I’m taking a break but will re-post some favorite shots while I’m gone. It’s Farmer’s Market season. The plaza of our new Civic Center is going to host the Farmer’s Market but I don’t think it’s ready yet.
Category: People
Strolling the beach
I’m taking a break but will be re-posting some favorite shots while I’m gone. This is from the beach at Port Williams.
Sand Art, 2 of 2
Kali Bradford and Barry Swires were working last Sunday on a new sand sculpture outside the Innovation Law Group on Sequim Avenue. This piece celebrates Sequim and our upcoming lavender festival in July. This piece replaces one I showed you last September.
I love the old truck that Barry is working on. It will have pots of flowers in its cargo area when finished.
I first introduced you to Kali last summer as she completed a sand sculpture for our 2014 lavender festival. Since then she has added paint to her work. She’s found that people looking at painted portions of sculptures now will comment and point out detail more readily.
Local royalty
This weekend is our 120th annual Irrigation Festival which celebrates the irrigation that made agriculture viable on the Sequim prairie. And, like any other respectable community festival, we have royalty and a parade. The parade is today. The royal court, selected a few months back, frequents many community events during their reign. And, as befits a queen and her princesses, ours make their public appearances in gowns and tiaras.
They readily pose for photographs, in this case about 10 feet down the sidewalk from the previous portrait…giving me an opportunity to shoot them both coming and going.
Kids Design Glass Too
One of the current exhibits at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma is “Kids Design Glass Too.” School children submit drawings of concepts they’d like to see in glass and artists in the Museum hot shop execute the ideas. Many of the ones on display are a hoot.
This is “Corn Dog,” a concept submitted by an 11 year-old girl.
The creator explains, “This corn dog makes more sense than a breaded dog. Farmers plant this kind of corn in the fields to bark at crows and scare them away from the fields.” Why didn’t I think of that?
“A Potato’s Destiny” was the brainchild of a 10 year-old girl. “I love Potatos [sic] and a Potato’s destiny is to get eaten.
Don’t blink
Photos are static and bicycle races are so fast. Here’s an attempt to capture the speed of the Tour de Dungeness racers last Saturday.
Here comes de Dung!
The annual “Tour de Dung” bicycle races were yesterday. It’s “Dung” as in “Dungeness,” the region in Sequim where the racers ride each year. If the weather could have been better I can’t imagine how; it was a cool, beautiful day.
I took fewer photos than in past years. Other projects called. I had fun with some shots; I’ll show those to you tomorrow.
Additional races are scheduled for next Saturday. I may check it out then, too. It’s one of my favorite local events and I love settling down for a front row seat.
Locals: Keep a lookout for riders next Saturday and drive with care.