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More Makah regalia

The gallery at the Peninsula College Longhouse is not large, located just inside the front door. This mask and rattles are among the first items on display from the current Makah Traditional Regalia exhibit.

Like the shells on the dress I showed you yesterday, rattles can be used to keep rhythm during dance ceremonies. Click here if you’d like to learn more about their symbolic use.

These child’s moccasins looked soft as a cloud and were simply precious.

The Makah exhibit is on display until August 30th. The Longhouse is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Back to the College Longhouse

The Longhouse at Peninsula College has a new exhibit, “Makah Traditional Regalia.” The Makah are one of our local Native American tribes, living at Neah Bay, remote and beautiful lands at the furthermost Northwest tip of the continental U.S. The exhibit features items used during Makah Days celebrations, a sort of tribal family reunion, in the month of August. This dress was on display.

I assume that this is a dance dress. It makes generous use of olive shells and beading as well as tiny abalone shell buttons.

The shells are attached so they dangle and can freely move with a dancer. The tiny shells would make a soft rattling sound with rhythmic moves plus add visual movement as a dancer steps.

Cutie

This little guy was sunbathing on the back of a chair. As I approached he made ready to leap. He wasn’t much larger than an apricot.

Rerun

I featured this barn a couple of years ago but it was snowing. Here it is on a clearer day.

Bye, bye blackbird

Flocks of blackbirds come to our yard, pecking around for whatever they find in the grass. Recently, one flew into our window in a panic. When I looked out the window to see if it was hurt I saw this scene further out. The rest of the flock was perched on nearby roofs. Those are black feathers scattered around the male harrier that’s giving me the eye.

Cell phones rule

When is a tree not a tree? Probably when it’s a cell tower, like this one in the middle of the shot.

People in this neighborhood fought the installation of this tower but you can see who won.

Maybe someone sitting in an office somewhere may think this can fool the eye. Maybe it does fool some people. It really caught my eye.

But I can’t think of many people ready to give up their cell phones or their cell coverage.

Scented scenery

One of Sequim’s longtime nurseries, Peninsula Nursery, changed hands a few years ago. The new owners have made many improvements, including the addition of a pretty lavender field.

Not all of our lavender operations are large farms. Earth Muffin Lavender is a modest operation at a busy intersection that many visitors pass.