The race is on…

And for a very good cause-the Clallum County Hospice Program. They had proper 1&2 man sculls, kayaks, row boats, canoes, and even paddle boards for a race around Sequim Bay. You can’t see the paddle boarders because they are so far behind. One even layed down on his board. BUT they did all eventually finish and raise a lot of money in the process.

This was the view of Sequim bay from my porch.

Sequim Sunshine Festival

This weekend was the first Sequim Sunshine Festival, an event to provide relief from the winter blues. And, organizers say, ” If the sun doesn’t shine, no worries. We’ll help you make your own sun.”

We were out to take a few photos. The sky got black, then blacker. It didn’t rain long before hail cut loose. Not long after the hail stopped another squall brought a light snow flurry.

Sequim Sunshine Festival? I don’t think Mother Nature got an invitation.

The book sale

The Friends of Sequim Library have a book sale on the second Saturday of each month (as in today). It’s held in and around this tiny building located behind the Sequim Library. In dry weather there are tables in front set up and covered with books on each side of the white front door. More tables line the walls of outside covered areas on both sides of the building. Thousands of books are offered outside for 25 cents each. Inside a tiny room is loaded with shelving full of more current and premium books for slightly higher but still great prices.

There’s a tiny building that takes donations and it’s always been packed when I’ve dropped off books.

Sequim is a community of readers and both the library and the library book sale are well attended. My personal book shelves are full of great reads I’ve acquired at the sales.

People watching

It’s fun to go to an event where people like to dress up. People in Port Townsend like to dress for an occasion and they do it with style. The 37th Annual Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race was such an event.

You can’t fully see it in this shot but this woman is wearing a crown made of welded table cutlery. I didn’t catch the lineage but she’s royalty of some sort.

If you’re going to march in a parade don’t forget to bring your dragon along. And a chicken. Bring a chicken. Fashion note: Colored duct tape can double as jewelry.

Here is a small school of jellyfish getting ready for the parade. They were chanting something like “We are jellyfish, squish, squish, squish.”

There’s a bumper sticker that you can find on cars locally. “Port Townsend: We’re here because we’re not all there.” What fun is life if you can’t laugh at yourself?