Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
Kiwi’s Fish and Chips changed hands this spring and it’s now Fudd’s. A young couple with background in the food industry has taken it over, promising fresh tasting fish and reasonable prices. The buzz on Facebook and Yelp so far is pretty good. My shadow, shown in the shot above, is about as close as I got to the front door. It was closed when I came by. I’ve not done any taste testing. Any locals care to report?
When we arrived in Sequim to our newly built house I’d not thought much about stuff like gravel and crushed rock. That changed fast. The wet soil around our home was a sea of thick, sticky mud. When we haven’t hauled trailer loads of rock to build walkways to and from our doors trucks like this have come and dumped mother lodes of it.
Blake is one of the local spots for rock, from the little stuff to big, ornamental boulders.
They also sell pavers, concrete masonry units (“CMU”), flue tiles and such.
Sequim’s new Civic Center was dedicated a week ago with a brand new totem pole taking center stage in the adjacent plaza. You can see it to the right in the photo above. According to the local Peninsula Daily News, the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe was originally asked if they might contribute some wall art to the Center.
The tribe, Sequim’s first residents, decided instead to commission a totem pole from their master carver, Dale Faulstich. The 30 foot pole depicts “The legend of Sequim’s sunshine.” Click here to learn more about the legend as well as the dedication ceremony.
We don’t exactly have a lot of all purpose book stores here in Sequim. Mind you there are places to buy new and used books. But I was pretty taken with Eureka Books in Eureka, California’s “Old Town.” Bright and high-ceilinged, it was a very satisfying place to browse.
I could have come away with quite a few volumes but I satisfied myself with one book that I’d been casually looking for over the last two years, “Karsh,” a book of stunning photographs by Yousuf Karsh, an outrageously good portraitist.
Strawberries picked this morning, each one perfectly delicious.
Strawberry sorbet this evening.
It doesn’t get much better than this!
I’m taking a break but will re-post some favorite shots while I’m gone. We’re approaching lavender season in Sequim and our annual festival is next month. This is one of my favorite lavender farms, Jardin du Soleil.
I’m taking a break but will re-post favorite shots while I’m gone. Here’s Cameron’s Strawberry patch. I hope soon to bring home some of their luscious berries.