Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
I had over a dozen candidates for today’s City Daily Photo theme day, “Photo of the year.” This, however, was the only one that I’d enlarged and hung on a wall. I took that as a sign. It was taken on a walk in the Olympic National Park Hoh Rainforest, a place of incomparable beauty.
Click here to see other photos of the year from City Daily Photo participants.
Happy new year!
You know you’re headed in the right direction when you see this view. Seattle at your back, Bainbridge Island straight ahead…and the Olympic Mountains beyond.
A flawless day on Port Townsend Bay last summer.
Port Gamble is a colorful little town any time of year. It’s especially nice cloaked in fall brilliance.
This is Highway 104 in Port Gamble last week. A gale last Thursday night stripped trees I intended to photograph in Sequim on Friday. I’ll keep looking.
In front of the Port Gamble Post Office is one of the most spectacular displays of dahlias I’ve ever seen. Gorgeous, healthy, and diverse specimens filled a small garden.
A postal employee told us that the Kitsap County Dahlia Society is responsible for the display and a fellow named Michael maintains it. They really know what they’re doing.
Each plant is labeled with its name so the truly smitten (moi!) can track down one (or a dozen) for home gardens. (We were told the Dahlia Society has a yearly sale.) This splendid garden is going to be cut down soon. I’m so pleased I happened on it before it disappeared for another year. It’s well worth a visit during the dahlia growing season.
I took a day trip to Port Gamble yesterday. It’s a sweet little former logging town on the Kitsap Peninsula. This is the Port Gamble Post Office building. Notice the floral display in front of the building. It’s worth a closer look. Tomorrow I’ll move in for a better view.