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Mt. Rainier at sunrise

Kirk Hall — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:07:32 +0000

These three pictures were taken by Daren Gulbransen on the morning of Friday 21 Nov 2025.

I am posting them because I think they are very beautiful and everyone in the Neighborhood should have the opportunity to see them.

Better Pictures of Bobcat

Kirk Hall — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 21:13:01 +0000

I received these pictures from a neighbor. She said “The bobcat has been coming to our house quite a bit now. We always take our dog out on a leash. The bobcat comes up to our slider and wags its tail when our dog barks at it. “

It appears that our Neighborhood Bobcat has become quite accustom to humans. This is not a good thing. Remember it is a wild animal and use great care if it is around. Always have your animals on a leash when you are out with them. Lets enjoy looking at our Bobcat , but don’t try to touch it.

PS: This time when I sent out notices I got the warning on my copy that “This may be a Phishing message”. In my case you can ignore the message, but be vigilant for real phishing messages. (KH)

Bobcat – It’s Still Here

Kirk Hall — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:34:57 +0000

Thanks to a call from a neighbor I was able to find the Bobcat crossing my backyard. It appears to be the same on as before, but who can tell. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

1300hrs 24 Dec 2023 – Bobcat crossing backyard

Do we have Bears in the Neighborhood again?

Kirk Hall — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:21:03 +0000

One of my neighbors was walking down Jennifer Court and spotted what he thought was bear scat. He sent me a picture and it looked the same as the Bear scat we found in the Neighborhood several years ago. It appears that the scat consists mostly of the remains of cherries. Since as far as I know, we do not have cherry trees around here, if they are cherries they must have come from someone’s home.

I have added the picture I was sent. If you have an opinion that it is something other than Bear scat, feel free to let me know at kahalljr@comcsast.net.

Addendum: A Neighbor texted me with the information that they have a cherry tree in their backyard and the last time we had a bear in the Neighborhood it was eating from their cherry tree. The scat looked the same as below.

Bobcat den in our area?

Kirk Hall — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:43:06 +0000

My next-door neighbors saw a much smaller version of the bobcat I saw several weeks ago. Did not get a picture though. The bobcats may have established a den nearby and are raising a litter. Now we appear to have cayotes and Bobcats looking for a meal in our neighborhood. Take care of your cats and small dogs.

For those who did not see it. Here is the photo I got previously of the adult Bobcat.

Bobcat?

Kirk Hall — Mon, 08 May 2023 21:44:18 +0000

Below are two pictures I captured on Sunday 7 May at 1007hrs. It appears to me and four other people to be a Bobcat. It came from directly below me and wandered around for several minutes. If it is actually a Bobcat it is the first one I’ve heard of in this area.

View Machu Picchu on your computer

Kirk Hall — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:11:43 +0000

I received a link for a virtual tour of Machu Picchu from a family member. It looks just like I remember it, even though it was long ago when I went there with my wife. I sent the link to Dav Eide for his suggestions and he thought, as I do, that I should share it with the Neighborhood.

Go to this link, and Google Earth will pop up (It takes a while to load the presentation so be patient). When it finishes loading you can click a red balloon or one of the pictures on the list at the right. It’ll zoom in and you can click to walk around like you are really there. It’ll have little white arrow things once you zoom in (screenshot at bottom) and you click those arrows and it will walk you that direction, plus you can look up and down just by clicking any area on the screen. It will take several hours to explore Machu Picchu, but you can go back to it as often as you like.

https://earth.google.com/web/@-13.16070387,-72.53759399,2092.02815297a,3842.87972043d,35y,0h,59.94192371t,0r/data=Ci4SLBIgMjRiNWFhNTFlOGExMTFlNmJhN2U2ZjgxOGQ2OWE2ZTciCG92ZXJ2aWV3

Elk in the Neighborhood?

Kirk Hall — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:55:03 +0000

I have lived in our house since 1987 and this is the first time I have seen an elk in my back yard, or for that matter anywhere around the Neighborhood. I’ve seen plenty of deer, some quail, possums, racoons, coyotes, a pheasant, squirrels, bats, a bear, and even a wayward peacock, but never before have I seen an elk. But at 0211hrs 25 Sept 2022 a young bull elk showed up on my cameras. I was getting jealous. My daughter who lives near Bonny Lake (seven miles from me as the crow flies) sees them often on her property.

Just yesterday a mother deer with her twin fauns (from this year) bedded down on my front lawn for several hours, only moving slowly away when I had to go to the library to pick up a book.

Thank You!

Kirk Hall — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:45:34 +0000

On the morning of 18 August at 7:13 AM two of our neighbors were out walking when they came across the mess left by the people who tipped over the trash bins in front of Wayne Flood’s home. Instead of walking around the mess, they stopped and cleaned it up. They did not have to do it, but they did. We just want to say:

Portable Camera Stations Graham Washington

Kirk Hall — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:10:19 +0000

I was recently chastised by one of our neighbors because of my post about home security cameras and how the police are depending on them more and more to help them solve crimes. While I was communicating with Dav Eide who runs the technical side of our Neighborhood Camera Network and Blog he sent me the below information:

Ironically, when I was shopping with Peggy Ann yesterday at the Graham Fred Meyer, I captured some photographs of a portable camera station.

The checkers at the Fred Meyer said this equipment was placed due to a big increase in homeless folks in the area and shoplifting at that store.

The checkers said the cameras stations were helping. See attached images. I was thinking about posting the pictures.

So, bottom line. I’m sorry if my mentioning Security Cameras so frequently upsets some of our neighbors, but in today’s world I think it is important that we provide the police all the help we can give them. Home security cameras will provide some of that help.

Portable Camera Station- Graham Fred Meyer