Nice enough kite.
Very different way to fly it. The car is parked.
Category: People
Interesting character
This fellow was enjoying music at the Farmer’s Market last month. I didn’t approach him but would lay bets that he’s unique.
Flowers galore
There’s an eye catching display of flowers on Towne Road that I look forward to seeing this time of year.
They are all annuals so there’s nothing but bare soil in winter. But by July and August there’s a long row of blooms, enough to bring a smile to the face of any flower lover.
I caught a glance of the talented gardener as I headed back to my car. There’s quite a garden behind the wall of flowers.
Airborne
There was a lot going on when we dropped by the Sequim Skateboard Park recently.
I like to see the younger generation’s take on gravity.
Our standing around watching seemed to fit in about as well as as a pair of ballerinas dancing through a pro football game. We didn’t stay long.
Paddle to Nisqually
This summer there is another more-or-less annual canoe journey undertaken by groups representing Northwest tribes from Vancouver Island, B.C. and Washington state. The most northern group from Vancouver Island began their paddle on July 13, stopping each night along the western coast of the island and joining with other canoe groups heading south. Click here to see a map of journey starting and stopping points and layover dates. The journey will end in August in Nisqually at the southern end of Washington’s Puget Sound. It’s a long voyage, testing endurance and showcasing Native pride. Many of the canoes are made in traditional fashion and showcase the beautiful lines of large, seaworthy vessels.
Gale force winds last Friday morning forced some paddlers to trailer their canoes for a leg of the journey from Port Angeles to Jamestown Beach in Sequim where the local S’Klallam Tribe would welcome them. Others braved the journey on the big waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Paddlers headed next to Port Townsend.
Much to my disappointment I had to miss the event. DH took these shots in my absence. Pretty good, no?
Buck Ellard
Musician Buck Ellard has played a number of gigs around the area lately. I caught him at the Sequim Farmer’s Market last Saturday.
Buck played an electric fiddle and we enjoyed a smokin’ version of “Orange Blossom Special.”
Now and then
This piece of land juts out at the base of the bluffs at Dungeness Recreation Area. It’s taken a beating over the last year and is a fraction of the size it once was. We’ve paid attention to it because from time to time it’s been a perch for a passing eagle and lots of seagulls.
Here’s what it looked like about 18 months ago when we were shocked to discover a photographer and model had scrambled onto it for a photo shoot.