As I finished taking a photo of the New Dungeness Light Station I found this mailbox nearby. I guess, like me, its owners never tire of the view.
Author: Kay
Clean sweep
Some years ago an African American colleague and I discussed New Years traditions. She shared with me a tradition of getting a new broom at the beginning of a fresh year. I’d heard of “jumping the broom” as a form of marriage ceremony, but not of replacing brooms to welcome a new year. She was frankly horrified when I admitted how old my kitchen broom was.
Other friends and neighbors have shared traditions such as eating pork (specifically boiled spare ribs with sauerkraut) or pig-shaped cookies.
This year I’ve decided to welcome 2012 with a new broom. What are your New Years traditions?
Theme Day – Photos of the Year 2011
Happy New Year! Today’s City Photo Theme Day topic is “Photo of the Year 2011.” Because the Sequim Daily Photo has had two bloggers this year, Shannon and me (Kay), you get two favorite photos from 2011.
The top one is mine, a moonrise over Dungeness Bay. It captured for me the mood and colors of a perfect summer evening.
Shannon let me choose which of hers was my favorite in 2011. This one immediately came to mind. I rocked back in my chair with an “Oh, wow!” when it came up on my screen the first time. I still think it’s stunning.
I think that together Shannon and my photos capture some of the beauty that I love so much in Sequim. I hope you enjoy them.
Happy New Year!
I always try to reflect on the passing year. And I always try to count my blessings. This year I’m very grateful for having the opportunity to post on the Sequim Daily Photo, for the other blogger’s I’ve “met” and whose work I admire, and for the people near and far who visit and who comment here. Thank you, one and all! May you have a joyous and blessed new year!
Port Williams
Port Williams is a nice spot to make a quick trip to the side of the bay, even when the tide is high. This is a view looking south.
There are bluffs as you look north. I believe that winds and erosion uncovered the bones of a mastodon here some years ago. Another mastodon unearthed in Sequim in the 1970s has recently been proven with updated methods to show evidence of human hunting in the much more distant past than originally thought — 30,000 years, if I’m not mistaken.
Bad news
This sign has been posted at Sequim Bay and is due to what’s being called a “mystery outbreak” caused by a baffling biotoxin. Sequim Bay has the dubious distinction of being the only body of saltwater in Washington state and the U.S. where diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has been found. Because of this, recreational harvest of all bay shellfish has been closed. Commercial operations are not affected.
There are closures at other beaches due to “red tides” or paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP).
DSP, PSP. I will spare you the details of symptoms of either. Both are bad news.
Roadside barn
This barn peeks out through blackberry vines along the side of the road. It doesn’t look derelict and there are fields nearby that are being cultivated. And yet, something about it looks very quiet and vacant.