Sequim Daily Photo

Although I am not personally acquainted with the folks who live behind this lovely gate, I am fairly sure they love animals. It was only after I got home that I realized I had cut off the baby bears on top of the post to the left. There is a lovely home behind this gate with a pond in front. When we had one of our cold snaps, I posted this photo of the ducks on the pond behind the gate.

It doesn’t hail in Washington..at least not where I live. I grew up in the Oklahoma Panhandle where a good hailstorm could wipe out a wheat crop in nothing flat. Last Friday, Big Brother and I were on our way to the hospital when it started hailing…baby size stones. (the dark spot is a knot hole in my deck) Then it turned into snow and slush. The storm was isolated. We probably had 2-3 inches where we were…but 3 miles to the West and a mile to the East..it stopped. It’s been a wierd weather year.

I love soccer! The two youngest boys learned in DYA soccer when I taught in Germany. Now I go to watch a grandson and a son-in-law. Yes, every Sunday you will find me at a game. Fall and Spring it is outdoors…Winter they play indoor ball. It’s a great game. I like the action…the great save by a goalie, the player who can steal a ball from another, and the perfect setup for a score. I admit that sometimes I cheer for the other team when they make a great play. (and then I duck my head) Our team has done well this winter. We should do well in the playoffs next week. I have tried all season to get a great action shot, using my camera’s pan feature. Today I gave up. This was the best of the lot…and it isn’t even average. If anyone has any tips, I’m listening. My camera is a Canon Power shot, S2 IS.

It’s not Flag day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Vetern’s Day, etc., etc. Just a nice picture of Old Glory flying in the breeze on top of the Federal Building.