Category: Photos by Kay

This is the week! Lavender is sprouting up all over. The lavender is in bloom, lavender decorations are everywhere, and merchants are sprucing up their displays. Last Thursday there was an orientation for the Lavender Festival Volunteers. An event like this one doesn’t happen without a lot of involvement from the town folk. I might add, locals often visit the farms the week before or the week after the festival to avoid the crowds. (30,000 plus last year in a town of 5,000)

5 more days until the Lavender Festival and the Quilt Show

No field trip would be complete without a stop for ice cream at The Buzz. It just doesn’t come in any better. The owner decorates with a fun and funky decor…and did I mention…the coffee is excellent!

6 more days until the Lavender Festival and the Quilt Show

On our field trip mentioned in yesterday’s post, the students were given clipboards to hold their maps and page for notes….Baby Girl and My Big Boy wanted one too. This little fountain is located in front of City Hall. I practically had to drag BG away…it seemed to mesmorize her.

10 more days until the Lavender Festival and the Quilt Show!

The strawberry season will soon be over and it will be time for raspberries. (Mine are coming on strong!) These folks are at Cameron U-Pick strawberries off Woodcock Road, between Kitchen Dick and Cay Roads. They are worth the effort!

12 more days till the Lavender Festival and the Quilt Show!

Overlooking the Sequim Valley Prarie is a lovely old cememtery. I enjoy stopping by when the light is just right in the evening and looking at the old stones. This cemetery is off Cay Road. In the thumbnail you can see the foot hills of the Olympic Mountains to the south and flat farm land, irrigated by water from the Dungeness River.

At the corner of 5th and Washington, you will find an old grain elevator sprouting from the middle of a great Mexican Restaurant, El Cazador. Click on the links to learn more of Sequim’s agricultural past.

P.S. Besides having killer maragaritas, the food and service are also excellent.

Need a great lunch with a little atmosphere? Jean’s is the place! On North Second Ave, between Washington and Bell, Jean’s is located in the historic St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. I believe it was built in 1896. This is not the original location of the church.

Try the “honey bun”…or the “lemon lush”. You won’t be disapointed.