Although we had rain enough, we didn’t get the truly nasty wet and windy hit that much of the West Coast suffered on Thursday. We’ve just had soggy and more soggy, grey clouds pouring down the Olympic Mountains until it’s hard to tell land from sky.
Progress report
It’s time for another look at the new Sequim Civic Center. It’s definitely coming along. Now with paneling applied to the exterior walls, it’s easier to visualize its eventual scale.
You can see here the obvious progress since the last shot that I posted in September from a similar perspective.
Here’s another view from what I think is the back of the building.
Bird condos
There are some birdhouses that rarely fail to catch my eye, especially when I’m on the prowl for color. I’ve tried to shoot them more than once. The yard is surrounded by a cyclone fence that muscles into the shot.
So I’ve cropped these shots. Smaller units are part of the housing development but they face another direction.
Wave action
There I sat on a sunny day, camera in hand, trying to catch and hold a little bit of summer. Just as it is now in my mind, it’s a bit of an abstraction.
Fungi
This time of year most anything colorful in the natural world tends to stand out. A little snow in the background, dead grass, and all of a sudden fungi takes center stage. But the peeling bark and the grey fungus on this tree stump was interesting, too. It doesn’t take much to occupy me sometimes.
Mitten tree
This little spot of cheer was by the side of the trail yesterday. The mitten is no more than a couple of inches high and the tree is 18 inches to two feet.
Harrier harassment
I can’t tell you how many harriers around here have harassed me by perching on a post, just so. If I don’t have a camera they let me get tantalizingly close. If I am packing a camera they either turn away completely or fly off before I get anywhere in range. I take it personally.
This one figured he was off the hook because he blended so well with the background. Or maybe it was the smallness of my new camera. But I’m not proud. I’ll take the best I can get. Take that, Mr. Harrier!