Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
After winter days of grey skies and bare foliage this shot take at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival last year looks like a Technicolor miracle. It’s not too soon to start planning a day trip if you’re local, though if you’ve got cabin fever an overnight trip sure appeals. The festival runs through the month of April.
Winter ornamentals are welcome after so many trees and shrubs have lost their leaves.
“Tis the season.
I’ve read that the snowbound First Nations people of Canada have dozens of words for “snow.” Sometimes it feels like we need to expand our moisture vocabulary in the Pacific Northwest. Wet. Damp. Dewy. Moist. Sopping. Maybe I just need to expand my thinking.
Our native roses bloom in June. Bushes are covered with fragrant blossoms that flourish and then slowly disappear over the next couple of months. The bushes are now covered with a sea of bright red hips. This single blossom is a rare late salute to summer.
Fat Cat on Cays Road is showing some of the nicer fall foliage that I’ve seen lately. This is a sweet little store that sells gifts, a little home grown produce, and u-pick flowers. It’s open mostly during the late spring and summer growing months.
Marigolds seem like workhorse flowers. Nothing exotic, but bold and reliably pretty shocks of color wherever they’re nestled in. I read somewhere that they discourage cutworms in a garden, so I’ve put them in among other plantings. I’m not convinced that they work for that, but they’re plenty cheerful. That’s good enough for me.