Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
This is a photo of a photo, this one behind glass in a display case in the Royal B.C. Museum. The subject is Delina Noel, taken in 1915 in British Columbia. Delina and her husband were well known prospectors and mine operators in the Bridge River area.
I suppose hunting bears might have been a matter of survival in the wilderness 99 years ago. But I’m duly impressed. Delina did it wearing a skirt.
A beautiful sunset, a quiet moment, and they had the world to themselves.
Sometimes people create irresistible spectacles. This bicyclist in Portland wheeled past so quickly I barely caught him. Really? Two bicycles welded together? Pink?? It’s one way to be sure you’re seen…and to see what’s coming at you.
The pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch look ready.
Have you gotten one yet? The good ones are going fast.
I wonder how much longer we’ll be able to do this, wander down a long, deserted beach and idly search for a perfect shell or polished stone or piece of glass. If the weather this past weekend is any indication, summer’s called it quits here.
The challenge for City Daily Photo’s participants today is “movement,” which immediately led me to a shot from a local bicycle race, the “Tour de Dung,” last spring. Click here to see other interpretations of today’s theme.
Wondering about the name “Tour de Dung?” It’s not about manure. The race takes place in the Dungeness region of Sequim, a beautiful spot for bicycling at any speed.
Looking at my shot yesterday a couple of people noted that the ground under the bluff at Dungeness Recreation Area didn’t look all that solid. Too right! So you can imagine my surprise a day or two later when we noticed the people shown above staging an intimate little photo shoot below the bluff, not far from yesterday’s shot.
This is not an accessible area. You can rappel down the sandy cliff or walk back along the beach from Dungeness Spit. However it’s accessed this is not a good place to perch and I’m sure that the area manager would be plenty upset.
Here’s a longer perspective of this spot taken a couple of years ago. You may notice a speck of bird — that’s an eagle. This spot is favored by birds, mostly seagulls. So even if it were a sensible place for taking pictures it wouldn’t rank high in my book for somewhere to lie down. Notice all the white specks in the shot up above? They’re not feathers.