This barn is located not far from the home in yesterday’s post. The area is called “Mains Farm.” I don’t know if this is the original farmstead but if it isn’t it could certainly date back to that period. Can any locals add details?
Author: Kay
Purple!
Yesterday’s post color was yellow. Today we go to the other end of the color spectrum: purple. My predecessor, Shannon, posted a photo of this house a few years ago. Since then the proud owners have added a second building.
Call me anal, but I like a sense of harmony when it comes to the look of a place. And there’s a lot to be said for colors harmonizing with their landscape. There are places I’ve been – in particular, Victorian historic districts – where this would fit right in. Here? Not so much.
Ya’ like yellow?
If you like the color yellow this is a fine time to be in Sequim. We’ve got yellow, plenty of it, and it’s seemingly everywhere. It’s dandelion season again!
This is a view across our back “lawn,” former pasture land. It was mowed one week before this shot and immediately after. Around here most people with land spend plenty of time mowing in a futile attempt to stay ahead. But these are power plants. Most of them duck when they hear blades coming. And if you listen carefully you can hear them murmuring, “Sucker!”
No. We have not tried to make dandelion wine. And I know they’re nutritional powerhouses. If you want some, just drop by. They’re free for the taking.
Bye, bye, City Hall
Slightly over two years ago I posted a picture of Sequim City Hall here. On Monday, this is what it looked like as it was being torn down. Other buildings, further down the street, are also being razed as part of the same project.
By the middle of next year Sequim will have a new $15 million City Hall that will house administrative offices and the police department. The old City Hall, built in 1973, was too small to accommodate both the police and functions of a growing city. The new building’s plaza will become the home of the Sequim Farmers Market.
Cheer up
Taxes are due in the U.S. today. It’s no fun for procrastinators and rarely a cause for joy for anyone else, either. So here are some bouquets for all, seen at the Pike Street market in Seattle last week.
Tulips are in bloom. That’s good for something, right?
Olympic Peninsula’s first
This is an ordinary shot of a farmer at work, but it’s not an entirely ordinary scene. This is a view of one side of the North Olympic Peninsula’s first licensed marijuana growing operation. You’re not looking at the growing shed. It’s nestled and protected inside a barn on the other side of the property, seeded with 20 motion-activated infrared cameras. But as of last Tuesday it was one of nine growers approved in Washington state and one of the first obvious and tangible steps toward the state’s legal recreational pot. The state has moved forward since voters approved a measure to decriminalize marijuana, doing what states do: figuring out standards, hiring a drug czar, organizing regulations. And they’re trying to figure out new and different challenges. Growers and sellers will have to pay state taxes; however, banks have regulations against taking drug money. How to handle that? And the new growers? They, of course, need seeds for their crops. Now that they have their permits they have 15 days to get seed stock wherever they can. After that they can only get it from state sanctioned suppliers, which, by the way, don’t exist yet. Sales of the new crops are expected to begin in early July with as yet unnamed sellers. It should be interesting to see how those operations unfold. And, assuming vendors are selling Washington pot, I can only imagine how this year’s Lavender Faire and Festival will unfold in July with a new, uhm, perspective. We do, after all, have at least one operation that’s probably ready for the challenge: Purple Haze Lavender Farm.
Sunday eagle
I saw this eagle on a sunny day recently. The blue sky was welcome, and a contrast to the grey skies in yesterday’s shots, which I had to lighten to better show the birds. Today’s eagle is from a different location on a different day and, presumably, a different eagle from the two shown yesterday.