There’s something special about the scent of flowers. Each variety has a unique aroma that conjures something different for everyone. For me, the scent of lilacs is the scent of summer. When they first bloom in spring, I inhale their rich perfume, pressing my nose into the tiny purple petals…
EDITOR'S NOTE: As of February 2019, Yakima Magazine is a special publication produced monthly by the Yakima Herald-Republic News Department.
Adeline’s Peonies was established in 1933 by Adeline McCarthy in Toppenish, and her family has been raising peonies there ever since.
Since my freshman year in high school, when I first saw “Gone With the Wind,” I’ve had a magnetic attraction to classic white mansions with majestic pillars. So, about 10 years later, when I spotted the Moore Mansion near the banks of the Columbia River in Pasco, it was love at first sight. …
Chinook Fest. If you’ve been, you know there is nothing else like it in the Valley. If you haven’t, well then, my friend, you are definitely missing out.
One of the first things I noticed about Yakima was its enormous trees. Massive weeping birches, stately Linden trees, and colossal, craggy elms. I’d often wonder as I drove by various giant trees — What kind of tree is that? And how old are those trees, anyway?
Coy Moore can talk turkey when it comes to dogs and birds. And, as it turns out, he can do much more than just talk. He breeds them, raises them, and trains them. The dogs he sells. The birds he hangs on to because they are “like gold,” he says.
Despite my best intentions to pack lunch in the morning to save money and eat healthy, somehow my morning always gets sucked up by other tasks. Read the paper, work out, feed the dog breakfast, feed me breakfast, and get ready for work. Bam! Suddenly it’s 7:30 and time to head out. No time t…
When I was dreaming up a recipe for this month’s Kitchen Captivated, I had visions of a slow walk down the aisles of the Yakima Farmers Market, iced coffee in hand, sun warming my shoulders, stopping at each vendor to see what they were offering. It’s one of my favorite summer traditions and…
Below the waves is a world like no other. According to those who travel there, it is serene, surreal, and like “an out-of-body experience.” They say the feeling of adventure is profound. And, although scuba diving is, by definition, a self-contained activity, the adventure is anything but solitary.
The longer I garden, the more certain I become that this garden of mine will never be finished. It’s all good, though. As one gardening season follows another, I like to think that I’m growing a little wiser as I grow older. One thing I’ve learned is that my small patch of earth is deeply co…
“With bull riding, you’re either all in or all out — your world revolves around it.”
Just two and half hours from the heart of Yakima you will find one of the most iconic landmarks of the Columbia Gorge: Beacon Rock.
The song “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” from the musical of the same name, instantly came to mind as we drove up the steep hill to Bill and Mary Kloster’s home. Built on the highest promontory of a gated housing development high above I-82 as it makes its way to Selah, the two-story h…
One of the coolest things about Puget Sound Energy’s Wild Horse Wind Facility is the drive up to it. You spot the line of turbines on the hill in the distance first, looking like tiny pinwheels. As you drive through the town of Kittitas, they get bigger, and 10 miles down the Vantage Highway…