Sights and Sounds from the 2025 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration

This year’s LIAC was great fun, and the weather was just perfect. It was mostly sunny, though windy. The temperatures were mostly in the 70s, which was just right for wandering around town. The crowds were manageable and there was enough seating everywhere. Here are some of the sights. Beautiful flowers everywhere Thomas and Cadence …

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Summer. Leavenworth. Accordions.

Yes, they do go together. We are in Leavenworth for the weekend, partaking of activities in the Leavenworth International Accordion celebration. We got to town around 5:00PM, offloaded our gear at our hotel, and attended the first performance of the amateur bands. Of course, Tempo Trends Music, from Victoria, BC, had their normal extensive display …

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These musical sisters deserve a post of their own.

I sure hope the Eyer Sisters win the Bands category in the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration. Here are Ivy on the accordion and Nelia on two different instruments. They call themselves Radio Helper. https://videopress.com/v/vYsY9UQi?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Ivy and Nelia Eyer I think they were just wonderful. But then, I am prejudiced. I have been following them since …

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There’s a high likelihood that New York City will elect a Muslim, Socialist Mayor this year.

The NYC Democratic Primary election was held today, and this was the result. Most often in NYC, the winner of the DemocRAT primary wins the general election, since New York is the most heavily Democrat place in the Northeast. The Republican nominee will be Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels group, who kept …

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How much of California’s population is illegal? Let’s check.

It seems that a larger segment of the population of California is in America illegally than we first thought. Here are some powerful indications. https://twitter.com/wallstreetapes/status/1936921116569911343?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ 100% illegal labor https://twitter.com/wallstreetapes/status/1937273841094689227?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ 100% illegal labor https://twitter.com/cartel_cal/status/1937226509498126793?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ No customers? https://twitter.com/wallstreetapes/status/1937351868117893240?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Mostly illegal customers? I see a disturbing pattern here. https://twitter.com/wallstreetapes/status/1937167054752395324?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Time to find and raid illegals at home? https://twitter.com/thekevindalton/status/1937240394330194055?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ

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I just found some old photos and uploaded them. Flying!

In August of 2001, just after I started dating my now-husband, he rented a small airplane, and we flew from Everett to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands. Here are some of the pictures I took from the co-pilot seat in the Cessna 182, and on the ground. Snohomish County and Mount Baker Anacortes …

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Happening now in Indonesia

https://twitter.com/thepatriotoasis/status/1935035376156258433?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ And our government worries about cow farts Mother Nature is more powerful than we are. We should be abandoning the “man-made climate change” hoax and quit wasting money on trying to return humanity to the Dark Ages.

This was Seattle. This is Seattle. Mostly peaceful? You be the Judge.

I'm sure everyone has heard and seen multiple news and social media accounts of the "No Kings" demonstrations that took place all over the country this past weekend. Were they all showing the same videos? Were all the news stories and social media posts emphasizing how "peaceful" all the activities were? Or, did they tell …

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