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selkie_dido

the skamokawa post

Mar 30, 2007 11:36

Here's a little trip to Skamokawa, WA. For starters, it is pronounced Ska-mok-a-way. People have a tough time with that. It's tiny village, in fact, there is one website that calls it a semi-ghost town. I feel it when I pinch myself, so I know I'm still alive (if pinches measure that sort of thing, which I doubt they do) but it's possible that ( Read more... )

skamokawa

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maxchaos March 30 2007, 19:13:02 UTC

I think I have a crush on your town.

Your photos are gorgeous, I look forward to coming back to them when things aren't a million miles an hour here, but that last picture- the heights up the wall- made me stop in my tracks. First, fond and sort of amused as we have something similar that spans 5 generations at my aunt's house but then I was crushed in thinking that the families moved away and left it behind, like any common board. Can you have things from that house? I feel like there should be a great beautiful album for all those forgotten faces in photos and maybe a sentimental although anonymous place for things such as these.

selkie_dido March 30 2007, 19:32:30 UTC

okay, that board is by far the most poignant thing in that house. I too stopped in my tracks.
I do know where the woman who lived here works (small county) and I plan on removing the board and asking her if she wants it. (I can help with the demo as much as I want.)
But, yeah.

buttonarcade March 30 2007, 19:42:15 UTC

Wow! It looks like an amazing town! I can't stop looking at that bathtub!
You can tell someone was really proud of it. :)
Was the height board from different generations?

selkie_dido March 30 2007, 20:03:38 UTC

I don't know if it is. It kind of looks that way in the pic. I'll have to check it out more closely.

k8muggle March 30 2007, 20:08:23 UTC

i tried to comment on your wordpress, but it doesn't seem to like me...

i think your little town looks gorgeous and love the fact that the town center serves so many purposes

and that last photo is beautiful in kind of a sad way - the heights up the wall, the mix of floor and wall finishes - pity that it will soon be gone

selkie_dido March 30 2007, 20:20:03 UTC

hmm, I wonder why it wouldn't let you comment. I have the settings really open.
About the house, there is so much soul to it. If it weren't for the floors that cave in when you walk on them, I could see squatting there...

k8muggle March 30 2007, 20:24:37 UTC

oh, i'm sure it was something i did :)
yeah, from looking at your other photos, the whole house looks beautiful

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selkie_dido March 31 2007, 04:25:04 UTC

ha ha! No, actually, she's sitting on the postal scale, and so we know exactly how much she weighs! 6 lb, 8 oz

iheartcorduroy March 31 2007, 16:40:46 UTC

I love your pictures, I especially like the picture of the height chart, so whimsical. Looks like there are so many memories in that house!