Taking my camera out and about the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
Sequim Irrigation Festival Float Unveiling and Kickoff Dinner
The Sequim Irrigation Festival is the longest running festival in the state of Washington. 2024 marks the event's 129th year! This year's festival theme is "Mountains to Shore, Whatever You're Looking For" and will run from May 3 - 12, but the build up to the festival starts months ahead of time.
A Sequimmingly Good Day
Any day that starts with a black-capped chickadee chirping for his breakfast is off to a good start.
Lights … camera … snow!
A rare white Christmas snow dumped 8 inches of snow, and the temperature stayed cold enough to keep it around for 10 days. Plenty of time to take in the Jamestown S'Kallam holiday light spectacle!
Backyard birds in the snow
While seven and half inches of snow overnight kept me from my intended plan of photographing the holiday lights, there was plenty of action in my backyard.
Beautiful Gray Day
A conversation with my mother set me out to prove that a late November gray day can be beautiful too.
A Morning at the Port Angeles Waterfront
After a couple of wild and windy days, the sun was out. Grabbing my camera, I took off for the Port Angeles waterfront to snap one of my favorite subjects -- boats!
Carrie Blake Park
Once a 200 acre farm owned by the Blake family, Carrie Blake Park is a 52 acre park on the east edge of Sequim.
This wonderful park has just about everything – picnic areas, an off-leash dog park, two playground areas, a Japanese garden, three ponds, pickleball and tennis courts, soccer and softball fields, a skate park, an amphitheater with a large expanse of lawn, a water reuse demonstration area, but my favorite are the lovely, peaceful, well maintained walking paths.
Early Autumn along Discovery Bay
The weatherman predicts a week full of rain, so grabbing my camera, I took the nine-mile drive along the western side of Discovery Bay.
Wings and Wheels – Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire
Somewhere, in between running errands around Sequim, I noticed a banner strung across Washington Street at the west end of town, announcing the eighth Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire set for August 28. Well, I thought, that would be fun! Saturday morning was sunny, clear and a perfect 70 degrees, so I kidnapped my mother and we went to the Sequim Valley Airport.
I’m Just Here for the Pie – Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival
Despite the clouds, I set from Sequim headed for Joyce, about 35 miles away. Founded in 1913 by Joseph M. Joyce, the little town of Joyce breaks out in a big way the first Saturday of August. Blackberries grow very well around here (too well if you ask me and my pinpicked hands after pulling them out in what feels like a vain attempt to keep them out of my yard.). The Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival celebrates this tasty and prickly bush.
Port Townsend Aero Museum
The Port Townsend Aero Museum displays roughly 19 vintage aircraft (dated from the 1920s to the 1940s), all lovingly and beautifully restored and in flying condition. Some of the airplanes are rotated in and out of display, so it's never quite the same from visit to visit.
