Tools

There’s a barn at Lazy J Farm where tools are displayed that I suppose you could call “historic,” or at least well used. These are sister hooks which are used for lifting things like logs or hay bales.

These may be more familiar though I admit to never having used one. The longer handled tools are scythes and the shorter ones are sickles. Both are swung and employed as cutting tools. When I think about the work they did I’m glad for the sorts of labor saving devices we have today. And I’m not about to romanticize it, but I suspect that a good many of the people who worked these old tools were more fit than those of us who use labor-savers or sit entirely too much with computers and the like.

Spoiled?

Our floors are sometimes paved with dog toys and our pooch is more than happy to surround himself with them. He loves Christmas and joyously waits as his presents are unwrapped and handed to him (we don’t encourage doggy destruction). This bin is not far from a door that leads to our garage. When we arrive home our pup grabs the moment’s favorite to greet us with a toy-filled mouth, wagging furiously.

Yep. Need I say more?

Sequim Valley Airport

I’ve mentioned before that there is a lot of private aviation in this region. Today you get a tour of the Sequim Valley Airport.

It’s nothing fancy, but it’s better than some. It’s paved and there are lights on either side. In Sequim there are a couple of small, private landing strips that aren’t much more than large, well groomed lawns.

San Francisco International Airport, my basis of comparison, was rebuilt and expanded seemingly my entire adult life. There was always some new terminal opening, or an old one being renovated. I think they’ve stayed away from that here. The sign at the end of the building above says “Airport Office.” I’m betting that the waiting room is inside whatever vehicle you drive there.