Photos of My Port Townsend

I awoke again to a steady rain this morning. Mud puddles filled the raw, new-construction dirt around my house. But, the still blooming flowers and crabapples across the yard glistened with hanging drops.

A good day to stay inside and drink a nice hot cup of tea, or as they say in the British cozies, cuppa. This being Port Townsend, you can be sure the sugar is organic and about to go into Fair Trade tea.

After a soggy start for the day, we actually  had a few lovely hours yesterday in the late afternoon and into the evening. There was a period with some blue sky, and, mercifully, the wind quit.

Forecast from Weather Undergaround: 49° F | 38° F Rain Showers 90% chance of precipitation

More wet and windy weather. We had such a dry and warm summer. It seems that we’re being made to pay for it now.

This is the project that’s been taking all my time lately, my new home. The place is mostly finished; there are some shelves to install and a bit more painting, but I’ve started to move in. This is the living/dining room/office. That’s what you get when you try to fit a modern life into a [...]

If you have a lot of recycling, this is where you take it. Yes, we do have curbside pickup in Port Townsend, but in the county that luxury entails hiring a private service, and they won’t pick up the whole pickup full of cardboard I just dumped off. Moving requires lots of boxes, which I’ve [...]