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Under construction

This is a big day for Sequim Daily Photo. Today we push the button to switch this blog to a new server. Until the process is complete there won’t be any new posting. This may be from 24 to 72 hours. There will be a somewhat different look for SDP when it premiers at the new server, with a responsive, user-friendly format. And in the background, my electronic angel and blog salvation, Denton, will put the finishing touches on transferring nearly eight years of blog history. I don’t exaggerate when I say this never could have happened without Denton, a volunteer of the finest and kindest caliber. Now…I keep my fingers crossed until we meet again. TTFN.

Soonish

Spring’s almost around the corner and I know summer’s not far behind. But I sure could use a big dose of blooming flowers about now.

March balloon ride

Tuesday morning was flawless. This balloon went breathtakingly high over the Dungeness Valley. Then, for a little while, it was low enough to catch with the Olympic Mountains as a backdrop. And it was gone. Someone had a spectacular ride.

Check out Morning Star Balloon Company if you are interested in details about taking a ride. And click on “comments” above to hear from Larry, the lucky rider.

Kite Girl Plaza

There are a three nice bronze sculptures in Kite Girl Plaza on West Washington Street. The first, above, is – surprise! – “Kite Girl” by Gary Price.

Nearby is “Benji’s Leap” by Jay Wright.

The third sculpture in the plaza is “Catch Me If You Can” by R. Sandifer.

I wasn’t able to find any details about how these sculptures came to grace the plaza. But I did find a very good alternative shot of “Catch Me If You Can” posted in 2009 by none other than the Sequim Daily Photo’s “Lavender Lady,” SDP’s original blogger. It’s quite a nice shot and unfortunately the trees that fill the shot with such vibrant color are no longer there.

It’s a bird…it’s a hawk…it’s a…?

We’ve established the basics here, but I’m not really certain about the rest. Is this a red tail hawk?

Here’s another view. It is one handsome bird. I sorta think it’s a red tail. Would anyone care to venture a guess?

Tour de Dung again

The Tour de Dung bicycle race is an annual opportunity to try stuff with my camera that I haven’t done much since last year’s race. Sort of a very pressured, condensed tutorial. I call this collage “It’s All a Blur to Me.” Really, it’s intentional.

Tour de Dung 2014

Yesterday was the annual Tour de Dung bicycle races. That’s “Dung” as in “Dungeness,” the region in Sequim where the races are held. This race is held annually to prove how ridiculously slow I am at photographing speeding bicycles. (Sorry to the many bicyclists who have shown up on my editing screen cut in half. I’m glad you haven’t seen yourselves.) Yeah, and there’s something about bikes and races and stuff.

This is the first of two weekend races. There will be more next Saturday as well.

Local drivers, please have a care – and patience, if necessary. The race is well organized and cars accompany racers. But there are a lot of bicyclists on the road, singles and in groups. Bicyclists appreciate your sharing the road. And, for my part, I didn’t like avoiding a head-on collision with a truck that was hell bent on passing a bicyclist on the shoulder.