The Indianola Garden Club's annual luncheon features a diverse array of hats decorated with a floral theme. Barbara Stribley's sprouted ivy. She and her husband left Seattle to retire in Indianola 12 years ago.

Destry Hansen helps her mother Jennie push their wagon, loaded with a cooler and 1-year-old Ron, up the hill from the beach to their home several blocks away. Jennie Hansen is raising her four children in Indianola, and is one of seven children raised there. Five of her siblings still live in Indianola. And 19 of her parents' 26 grandchildren live here as well.

Third-generation Indianolan Destry Hansen, 6, tiptoes across the puddles on a sandy beach. She was joined by her sister Casey and Jobe Erickson, with pail.

Bob Maxwell's family started coming to an Indianola summer cabin in 1924. He and Dee Hughes return from a morning of digging horse clams on the beach.

Suquamish Indian and lifelong Indianola resident, Eddie Carriere carves a canoe paddle from a piece of cedar he found on the beach in front of his home. He retired in 1988 and has devoted himself to learning the traditional crafts of his people, including basket and clothing making, carving and canoe building.

The intersection of Indianola Road and Shore Drive is the hub of life in Indianola, with the store and post office on opposite corners.

The historic dock in Indianola was built in 1916, and regular ferry service from Seattle started in 1919. The fare was 23 cents one way or 25 cents for commuters. Ferry service ended in 1951 with the construction of the Agate Pass Bridge and the Winslow Ferry Terminal.

John Jacobsen's home on the Indianola waterfront is next door to the town's dock, where the ferry from Seattle used to put in.

Retired Navy officer John Jacobsen is not entirely convinced by his grandson Ross's raking technique, but glad for his company and help cleaning up after a morning's battle with a vigorous yew hedge. Like many other Indianola residents, Jacobsen is surrounded with family. His daughter and her family live across the street as does his mother-in-law.

The Indianola Community Hall houses the town's lending library, which for the last two years has been staffed by Connie Wright, right, who lives across the street. Checking out books on this morning were Priscilla Alberts and Helen England.

Long time Indianola resident Dorothy Maxwell, left, is editor of The Indianola Breeze, a lively monthly community newspaper. Jack Henry has spent his life in and around Indianola. The two were instrumental in putting together "Indianola / A Community Memoir", published in 1998.