A seagull checks out a tidepool claimed by a heron as low tide approaches on  Cultus Bay. It was another gorgeous day on the South End, and Sunday lived up to its name.

A dedicated group of Scatchet Head volunteers helped pull apart the picnic shelter at Totem Park, board by board and cedar shake by shake, so the wood could be recycled for a future project. Here, a community helper bundles salvaged shakes. The picnic shelter near the totem pole at Scatchet Head was knocked over by a mudslide several years ago.

The Goose Grocery has a sidewalk produce sale today, and there were plenty of peppers to pick.

Tourists making the trip to Whidbey Island snap a few photos while riding the ferry M/V Kittitas to Clinton.

Avery Buechner and Sam Lee enjoy the warm, spring-like day today by tossing the football around at Waterman Field.

Workers from the county’s public works department gather near the new sinkhole on Bob Galbreath Road Tuesday and await the go-ahead to begin repairs. The patch for October’s sinkhole can be seen in the left lane.

Detective I.B. Fuzz (aka Saranell DeChambeau) looks for evidence at the scene of the crime for this year’s Mystery Weekend caper, “Male Order Murder,” amid a crowd of possible suspects; Neva Enluc (Annie Horton), Vladimir Pushcon (John Ball) and Alexandra Dickins (Chris Williams). Mystery Weekend returns to Langley on Feb. 27-28.

Bill Carruthers, chairman of the Island County Republican Party Central Committee, stands by as fellow Republicans work on suggestions for the party’s 2010 platform during the South Whidbey GOP precinct caucus. Republicans met at the county fairgrounds in Langley today to work on the platform and to pick delegates for the county caucus, which will be held at North Whidbey Middle School on April 10.

Volunteer Susan O’Brien puts a piece of garlic bread on the plate for Betty Freeman at Friday night’s Hearts & Hammers benefit dinner. A packed house of roughly 370 people enjoyed the fundraiser, and more than $6,000 was raised by the event. The dinner will help provide for this year’s work day on May 1, when hundreds of volunteers work on the homes of their South Whidbey neighbors.