MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: July 22, 2021
Old Edmonds Opera house as photographed by Roger Barnstead.
The old Edmonds Opera House, later a skating rink, now home to the Edmonds Masonic Lodge, stands majestically in the center of the block of Dayton Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The building serves as a symbol of the town’s history and of its present-day significance.
Edmonds residents and current Masonic Lodge members Roger Barnstead and Steve Pennington have expressed a great love of the building and of its history.
“The building and its members are a ‘Who’s Who’ of Edmonds history,” says Pennington. “George Brackett, several members of the Yost family, Ray V. Cloud, former mayors, business leaders, decorated military members, and a host of interesting characters.”
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 15, 2020
“Bring me the sunset in a cup,” once said Emily Dickinson.
Since last March, Edmonds photographer Roger A. Barnstead has responded to Dickinson’s challenge with astonishing commitment by capturing the glorious waterfront sunsets of Edmonds in extraordinary images. It’s a passion that’s inspiring to his many fans.
With his artist’s eye, Barnstead literally sees a photo possibility every which way he turns. “Astoundingly beautiful,” he declares of practically every moment of sunset that he witnesses. It’s no wonder he has a huge and loyal following on www.nextdoor.com.
Barnstead’s website, www.sunsetsofthepandemic.com, subtitled “Sunsets from Edmonds WA in the time of Covid,” chronicles his unique love affair with these exquisite Edmonds twilights. He started the site as “a simple answer to raising morale in Edmonds” during the pandemic: “…To capture the sunset along the town’s waterfront and sharing�