Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
It snowed all day yesterday, and more is predicted in the coming days. This is unusual for Sequim. Most of our grocery stores were mobbed in the days before this predicted storm. And now the standard means of coping is to stay home. I plan to do that.
“…He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbours.’
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
‘Why do they make good neighbours? ‘”
From “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
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.
I’d heard that an eagle hangs out in a particular tree not far from home. I’ve made a point of looking up as I’ve driven past but rarely seen one. I finally had my camera, and time, to stop. There he was. Or she.
It wasn’t a polar vortex, just a winter storm front that moved in from Canada. But we got our first snow of the winter on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Snow is rare enough here that it’s a novelty. And many people don’t know how to drive in it.
I took a walk. It’s a nice way to enjoy the altered scenery.
A sweet farm with the Cascade Mountains in the distance.
“Here. Get my good side.”