille Danser Boat and Breakfast and a Bainbridge Island Police Department harbormaster by day, she’s also a Cajun and zydeco music performer. Currently a vocalist and fiddler with a band called WHOZYAMAMA, she performs about once a […]
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Get Ready to Get Your Feet Wet!
Leadership. Example. Educate. Stewards. Mentor. These are words you hear over and over when talking with the staff and dozens of volunteers who make Harbor WildWatch the first-rate, local, marine environmental, nonprofit organization it has become. In less than a decade, Harbor WildWatch has gone from one person’s dream to create awareness and sustainability of […]
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The Seaside Garden of Dody Solaas
If you were to drive west toward Hood Canal after passing the Hansville General Store on the right, you could easily miss a charmingly beautiful seaside garden on the Hansville shore. The cozy home and garden of Hugh and Dody Solaas is tucked behind a double car garage and lattice fence, with a small, gravel […]
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Kitsap Great Give Aims to Raise $750,000 in 24 Hours for Kitsap Nonprofits
The Kitsap community “stunned” organizers of Kitsap Great Give last year, donating more than $500,000 in 24 hours to 200 local organizations. This year, the ante is up — the goal is to raise $750,000, some of which will be matched by sponsors. The Kitsap Great Give, organized by the Kitsap Community Foundation and presenting […]
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The Forever Home on the Lake…
What do you do when you own a beautiful piece of waterfront property on Mason Lake, and you’re not sure what to do with it? You build your forever home on it, of course. Mason Lake is one of those special places that many people in the West Sound region have heard of, but are […]