Articles | Mirrormont

Jan 18, 2018

East Meets West: Moving to Mirrormont

By Jennifer Schori What happens when you mix East Coast reticence with the West Coast vibe? Well, I’m still working on that one. My...

Jan 16, 2018

Mirrormont Country Club: Serving Us Since 1976

There’s Plenty to Do at the MCC Community gatherings, pool time, playground, tennis…that is just a taste of what happens when someone...

Jan 16, 2018

2018 Tour of Gardens Proves a Success

By Linda Shepherd “WOW!” wrote Maryfrances Lignana, “Who knew we had such lovely and thoughtfully created gardens in our neighborhood?...

Jan 16, 2018

Being Prepared Critical with Area so Remote

By Lynnette Spanola Eastlake Washington State is a beautiful place to live, work and play, but like most areas, it’s not immune to major...

Jan 16, 2018

Pea Patch Produces Local Food Bank Benefits from the Bountiful Harvests

By Janet Horton, Carol Homanics, Linda Shepherd (2017) “Thanks SO much for the donations of your produce! It is the highest quality fresh...

Jan 15, 2018

Mirrormont is Home for a Firry Sasquatch

By Kristin Bartholet In the fall of 2014, it became necessary to take out a giant Cedar tree, which was leaning precariously toward our...

Jan 15, 2018

New Projects Slated for Our King County Park

By Maryfrances Lignana We call Mirrormont Park “our park.” In fact, the park is a King County Park—akin to Cougar Mountain, Marymoor, and...

Jan 2, 2018

Infrastructure: Distances

Distances Measured by Tom Cole Walking or Driving Around Mirrormont: One of the main walking routes, at least for those living at the...

Jan 2, 2018

Did You Know? Fun Facts and Bits of Mirrormont’s History

Did You Know? By Tom Cole, 2017 Because over 180 new families moved into Mirrormont during the past five years (2013—2017), and may not...

Jan 2, 2018

Infrastructure: Mirrormont’s Front Entrance

Mirrormont’s Entrance: History and Controversy Did you know that your MCA dues keep our entrance to Mirrormont looking nice? Did you know...

Dec 31, 2017

Mirrormont Stables Today

Heidi Kayler started a Nextdoor group to brainstorm what might be done with Mirrormont Stables at 15201 Issaquah Hobart Rd SE. Many...

Oct 29, 2017

After You Play, Put it Away

When you think of the MCA, it’s likely volunteer-powered events from Halloween parties to Chipper Week that come to mind. If you’ve...

Aug 25, 2017

Infrastructure: Water in the 21st Century

by Linda Shepherd Mirrormont Water: Close to the Best in the World I feel grateful that we have such wonderful crisp, pure-tasting water...

Mar 6, 2017

Composting at the Pea Patch

Thanks to Seattle Tilth’s Master Composters Ruth Ihlenfeldt and Michelle Brennan, we learned how to make our Pea Patch composting system...

Feb 20, 2017

Logging and Rail History

Have you ever wondered about those huge stumps in your yard? Have you ever hiked or biked one of the many trails on Tiger Mountain that...

Feb 20, 2017

Flying Saucers? Real or Just a False Show?

From The Seattle Times: FLYING SAUCERS! REAL — OR JUST A FALSE SHOW? More and more people are beginning to believe in “Flying Saucers,”...

Feb 20, 2017

Infrastructure: Gravel Roads and Relaxed Standards

From a 2010 interview of Rod Loveless Plats 35,000 sq. ft. or larger were the type of plats you could do as “relaxed standards” plats...

Feb 20, 2017

Infrastructure: Underground Heating Oil System

From a 2010 interview of Mirrormont developer Rod Loveless The oil system was unique at that time. A lot of developments had gas...

Feb 20, 2017

Infrastructure: Water in the “Early Days”

From an interview with Mirrormont’s developer Rod Loveless: It was difficult to get water out here. Everybody had wells. So we started...

Feb 20, 2017

An African Lion in Mirrormont?

From The Seattle Times, May 19, 1975: From James Carey Elder II, whose parents moved to Mirrormont in 1966: It was a calm, quiet summer...

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