Sequim Daily Photo

Our local knitting shop, A Dropped Stitch, is the go-to place for knitters and weavers. It’s a sweet little store located on Bell Street, filled with beautiful supplies and plenty of good cheer.

They offer classes and tech support. And there’s even a spot toward the back of the store where yarnheads can hang out, knit, and spin woolly tales.

This post reminds me of the cable scarf I’ve been working on for months. It sits in a semi-neglected basket, growing so slowly you’d think perhaps it was ignored in lieu of blog posts.

The Elks Lodge on Port Williams Road offers facilities for local events in addition to regular Elks functions. For instance, the Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society holds its very popular annual Wild Mushroom Show here. The Elks offer regular meals for the community and also share their RV facilities for a fee.

Tonight is Pub Night featuring steaks, shrimp, burgers and fries, fish and chips, salads, and reduced price beer and wine.

The Red Ranch Inn on West Washington abruptly closed last year. I was pleased to see it open again when I drove by last Thursday. I take that as a hopeful economic indicator.

This is a sign that brought a smile to my face on a trip last summer to one of my favorite places around here: Victoria, British Columbia.

The Black Ball Ferry in Port Angeles can take you there and back in a day.

Sequim’s Skateboard Park was alive yesterday with skateboarders and bicyclists. They took turns gathering speed and defying gravity.

These shots are part of the “Weekly Top Shot,” hosted by Madge at The View From Right Here. To see other Top Shots, click below.

This cat has taken on the responsibility of greeting people and making them feel welcome at the Dungeness Cemetery. Or, at least it did in my case recently. Here it walked across the top of a grave monument, then followed me like a friendly dog. It meowed like it was telling me stories of the souls attached to the graves. Then it approached again. “You’re welcome to pet me if you’re feeling a little down.”

It’s called anthropomorphizing when you project human attributes onto an animal’s behavior. But I rather like thinking that is what this kitty is all about.

Continuing yesterday’s animal theme, here are a pair of pooches at the Sequim dog park. I could almost hear one of them saying, “Left, left, slide. . .good! Now you’ve got it!”

Watch your dog. It can be loads of fun.