And the wind keeps coming

This is the breakwater below Larry Scott Trail. The water is Port Townsend Bay. The spray splashed up the 8 feet up the breakwater up to the trail. This is just normal winter wind.

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A mile and a half

This is the on the Larry Scott Trail just north of the Port Townsend Paper Mill. A spot of sun filtered through the heavy overcast, illuminating the mist from a recent rain. As you can see, this point is a mile and a half from the trailhead.

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Walking in the dark time

So, the last photo didn’t portray Port Townsend’s dark time as well as I wanted. Try this picture that was taken mid-afternoon. Cold, dark, and gray describes the weather well.

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The last tomatoes of the season

You’re seeing Sungold cherry tomatoes in the foreground and Super Sweet ones behind, near the top of this photo. Our greenhouse lets us extend the season by a month, but it’s time to start shutting down as the dark months are upon us. We may get another week of tomatoes ripening. We may not. With skies predicted to be overcast for the coming week, things don’t ripen.

Clover over Port Townsend Bay

This purple (also called sweet) clover grows on the bluff over Larry Scott Trail. In this case it actually grows between the trail and Port Townsend Bay. Purple clover is used for feed for a number of farm animals including cows and horses.

Poppies overlooking Port Townsend Bay

After surviving Juneuary and the typical overcast and chilly days, summer arrived. Actually it came a couple of days early as the holiday weekend was mostly nice. Of the twenty Fourth of July holidays we’ve seen here, 17 of them had measurable precipitation and one had gale force winds. The local joke is that summer officially starts on July 5th.

Here we see poppies on Larry Scott Trail overlooking the tidal flats of Port Townsend Bay.

Sea Otter crossing Larry Scott Trail

I was walking on Larry Scott Trail in the evening when I saw two sea otters approaching shore. I noticed a worn path through the grass across the trail from where the otters were ascending the breakwater rocks. I got as close as I could before they could see me. This otter broke from the rocks but startled at my shutter click.