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Afternoon tea

There are a number of places to enjoy afternoon tea around Victoria B.C. but the Dining Room at Butchart Gardens is an ideal setting. It is in the former Butchart family residence.

On the way into the residence you pass the private garden of Mrs. Butchart. One of the two dining rooms looks onto this beautiful, tranquil spot.

Both dining rooms are lovely. This is the larger of the two.

Tea for two. Everything was very fresh and delicious. And who would guess that the cucumber sandwich would be DH’s favorite?

Meet the Beatles

Sequim’s local radio station, KSQM-FM, has an enviable collection of Beatles memorabilia. Though I loved ’em (yeah, yeah, yeah), I never accumulated these kinds of souvenirs. The display here includes small posters, magazines, buttons, music, and movies.

There were Beatles dolls.

And this is curious: a Beatles official tie tack pin. I didn’t know any Beatles fan friends who wore ties in those days, much less a tie tack.

Regardless of practicalities, I’m sure KSQM’s collection is a worthy one by any measure.

KSQM-FM

Two of my CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training classes last month met in the new offices of our local radio station KSQM-FM. There was a wonderful array of antique radio equipment on display including the microphone, above.

KSQM recently moved into offices that previously housed the Sequim Police Department. The space now is all about radios and music.

Many of the radios were from the very early days when a radio was a major piece of furniture in a home.

I can imagine either of the radios above with a family gathered around, listening to a Franklin Roosevelt “Fireside Chat” or one of the early entertainment programs staged for radio.

KSQM-FM is a non-commercial volunteer station. It plays music from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s and provides local news and weather reports.

Hollywood geology

DH is interested in geology. As we drove past the feature above, he mentioned, “There’s that glacial moraine I told you about,” a leftover of glacial debris from a previous ice age. “Cool!” I say as I ask him to pull over so I can take a photo. It’s on the property of the Olympic Game Farm and after I’ve captured it a young woman pulls up in one of their vehicles and admires it with me. As I report to her that it’s a glacial moraine, without contesting my authority she politely informs me that it’s a leftover piece of scenery from a long ago set of the show “Grizzly Adams.” It’s plastic, hollow inside, and previously was located elsewhere on the Game Farm. . .

“Uhm, Honey? About that glacial moraine. . .”