Photos of My Port Townsend

One of the things I love about Port Townsend is that much of the city is semi-rural. There are working truck farms, horse pastures, hay fields and even a small cattle ranch inside the city limits. Click photo for larger view.

We, in Port Townsend are either blessed or burdened with an absence of big box stores, and have to travel about an hour to get to the nearest one. This photo is of Costo in Silverdale, WA about 50 miles south of us. Thank goodness I wasn’t in the middle of Black Friday. Click Photo [...]

Saturday may have been one of the last clear dawns of the year. Certainly, it’s been wet and windy since. As you may have noticed, when the mornings are calm, I often head to Port Townsend’s Boat Haven for reflection photos. Click photo for larger view.

We have been blessed with some lovely days this week. The forecast had been for clouds and showers but Wednesday and Thursday both dawned clear and cold. In this photo, we see a couple of chilly boaters coming in from a night on their boat moored at Port Townsend’s Boat Haven. Click photo for larger [...]

Most recent mornings have been misty, whether we’ve had overcast or not. In this photo, we’re looking north on San Juan to towards its intersection with F Street. This is a low point between hills and often has fog, and on still mornings like Saturday, wood smoke. The smoke smells wonderful in the crisp morning [...]

Needing to cross a draw bridge to leave the Peninsula sometimes has its drawbacks. I’ve seen a line of waiting vehicles nearly five miles long.

When I started this blog, I made an explicit promise to myself that it would not end up being about photography. The pictures here are intended only to pay tribute to Port Townsend and surrounding areas. In short, it’s a blog about place not photography. That said, there are stories that beg to be shared. [...]