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Happy place

This is an aisle from one of my favorite places in Sequim, Doodlebugs on West Washington. To say they sell paper arts and scrapbooking supplies doesn’t begin to cover it. They open up a universe of creativity to anyone who never completely left scissors, paper, and library paste behind in grammar school. They offer demonstrations and “make and take” projects to get you started. My holiday cards began here this year, but that just capped an array of fun and crafty playdates with a great staff full of good ideas.

Four Season Trees – Winter

I posted a photo of these trees with their Autumn look in October. The plan is to return each season for another view. Here they are on the first day of winter. These are Lombardi poplars that form a windbreak along Kitchen-Dick Road. It’s a view looking north.

Below is how they looked in October.

Merry Christmas

May you have a day filled with love, warmth, and meaning, whatever your faith.

Yule log

This log by the side of the trail made me think of Yule logs – actually, Buche de Noel, log-shaped Christmas cakes. Chocolate logs are a good deal more appetizing than this piece of nature, although the worm wandering along its left side might beg to differ.

As a true Yule log specimen, this one probably fails. According to Wikipedia, a real Yule log is large and extremely hard, burned as part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in some European cultures. Its purpose was to provide maximum warmth and endurance. Some theories associate Yule logs as part of an ancient German pagan winter solstice fire festival prior to the arrival of Christianity.

Whether you may be inclined to eat or burn a Yule log, celebrate Christ, light candles, wait for Santa, or something else entirely, I wish you warmth and joy in your winter celebrations.

Best of the Peninsula – Pizza

Here’s another winner in the Peninsula Daily News Best of the Peninsula voting: Papa Murphy’s Pizza on West Washington. Honors were shared with the Papa Murphy’s in Port Angeles. And now that Congress has voted that pizza is a vegetable, you can enjoy these and still feel virtuous!

What do you like on your pizza? Do you like standard toppings or more of the “anything goes” varieties?

Gone

A few months ago we bought paint here. It was Peninsula Paints. I was surprised and disappointed to discover it’s now gone. The people here were nice. The sign on the door, like so many, refers to the tough economy. There are still two Peninsula Paint stores, in Port Angeles and Port Townsend.

Surprise sculpture

This sculpture is nothing new to people who walk in the area around Carrie Blake Park and the Water Reuse Demonstration Park. It surprised me when I explored the park recently as I’d never noticed it from the road passing by. The Water Reuse Park where this is located is designed to educate the public on the reuse of water. I believe that the hoops in the distant background are part of a volunteer effort to reforest the area with native oaks.