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As of October 23, 2009 I no longer work at Chautauqua Elementary School,
or for the Vashon Island School District...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015!

 ·  Set one ·  Set two ·  Set three · 

 ·  Set four ·  Set five ·  The Turkeys and the Finishers · 

OK: I didn't get pics of absolutely everyone who finished. But I tried. Really, I did...

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set one

The pre-race and the Fifth Grade start

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set one

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set two

The Fourth Grade start and the Fifth Grade Boys Turkey finishes

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set two

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set three

More Fifth Grade Boys finishers; the Fifth Grade Girls Turkeys finish

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set three

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set four

the Fourth Grade Boys Turkey finishes; more Fifth Grade Boys and Fifth Grade Girls finishers

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set four

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set five

the Fourth Grade Girls Turkey finishes; more Fifth Grade Boys and Fifth Grade Girls and Fourth Grade Boys and Fourth Grade Girls finishers

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: Set five

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: the Turkeys and the Finishers

The VIHS XC Turkeys and the Fifth and Fourth Grade finishers

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015: the Turkeys and the Finishers

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2015!

 

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014!

 ·  Set one ·  Set two ·  Set three · 

We did this a little differently this year: I tried to photograph the four finishers for the Fifth and Fourth grade girls and boys soon after they came in, which meant I never got a chance to shoot most of the rest of the finishers :(

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set one

The pre-race and the Start

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set one

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set two

The end of the Start and the Fifth Grade Girls finish

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set two

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set three

The Fifth Grade Boys finish; the Fourth Grade Girls finish; the Fourth Grade Boys finish...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014: Set three

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2014!

 

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013!

Very cold and clear, as I remember.
Made the lighting very hard: bright, bright sun, or deep full shadows.

Also: Remembering Ryan!

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The 2013 Turkeys!

The 2013 Turkeys!

Presenting: The Four Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot Turkeys! Jane running for the 4th Grade Girls, Shane running for the 4th Grade Boys, Maddi running for the 5th Grade Girls, and Teddy running for the 5th Grade Boys!

 ·  Set one ·  Set two ·  Set three ·  Set four · 

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013!

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set one

The pre-race, the start, the Fifth Grade Boys Turkey finishes...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set one

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set two

The Fifth Grade Girls Turkey finishes, the Fourth Grade Boys Turkey finishes...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set two

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set three

The Fourth Grade Girls Turkey finishes...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set three

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set four

More finishers, the Official Turkey Trot 2013 photos...

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013: Set four

Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2013!

 

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot 2011!

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Everybody!

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Fifth Grade Winners!

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Fourth Grade Winners! These are all at the end of Set two

Set one

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Set one

Set two

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Set two


 

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A little shout-out to the Vashon High School Class of 2012!

Chautauqua Elementary School 5th Grade Graduation, 2005!

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 · Set one  · Set two · Set three · 

(2004-2005 was the first year I worked at Chautauqua Elementary School as a "duty").


 

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Chautauqua Elementary School Field Day, 2005!

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 · Set one · Set two · Set three · Set four · Set five


 

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Chautauqua Elementary School Turkey Trot, 2004!

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 · Set one  · Set two  · 


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Chautauqua Elementary School 5th Grade Graduation 2011!

5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set one

Tons of shirt-signings, Assorted Famous People, the 6th graders arrive...

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5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set one

5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set two

BBall, more shirt-signings, more 6th graders, more Famous People, facepainting, around the playground, more shirt-signings...

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5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set two

5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set three

More shirt-signings, The Teeshirts, more Famous People, Tug-of-War, more facepainting, more 6th graders, bus lineup :-/

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5th Grade Graduation 2011 Set three


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Chautauqua Bunny Hop 2011!

 · Before and After the Race! · The start! · 

 · The Fifth grade bunny returns! · The Fourth grade bunny returns! · 

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Chautauqua Bunny Hop 2011: the Fifth Grade Bunny returns!

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Chautauqua Bunny Hop 2011: the Fourth Grade Bunnny returns!

(This was also the Chautauqua Turkey Trot for 2010...)


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Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2009!
11/16/2009

In which everyone ended up looking like a drowned rat :-/

Turkey Trot 2009 Set one

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Turkey Trot 2009 Set two

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Turkey Trot 2009 Set two

M.O.T.D. webcams!


OK. At Wednesday 05/24/2023 15:08:04 PDT these links are pretty much dead.
They may be on Teh Internets somewhere in 2023, but I'm not gonna chase 'em down. Sorry...


 · The M.O.T.D. Archives! · The M.O.T.D. Story! · 

Reload this web page to refresh the web cams!

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The Famous MOTD Gentoo Penguins, at Base Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctica!

German Antarctic Research Station O'Higgins - when it's nighttime, the image will show it!


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The Famous MOTD Storks!

The storks migrate to North Africa for the European winter! Sometimes a stray stork will try to winter-over in Germany...

Bornheim, Germany, stork nest 1!

Bornheim, Germany, stork nest 2!


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Jigokudani-Yaenkoen: the Famous MOTD Japanese Snow Monkeys!

When it's nighttime in Japan, you'll often see an image of people sweeping out the pool that won't change until next morning!


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The World Famous, One-and-Only, Chautauqua Elementary School

M.O.T.D.

Being the Message of the Day, or some old photos, at least...

Featuring:
(all the penguins are gone from late April through late September) ·   ·   ·   ·   ·  The Famous Pancake Bunny, Yuebing ·  The Famous Japanese Snow Monkeys · 

NOTE: The penguins, storks, and the snow monkeys are all *live* webcams, so there's nothing happening when it's dark where they are!


 

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My most favorite Chautauqua photos!

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Shot the day we came back to school on January 16, 2007 after the heavy winter storm and Island-wide power outages of December-January 2006-2007. There was 4-6 inches of snow everywhere! But we were back to school!

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Little Froggy Person!

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Bye, kids! I'll sure miss you all!


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Yes! For collectors and the curious:
The World Famous Chautauqua Elementary School
Stilt Driver's License archive!

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Playground in Snow

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Lighthouse on Stilts

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Fishsticks Man

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Amazing Moments in Stilt History

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Greetings from Mars

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Ferrets Forever!

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Casper Halloween 2008

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Turkey Day 2008

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Sea Otters BFF!

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Goldie

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Jello Fish

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Bo the First Dog


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The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2009!

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The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2009!

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Photo reprints information


Due to changing political circumstances at Chautauqua Elementary school in the winter-spring of 2009, I didn't feel comfortable taking photographs of either Field Day 2009, or the Fifth Grade Graduation 2009, as I have in the past...


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The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2008!

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The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2008!

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Photo reprints information


 

Fifth Grade Graduation, 2008!

All the photos I took are now up!

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June 18, 2008


 

The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2007!

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The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2007!

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Photo reprints information

 

Photography quick picks:

 · 5th Grade Graduation 2008  · Turkey Trot 2007  · 

 · 5th Grade Graduation 2007  · the Last Day of School, 2007  · Field Day 2007 · 

 · 5th Grade Graduation 2006  · Field Day 2006  · 3rd Grade Performance 2006 · 
 · Turkey Trot 2005  · 

 · 5th Grade Graduation 2005  · Field Day 2005  · 3rd Grade Performance 2005 · 
 · Turkey Trot 2004 · 

 
 

 

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5th Grade Graduation, 2007!

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the Last Day of School, 2007!

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This is basically everything else I took on the last day of school that wasn't of the graduating fifth graders...

 


 

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Field Day, 2007!

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 · 4th-5th grades · 1st-2nd-3rd and Multiage · Kindergarten · 


 

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5th Grade Graduation, 2006!

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Set one: K-2nd Grade end-of-school · Set two: 5th grade inside

 · Set three: 5th grade outside, 1  · Set four: 5th grade outside, 2

 · Set five: School's out for summer!


 

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Field Day 2006!

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 · Set one · Set two · 
 · Set three · 


 

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3rd Grade Performance, June 19, 2006!

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 · Set one - to Puttin' on the Ritz · Set two - to the Pirates · 
 · Set three - R-E-S-P-E-C-T to ...  · Set four - to the End · 
 · Set five - Outside, afterward... · 


 

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Turkey Trot 2005!

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 · Set one  · Set two  · Set three  · 

There are a lot of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.


2004-2005 photos


 

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3rd Grade Performance, June 10, 2005!

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 · Set one · Set two · Set three · 

 · Set four · Set five · 


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