At the funky little Art Shack in Duvall, Lily and Lupin Tapert's free-wheeling art classes teach kids the joy and experience of art.

Lupin, 28, and Lily, 19, shop at Seattle Pottery Supply for a portable potter's wheel. The pair will use it in the art classes that they teach twice a week. Owner Jim Lunz, left, makes a face at one of Lily's jokes.

Lily, second from left, teaches soldering at Cyber School in Edmonds, a home schooling resource center. The students listen to popping sounds of a soldered copper ring hitting water.

This mural, located on Duvall's Main Street, was painted by Cedarcrest High SchoolÕs art club in May 1999. The project was sponsored by the Duvall Chamber of Commerce.

Jesse Carr, 7, and his sister, Alea, 5, do some high stepping in a kids fitness class led by Margie Coy at Fit Happens! in downtown Duvall.

Michelle Hirata waves to her son in the Duvall Christian School playground across the street from where she works at the CC Espresso and Ice Creamery.

Sera, a 2-1/2-year-old bloodhound owned by Dave Lockridge, leaves Fran and Lance's Pet Shop in Duvall.

Kelly Maier, Mike Ball and Jo Lee Davidson talk to Denny Redman, not pictured, on Main Street.

Devin Hanson, 2, has plenty to play with in his new backyard until the landscaping is finished. His family moved into the Taylor Ridge complex four months ago from Maltby because "you get more land for your money in Duvall," said Anna Wolheter, Devin's mom.

Juan Hernandez, a field manager for HerbCo Inc., loads organic dill into a box for shipping.

Mark Gallagher, visiting from Philadelphia, admires the fountains at the Gardens and Sun Spaces Gallery.

Looking north from the Woodinville-Duvall Road right before entering Duvall from the West, the Snoqualmie River winds through the town.

Vicki Elledge, with storybook character Uncle Wiggly, and her husband, Mike, run Duvall Books on Main Street.

Mike Ball painted this sign for Duvall City Hall. The long-term resident is a sign-painter and sometime bartender.

When you enter Duvall from the Woodinville-Duvall Road, this is what you see when you cross over the bridge.

Kindergarten teacher Deanna Smith brings her class from Braithburn Academy (in Duvall) to the Duvall library once-a-week. The five-year-olds (from left clockwise) are Jordain Stevens, Brianna Hemming, Jake Kennedy and Christopher Giron.

State certified electro-fishers Greg Ericksen and Frank Staller, rear, employees of Washington Trout, remove fish from a small section of Griffin Creek. Before rebuilding the eroded banks of the stream, they needed to re-direct it and dry a section of it out.

Terry Trim shows off some smokd parmesan cheese in the kitchen of his Sausage Kitchen and Gift Store in Duvall where he smokes meats and cheeses. He also sells unusal meats such as Buffalo, Ostrich, Elk and Antelope.