Photos of My Port Townsend

Dawn breaks on Point Hudson Marina. It has been unusually empty this year. Perhaps it’s the economy.

I got a couple of stares as I photographed these watering wands in Hadlock Building Supply, in Port Hadlock. I’m sure that explaining that I’m a blogger fully convinced the starers that I’m nuts. For years, garden tools and hoses were green. There’s nothing wrong with green, other than it’s easier to lose something in [...]

I know that I’ve been posting a lot of flower closeups lately. What can I say? They’re blooming, beautiful, and the night’s rain left those lovely water drops on the petals. This is a Juno Iris (Iris bucharica), which has distinctive corn plant like leaves. My project for this spring is to learn how to [...]

This coffee stand sits on the sidewalk next to Swain’s General Store. It features big cookies, $1 drip coffee and pretty good espresso. For years I had an office across the street and got a cup here every morning.

Rain again yesterday morning, which is typical late March weather. Here’s one fellow who thought that was just fine.

There is only one stream on the upper Quimper Peninsula that runs year round, Chimacum Creek. It is used by chum salmon for spawning and has seen quite a bit of habitat restoration. Here it flows through a tidal flat where it meets Port Townsend Bay in Irondale. This area used to be a storage [...]

We’re told that life is all a matter of perspective. Nowhere is that more true than in photography. This tractor looks large, yet it’s actually cute and less than four feet tall. The effect is not done in Photoshop. Other than turning the image to black and white and adding the sharpening that’s necessary for [...]